IMPROVED MEANS FOR ATTACHING HANDLES TO DOMESTIC AND LIKE BRUSHES, BROOMS, OR MOPS
Year: 1884

page_text: We, GEORGE HENRY BROWN and ALFRED BROWN, at the office for Patents,
17 and 18 Southampton Buildings, in the county of Middlesex, Ironfounders,
do hereby declare' the nature of our invention for " IMPROVED MEANS FOR
ATTACHING HANDLES TO DOMESTIC AND LIKE BRUSHES, BROOMS, OR MOPS," to be
as follows:
Our invention has for its object improved means for attaching handles to
domestic and like brushes, brooms, and mops, such as carriage, barrel, and deck
brushes, etcetera.
We form a metal socket with a closed bottom and with internal teeth or spikes
cast thereon, also with external teeth or spikes in its periphery.
This socket receives the handle which is kept from turning round by the said
teeth or spikes and from coming off by a nail or screw and when forced into
the broom or brush head is itself held and prevented from turning by the
external spikes.
We form a flange round the socket with a lug or lugs to drive in a nail or screw
to further hold the brush, broom, or mop head and prevent it coming off..
POPPLEWELL, COLTON &. Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.

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We, GEORGE HENRY BROWN and ALFRED BROWN, of the Nelson Foundry, in the
town and county of Derby, and at the office for Patents, 17 and 18, Southampton
Buildings, in the county of Middlesex, Ironfounders, do hereby declare the nature
of our invention for "IMPROVED MEANS FOR ATTACHING HANDLES TO DOMESTIC
AND LIKE BRUSHES, BROOMS OR MOPS," and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention has for its object improved means for attaching handles to
domestic and like brushes, brooms, and mops, such as carriage, barrel and deck
brushes, et cetera.
We form a metal socket with à closed bottom and with internal teeth or spikes
cast thereon, also with external teeth or spikes in its periphery.
This socket receives the handle which is kept from turning round by the said
teeth or spikes and from coming off by a nail or screw and when forced into
the broom or brush head is itself held and prevented from turning by the
external spikes.
We form a flange round the socket with a lug or lugs to drive in a nail or screw
to further hold the brush, broom, or mop head and prevent it coming off.
And in order that our invention may be understood and carried into practical
effect we have caused to be annexed to this specification the accompanying sheet of
drawings and now refer to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig 1 is an elevation of our socket as applied to a brush shewn broken-away to
save space.
Fig 2 a vertical section on line a b.
- Fig 3 a top plan (in section on line c, d).
Fig 4 a bottom plan.
A is the socket formed of a malleable casting, advantageously tapered, internally
to receive the stail or handle B.
On the interior of the socket A are formed ribs or teeth C, C¹, or more than those
shewn may be used or for a light brush only one if desired.
On the outer diameter of the socket A are the external ribs or spikes D, D¹ and
to these the same remarks apply as to C, C¹.
E, E¹ are flanges to receive pins or screws to further secure the stail or handle B
to the brush or like implement by screws or nails F, F being driven into the wood
or base of the same. Ġ is the bottom of the socket A which may be closed or with
a hole or holes in it to tighten the same.
To fit the same into a brush, broom or like implement, or a mop (in which latter
cases the broom or fibres of the mop must be secured to a wooden socket) we
first drive the socket A. into the hole in the wood, the ribs or teeth D, D¹ entering
the same.
Then when the flanges E, E¹ are abutting on the wood, the pins or screws F, F¹
can be entered.

page_text: The stail or handle B can now be inserted into socket A, and driven till the ribs
or teeth C, C¹ enter the same and grip it firmly, thus securing the whole. In some
cases we may dispense with the flanges E, E¹ and screws or pins F, F¹ if desired,
but for brushes, brooms or mops (or that description of brush with a soft rubber
plate inserted instead of bristles and termed a squeegee" and to which our
invention is particularly applicable) exposed to wet or moisture we prefer to
use them.
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When the handle or stail B is inserted into the socket A we prefer to drive a
nail in the same through a hole H formed in the socket.
These sockets are especially useful for brushes or like instruments used on
shipboard or other uses exposed to wet or for hot climates where wood is liable to
warp or shrink.
As shewn the ribs or teeth C, C are preferably formed, with their entering edges
slightly rounded so as to more easily enter the wood, but their form and number
can be varied as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1st Securing brushes, brooms, or mops, to their stails or handles by means of a
metallic socket carrying an internal rib, ribs or teeth to grip or bite the stail or
handle, and an external rib, tooth, or ribs to grip or bite the wood or the base of
the brush or like implement as and for the purposes described.
2nd The socket A with the internal ribs or teeth C, C¹, external teeth D, D' and
flanges E, E¹ substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated the 10th J. of Mauch 1007
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.