IMPROVEMENTS IN DUST-PANS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Emma Louisa Dietz and Mary Amanda Dietz, of Oakland,
in the County of Alameda and State of California, one of the United States
of America, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN DUST-PANS."
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Emma Louisa Dietz and Mary
Amanda Dietz at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
2nd September 1881.
EMMA LOUISA DIETZ and MARY AMANDA DIETZ, of Oakland, in the County of
Alameda and State of California, one of the United States of America. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN DUST-PANS."
Our said Invention relates to that class of dust-pans which are moved along the
floor or carpet, and into which the dust or debris is to be swept. It consists of a
dust chamber enclosed on all sides except a suitable opening which is left at the
front to receive and discharge the dust or litter. The front of the chamber is
provided with a lip or apron, and at the back of the lip or apron is formed a
concavity in which is placed a weight. A loop is attached to the back or rear side
of the chamber, which serves as a handle and also as a shoe upon which the
dust-pan is moved along the floor or carpet, all of which will be hereinafter more
fully described. In the accompanying Drawing, forming a part of this Specification
and to which reference is had, Figure 1 is a perspective view; Figure 2 is a cross
sectional view. In the manufacture of our dust-pan we enclose it so as to form a
dust-chamber A, into which chamber the sweepings from the floor are received.
This chamber is provided with a cover A¹. The front portion of the base-plate is
bent to form a double incline B, B¹. The outer incline B serves in the capacity of
an apron or lip, over which the sweepings are carried by the broom, while the
incline B¹ serves as a sliding medium upon which the contents of the dust pan pass
out of the chamber in discharging. In this manner of constructing the base plate
a recess or concavity C is formed upon the under face thereof, and along this recess
we attach a weight D, which may consist of a piece of wire or other metal, so that
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page_text: the dust pan will rest more heavily upon the floor or carpet and not be so easily
moved by the action of the broom in conveying the debris up the inclined apron or
lip B. To the rear end of the chamber we attach a loop E, the lower part of which
acts as a shoe to slightly elevate and permit the movement of the dust-pan along
the floor or carpet, which act of moving is accomplished by the use of the broom.
By this construction of dust pan the dust can be easily and readily collected and
held in the chamber without the annoyance of its rising in any considerable
quantity; and furthermore, as the pan is covered the dust will not be carried out
of the pan by a sudden gust of wind, or the sudden opening of a door, in carrying
it to a place of deposit, as in the use of an ordinary dust pan.
Having thus described our Invention, what we claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent is,-
A dust pan consisting of a chamber A having a cover A', and provided at the
mouth thereof with double inclines B, B¹, forming a recess C beneath for the
reception of a weighted rod D, a loop or shoe E being attached at the rear,
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof, we, the said Emma Louisa Dietz and Mary Amanda
Dietz, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Thirteenth day of
August. A.D. 1881.
EMMA LOUISA DIETZ.
(L.S.)
MARY AMANDA DIETZ: (L.S.)