Improvements in the Manufacture of Brooms, Brushes, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 20th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Brooms, Brushes,
and the like.
1 FRANK MISTOFT, of Pickering, in the County of York, Timber Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of brooms, brushes,
and the like, the object of same being to form a broom or brush, that shall combine
extreme durability, with cheapness of manufacture.
According to my invention, I provide a circular or other head, perforated with
several holes, into which are secured the "bunched " upper ends of strips of " ling”
or heather.
The several bunches of "ling" or heather so fixed in the broom-head, will be
held compactly together by means of an iron or other metal ring or hoop, passing
around same.
The end or butt of the handle of the broom or brush, will fit in, and partly
project through, the broom-head, and may if desirable, be covered with pitch, for
the purpose of adhering closely to the broom-head, and also to the strips of "ling
or heather, with which it may come into contact.
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HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Brooms, Brushes,.
and the like.
I FRANK MINTOFT, of Pickering, in the County of York, Timber Merchant,
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:-
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of brooms, brushes,
and the like, and has for its object to form a broom or brush that by reason of its
construction and the material employed therein shall combine extreme durability
with cheapness of manufacture.
Hitherto brooms and brushes, to prove durable have been formed with their
sweeping or brushing parts, of bass, wire, bristles, and such like material, which as
is well known, possessed the great disadvantage of being very expensive; while the
brooms and brushes for garden and similar use formed with their sweeping parts, of
twigs and the like have proved inadequate to resist the rough wear and tear imposed
upon them.
Now I have conceived the idea of applying "ling" or heather to the manufacture
of brooms, brushes and the like, this material being found to possess the requisite
wearing and similar qualities of all the more expensive materials, and I moreover
affix the said "ling" or heather in the heads of such brooms, brushes or the like
in a novel and effective manner.
And in order that my said invention may be the more readily understood, I have
shown same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrated drawings, wherein
Fig. 1 is a view of an ordinary broom-head provided with two bunches of "ling"
or heather fixed therein in the ordinary manner,
Kim • o plan of the broom-head,

page_text: Fig. 3 is an improved form of head or fastening for securing the bunched "ling
or heather,
Fig. 4 is a plan of same with the "ling" or heather removed therefrom,
Fig. 5 is a view of another form of broom-head, while
Fig. 6 is a plan of same.
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Referring to Figs. 3 and 4 a is strip of resilient metal bent into the form shown,
(or it may be of a circular or other form), the two free ends a a' being screw-
threaded, and provided with a nut which works on same, and is caused to
increase or relax the tension of the metal band which encloses the bunched "ling
or heather a, by drawing the free ends a a¹ together or vice-versa.
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A suitable collar or socket a³ will be riveted or otherwise fixed to the metal
band a or formed integrally with same, for the reception of the extremity of the
broom or brush handle.
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Referring to Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown therein a broom or brush-head formed
in two separable parts joined together transversely by two screw-threaded
bolts and furnished respectively at one end with a nut 3 for increasing or
diminishing the distance between the two parts bb. The upper part of the "ling
or heather is placed between the two parts of the broom or brush-head, which are
then brought tightly together by means of the aforesaid nuts 63 working on the
screw-threaded bolts ².
A suitable socket 4 is formed in a convenient part of either half of the broom
or brush head, for the reception of the handle.
It is obvious that the forms of broom or brush-heads described can be variously
modified as found desirable, as for instance that form of broom or brush-head
shown in Figs. 3 and 4 can be fashioned in a circular form to supersede the wooden
rings or hoops used with the present form of besom or garden broom.
Pitch, glue, or similar substances may be employed for causing the bunched ends
of the strips of "ling" or heather to adhere firmly and closely together, but this
is not essential.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The use and application of "ling" or heather in the manufacture of brooms
or brushes, substantially as and for the purpose herein described and shown.
2. The improved forms of brooms or brushes, with their sweeping parts com-
posed of ling or heather, substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 20th day of February 1892.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.