An Improved Broom.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 23rd Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Broom.
I MARY ANN HELEN HADDON residing at No. 4 Maude Road Camberwell S.E.
not in business do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improvement in hand brooms.
I propose
that the broom head be made both ends alike, that when one end is
worn down, the head can be reversed making the broom equivalent to a new one.
Dated this 9th day of November 1891.
M. A. H. HADDON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Broom.
I MARY ANN HELEN HADDON residing at No. 4 Maude Road Camberwell S.E.
not in business 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 :-
An economic reversible handled hand broom. The broom head may be of varied
shape, only both ends alike, that when one end is worn down the handle can be
unscrewed and fixed into the other end, for which provision made. The handle
can be screwed in horizontally level with the back of the broom, or point upwards,
half way between horizontal and perpendicular, by which position the entire face
of the broom is brought to a level with the floor, and wears much longer.
The broom head, or stock, which terms may be used indifferently, is made both
ends alike, there is a socket for a handle to fit in, the same at either end of the
head, the end not in use is plugged up and not observable, but so as to be
readily removed when the broom is required to be reversed, and the plug can
then be inserted in the vacated socket.
Of the several methods of fixing the handle to the broom stock, the two
following may be thus described. One of the two methods this, it is screwing
the handle into the broom stock, in the way the handle is screwed into "hearth
brooms," therefore I distinctly disclaim the method as any part of my invention, but
the following method is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, original, as applied
to brooms. A deep annular groove is turned in the sockets of the broom head,
which groove is entered by a slot, and an iron stud the size of the slot, and that
will fit the groove, is inserted deep into the handle, and is passed down the slot
into the groove, then moved along the groove till a slot in the handle corre-
sponding in size with the entrance slot in the stock, is brought opposite, one to the
other, and they form a square opening; into the opening a square headed metal
plug is inserted, fitting the opening, and sharpened at the point, sufficiently long
to reach downward in a slanting direction, right through to the bottom of the
handle, and about three quarters of an inch into the broom stock, the plug having
screw hole at the top, a brass or iron screw will fix it in the handle, through
which it must pass transversely into the broom stock on the opposite side. The
plug so fastened in its place, will fix the handle immoveably.
Hand broom stocks will be socketted so as for the handle to be horizontal with
he back of the stock, or elevated to any pitch.
The handles will last out a succession of brooms and effect a saving.

page_text: 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:
A hand broom made for the handle to be fixed in at either end as described,
horizontally or pointing upwards.
Dated this 4th day of March 1892.
M. A. H. HADDON.