improvements in Brackets for Supporting Brooms.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1896-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
COMT DATE OF MUIETUATION.
improvements in Brackets for Supporting Brooms.
I, FRANK DEXTER MARTIN, of Perkinsville, in the County of Windsor, and
State of Vermont, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 brackets and particularly to a bracket for holding or
supporting brooms, and the object of the invention is to provide a broom-holding
bracket of new and novel construction and arrangement of parts.
A further object of the invention is to provide a broom-holding bracket having
slidably pivoted clamping members.
A still further object of the invention is to provide a broom-holding bracket
adapted to be secured to the wall and having pivoted clamping members slidably
controlled by a spring to hold the members open for the purpose of receiving a
hroom handle, and to lock the members closed with the broom handle between
them.
Other objects and advantages accruing from the peculiar construction and
arrangement, of the device resulting from its novel operation will be hereinafter
observed.
The invention consists in the novel construction of parts and resides essentially
in the slidable pivoted spring-controlled clamping members.
In the drawings:
Fig. is an inverted perspective view with the clamping members open in
position to receive a broomi handle.
Fig. 2 is a top view showing the members closed and locked upon the handle
with the latter in cross-section.
Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the members separate and locking a larger
handle, the latter being in cross section.
Fig. 4 is a modification.
The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the several
figures of the drawings.
The upright portion 1 has suitable screw holes 2 for attaching the bracket to the
wall. At right angles to said portion is formed arms 3 which diverge from each
other and form the juncture or angle 4. This portion 1 and the arms 3. constitute
the main or bracket proper..
At the juncture 4 are formed two projections 5 in the same horizontal plane with
each other, and a similar projection 6, centrally between and just forward of the
projection 5, and between the latter and the projection 6 is inserted a plate spring 7
which is firmly held in place upon the arms 3 without other means of attachment
than the peculiar arrangement of the said projections. This spring 7 has its ends 8
curved forwardly to the end of the said arms and the latter having a stop lug 9.
These arms 3 have a pivot 10 provided with a washer 11, for pivotally and slidably
connecting the clamping members 12 to the arms 3.
These clamping members being duplicates or exactly alike I will only especially
describe one of them; the same has a limb 13 provided with a slot 14 through
which the pivot projects, and a wing 15, which constantly engages the curve of the
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page_text: spring 7. The said semi-circular clamping jaw 16, has front and rear round
ends 17 and 18, respectively, which carries. the broom handle 19 in and out of the
bracket.
It will be observed that the clamping members will take handles of various sizes
and will hold one size just as securely as another.
It will also be seen that the act of pushing the handle in the jaws will close and
lock them on the broom handle and by simply pulling the latter outward opens the
jaws in the position to again receive the handle.
The use of the bracket is of course not restricted to supporting brooms, but may
as readily be employed for other purposes without change in construction of the
mechanism constituting the invention; for example, the modification (Fig. 4)
shows a rectangular block 20 having its top converged into an apex 21 from which
it may he suspended and the brackets attached upon its sides. Or the bracket
proper may be cast with the block.
I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction and
arrangement of parts, as the same may be altered or changed in the manufacture
of the device without departing from the spirit of my invention.
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 combination with a bracket, of slotted clamping members pivoted to the
bracket and adapted to slido and turn on the pivots, and means engaging the said
members to hold them open or closed, as set forth.
2. The combination with a bracket having diverging arms of a slotted clamp
pivoted upon the arms and adapted to turn and slide simultaneously on the pivots
and a spring held by the bracket to control such movement of the clamps, as set
forth.
3. The combination with a bracket having projections and diverging arms
having stop lugs, a spring held to the bracket by the said projections, and the
clamps slidably pivoted to the arms and having a wing engaged by the free end of
the spring, substantially as set forth.
4. The combination of an angular bracket having projections, and arms provided
with pivots and stop lugs, with a spring secured between the projections and
having free curved ends, and the clamping members slidably secured on the pivots
and having wings which engage the spring ends, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 21st dor of December 1806
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the' Applicant.