An Improved Feather-broom.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by JOHANNA STUTTGARDTER, of 42 Luisenstrasse,
Munich, in the Empire of Germany.]
An Improved Feather-broom.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved feather-broom having an adjustable head
and an extensible handle of bamboo-cane.
According to this invention a broom is made of the feathers of turkey cocks and
hens or the like, the feathers being tied with wire into tufts or bunches and glued
into the holes of a broad back, thereby ensuring great durability and the possibility
To the head
of thoroughly cleaning the feathers by washing after frequent use.
of the broom is secured, by means of a device comprising a screw and thumb nut,
a short wooden rod in such a manner that the said head may be placed either
horizontally or vertically, according as the broom is to be used for sweeping the
walls or the ceiling, so that the entire active surface of the broom will be utilized
and the cleaning of walls and ceilings will take place more rapidly and thoroughly
than with the brooms heretofore used which sweep only by their edge.
The short wooden rod attached to the head which carries the feathers is inserted
into a bamboo rod or cane having a length suited to the requirements. By reason
of its lightness this broom can be cautiously moved about even at considerable
heights, so that injuries to the stucco, curtain cornices, chandeliers and the like may
be obviated.
A further advantage lies in the cheapness of manufacture of this broom as
compared with the feather brooms hitherto employed.
Dated this 21st day of January 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 an improved feather-broom having an adjustable head
and an extensible handle of bamboo-cane.
According to this invention a broom is made of the feathers of turkey cocks
and hens or the like, the feathers being tied with wire into tufts or bunches
and glued into the holes of a broad back, thereby ensuring great durability and
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page_text: the possibility of thoroughly cleaning the feathers by washing after frequent use.
To the head of the broom is secured by means of a device comprising a screw and
thumb nut, a short wooden rod in such a manner that the said head may be placed
either horizontally or vertically, according as the broom is to be used for sweeping
the walls or the ceiling, so that the entire active surface of the broom will be utilized
and the cleaning of walls and ceilings will take place more rapidly and thoroughly
than with the brooms heretofore used which sweep only by their edge.
The short wooden rod attached to the head which carries the feathers is inserted
into a bamboo rod or cane having a length suited to the requirements.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved broom with the head adjusted in line
with the handle for sweeping ceilings and the like.
Figure 2 is a view looking towards the feather side of the head and with the said
head turned at right angles to the handle and
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2 but showing the back of the head.
a is a bamboo or other light wooden rod, b, a wooden handle fitting into the said
bamboo rod, in such a manner that the broom can be adjusted to the different heights
at which it may be desired to use the said broom, c is a bracket or similar device
attached to the head d and e is a thumb-nut for adjustably securing the head d to
the top of the wooden handle b.
In Figure 1 the head d is shown in line with the handle a, but it will readily be
seen that by unscrewing the thumb-nut e the head d can be adjusted at right angles
to the handle or at any other desired angle so as to adapt the broom for sweeping
walls or the like.
It will be understood that by reason of its lightness this broom can be cautiously
moved about even at considerable heights, so that injuries to the stucco, curtain
cornices, chandeliers and the like may be obviated.
A further advantage lies in the cheapness of manufacture of this broom as compared
with the feather brooms hitherto employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :—-
1. A feather broom, the head of which can be adjusted as desired substantially
as hereinbefore described and shown in the drawing.
2. A feather broom, the head of which can be adjusted as desired and in which
the handle, of bamboo rod which may be replaced by other light hollow wood can
be adjustable in length for adapting the same for use at different heights and
avoiding injury to the coating and the stucco and mouldings of the ceiling as
well as to curtain cornices, chandeliers and the like, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 29th der of October 1845
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.