Improvements in Handles of Brooms, Hammers, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles of Brooms, Hammers, and the like.
I, JOSEPH RIDEAL SMITH, of 2, Craven Edge, Halifax, in the County of York,
Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved construction of the fastening ends of handles
for brooms, hammers, picks, and the like, whereby the broom or hammer head is
made secure, which object is attained by a construction as follows:-
In the end of the broom or hammer handle which is to receive the head, is
bored a hole central in the core of the handle, a saw gate or slot is cut for a short.
distance longitudinally, and a pin or nail hole is bored across the saw gate and
through the handle.
In and projecting from the core hole is a loose taper plug having a slot hole
parallel with the length of the plug. The plug is inserted in the core hole, and
a pin or nail is passed through the cross hole in the handle and through the slot,
whereon the handle is inserted in the hole of the broom head, or eye of the hammer,
and on being knocked the plug expands the saw slit end of the handle and so
securely fastens it in position.
Dated this 28th day of Santambor 1807
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant..
Improvements in Handles of Brooms, Hammers, and the like.
I, JOSEPH RIDEAL SMITH, of 2, Craven Edge, Halifax, in the County of York,
Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the method of and means employed
for securely fixing broom heads, hammer head, picks, and the like to their handles.
The object of the invention is to fix the head to the handle in such a manner that
when in practical use the head will not work off nor become loose, at the same
time providing a means whereby the head can be removed whenever required.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a com-
plete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which,
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a broom or brush head.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the plug.
Fig. 3 is a plan view. and Fig. 4 an elevation of the pin or nail for releasing

page_text: Fig. 5 is a sectional end view, and Fig. 6 a sectional side view shewing the saw
gates or expanding end of the handle.
Fig. 7 is a sectional side elevation of the head fixed on the handle.
According to this invention the hole 1 in the head of the broom, pick, or
hammer is bored or formed slightly conical or tapered from within outwards as
shewn by Fig. 1, .e. the hole in the head is dovetailed to allow the handle to
expand without risk of splitting the head, and in the end of the handle 2 I bore a
concentric hole 3 and cut two or more saw gates 4-4 across the end of the handle
(see Figs. 5 and 6). The pin or nail 5 is now placed in two of the saw gates 4
(see Fig. 7) as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5, the narrow portions 6
passing down the saw gates 4 and the wide central portion 7 down the hole 3.
The thin end of the loose plug 8 (see Fig. 2) is. now placed in the hole 3 in the
handle 2, and the end of the latter inserted in the hole 1 in the head of the brush,
broom, or hammer, and knocked home therein, the plug 8 coming into contact
with the bottom of the hole 1 is driven into the hole 3 and the split end of the
handle 2 is thereby expanded so as to fill and tightly fit the inverted conical hole 1
in the brush or hammer head (see Fig. 7).
A shoulder 9 is preferably formed on the handle 2 which prevents liability of
the nail or pin 5 splitting the handle as the pressure will be borne by the wider
portions of such nail or pin, and also to prevent the handle from being driven or
forced through the broom head.
I prefer that the nail or pin 5 should rest between the end of the plug 8 and
the handle 2 as shewn by Fig. 7, as I have found in practice that if the nail were
passed through a hole in the plug, as described in the Provisional Specification,
there was liability of the latter being split.
The head can be removed from the handle by holding the ends 10-10 of the pin
or nail 5 between two fixed points, or between the feet, and then pulling directly
on the handle in the direction of its length.
The nail or pin 5 may be dispensed with and in this case the plug 8 is prefer-
ably formed with a flange on its thicker end by which the said plug can be partly
withdrawn from the hole 3 in the handle before inserting the latter into the head.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
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(1) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts constitut-
ing the improved method of and means employed for attaching the head to the
handle, as herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
(2) A head in which is a tapered or dovetailed hole 1, the plug 8, nail or pin 5,
and handle 2 with concentric hole 3 and saw gates 4 all in combination as and
for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by Fig. 7 of the
annexed drawings.
(3) A head in which is a tapered or dovetailed hole 1, plug 8, and handle 2
with concentric hole 3 and saw gates 4 all in combination as and for the purpose
herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 27th day of June 1898.
JOSEPH RIDEAL SMITH,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.