An Improved Fastener for Fixing Broom Heads to Broom Stails or Handles; and also for.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastener for Fixing Broom Heads to Broom Stails or
Handles; and also for Fixing together any Two Articles in a
similar manner where the one is required to be fastened inside
the other, the same being performed without the use of Nails,
Screws, Glue, and the like.
HENRY HOPKINS, 15 Hardware Street West Bromwich, Staffs., Draughts-
man and Engraver, CHARLEY CLEGG, 6 Elmar Road, Tottenham London,
Bookkeeper and WILLIAM EDWARD PITT, 85 Constitution Hill Birmingham,
Warwickshire, Tool Maker and Letter Cutter do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
In carrying our invention into practice, we propose to form a sheet metal, collar
or socket of circular or other form as desired. The top end of the said collar or
socket being made of the requisite size and shape to enable the broom stail or other
article to be placed therein and the bottom portion of the said collar or socket
being made taper shape, the said tapering portion terminating with four (or more
or less) sharp points or fangs cut out of the sheet metal, the said points or fangs
being bent so as to project outwards from and at right angles to the said collar or
socket; so that on inserting the tapering end into the hole or cavity of the broom
head or other article and force being applied by knocking or driving the two
articles required to be fixed together the said stail &c. is forced into the said hole.
or cavity of the broom head &c., and this action causes the tapered portion of the
metal collar or socket to spread outwards-the said taper portion being slit to allow
of this action and the sharp points or fangs are forcibly driven into the sides of
the hole or cavity in the broom head &c., thus firmly fixing the metal collar or
socket into the broom head or other article. In order to attach the socket to the
broom stail &c., we propose to partially cut four or more or less tongues from the
body of the sheet metal at the wide or top end of the collar or socket, and form
sharp points or fangs to each tongue, the said sharp points to be bent inwards and
at right angles to the metal collar or socket. These tongues, with fangs or sharp
points being so sprung or bent outside the metal collar or socket as not to impede
the insertion of the broom stail &c.; but when this stail with metal socket placed
on same is being forced into the hole or cavity of the broom head or other article,
the sides of the said hole or cavity press the said tongues inwards and so cause the
points or fangs to enter the broom stail &c., thus firmly fixing the socket to the
same. The two actions as herein before described, namely the points at the taper
end of the metal collar or socket being forced outwards by the larger diar. of
the broom stail or other article and causing the said points to enter the sides of the
hole or cavity of the broom head or other article, and the points of the tongues in
the top or wide end of the metal socket being closed inwards by means of the
smaller diar. of the hole or cavity in the broom head or other article are thus
forced into the broom stail or other article, thus forming a complete and effectual
fastening together of the two articles without the use of nails, screws &c.
The fastener can also be utilised for fixing together any two similar articles
where a portion of one article is required to be fixed inside a portion of another
article, the said metal collar or socket being made of any desired size or shape and
with any number of fangs or pointed tongues.
November 11 1800
HENRY HOPKINS.
CHARLEY CLEGG.
WILLIAM EDWARD PITT.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastener for Fixing Broom Heads to Broom Stails or
Handles; and also for Fixing together any Two Articles in a
similar manner where the one is required to be fastened inside
the other, the same being performed without the use of Nails,.
Screws, Glue, and the like.
HENRY HOPKINS, 15 Hardware Street, West Bromwich, Draughtsman and
Engraver, CHARLEY CLEGG 3 Drayton Villas, Phillip Lane, Tottenham,.
London, late of 6 Elmar Road Tottenham, London, Bookkeeper and WILLIAM
EDWARD PITT, 85 Constitution Hill, Birmingham Tool Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention has for its object to provide an improved fastener for fixing broom
heads to broom stails, and the same can also be applied to the fixing or fastening
together of hammer heads to haminer stails or handles or for fixing together any
two or more articles in a similar manner where the one is required to be fastened
inside the other; the same being accomplished without the use of nails, screws,
rivets, glue & the like.
In the following description of our invention reference is made to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings.
In carrying our invention into practice we propose to form a sheet metal collar
or socket of circular or other shape as desired (see Figs. 1 and 2) the said collar or
socket being made from any sheet metal as desired, such as iron, tinplate, brass,
copper &c.
Both ends of the said collar being cut in such a manner as to form at each
end three or more (or less) tongues or fangs A and B, and at the same time
to leave three or more (or less) pieces C of the metal forming the collar or
socket to act as protectors to the said tongues or fangs. We further propose
to pierce or partially cut the metal collar or socket in three or more places about
equidistant from each end, such partially cut portions to form the tongues or
fangs D of a segmental shape, when turned inwards at right angles to the collar or
socket. The points of the fangs or tongues A at the top end of the collar or socket
are bent inwards at right angles to the collar or socket and the said tongues or
fangs are then sprung or bent outwards from the collar or socket to admit of broom
stail or handle &c. being passed into the collar or socket. The said fangs or
tongues A being afterwards forced into the broom stail, hammer handle &c., firmly
fixes the collar or socket to the said stail or handle. On the stail or handle being
driven into the said collar or socket the fangs or tongues D will cut their way into
the said stail or handle, as shewn at E Figs. 3 and 4; the back part of the said
cutter being rounded facilitates their easy entry into the wood, and the front part
being flat resists any drawing back after being driven home.
The points of the fangs or tongues B at the bottom end of the collar or socket
are bent outwards at right angles to the collar or socket and the said fangs or
tongues are then bent inwards so as to bring the points of the fangs or tongues
inside the diameter of the collar or socket, so as not to interfere with the said collar
or socket being placed inside the hole or cavity in a broom, mallet, or hammer head,
or other similar article.
On the broom stail or handle being driven home, the tongues B are spread
outwards as shewn at Figs. 5 and 6 and thus causing, in the case of broom or mallet
heads &c., the points of the fangs or tongues to penetrate the sides of the hole or
cavity in the broom head &c. and thus to cause an effectual attachment of the collar
or socket to the broom or mallet head &c. Therefore the actions of the three sets
of fangs or tongues as hereiubefore described would cause the broom, mallet or

page_text: hammer head to be effectually fixed or fastened to the stail or handle. In the case
of a metal hammer or other head the tongues or fangs B would be passed clear
through the hole or cavity in hammer head &c. and the points of the said fangs
would then be allowed to rest upon the outside surface of the said hammer head &c.,
as shewn at Fig. 6, and would thus prevent the hammer head &c. getting loose or
detached from the handle; the collar or socket being attached to the hammer
handle as before described.
It will be seen that in driving the broom handle into the socket or collar and also
in driving the same into the hole or cavity in broom or hammer head &c. the
portions of plain metal C left in the collar or socket form effectual protection to
the respective points or fangs and prevent the said points or tongues being bent out
of place and rendered ineffective.
In order to more clearly describe the particular shape and method of our improved
fastener, we shew the same in Figs. 7. 8 and 9 in the flat before the metal is bent
round to form the collar or socket, Fig. 7 shewing the piece of metal with the
portions cut out to form the tongues or fangs; Fig. 8 shews the inside views of the
same with the points of fangs or tongues bent into the desired shape; and Fig. 9.
shews an outside view of same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. An improved fastener for fixing broom, mallet, or hammer heads to their
stails or handles or for the fixing or fastening together of any two or more articles
in a similar manner where the one is required to be fastened inside the other.
2. To accomplish the same without the use of nails, rivets, screws, glue &
the like.
3. To accomplish the same by means of a socket or collar containing a number of
sharp fangs or tongues which penetrate both broom or mallet head & their handles
or stails. And in case of metal heads such as hammers &c. the two sets of points to
penetrate the handle or stail & the third set to lie on the top surface of hammer &c.
head to prevent same becoming detached from handle or stail.
Dated this Eleventh day of August One thousand eight hundred and ninety-
than
HENRY HOPKINS.
WILLIAM EDWARD PITT.
CHARLEY CLEGG.