Improvements in Holders or Brackets for Brooms, Hoes, and other Tools.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders or Brackets for Brooms, Hoes, and other
Tools.
I, ALBERT ALEXANDER GRIFFIN, of Lake Street, in the Village of Roscommon,
Roscommon County, and State of Michigan, one of the United States of America,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my 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 new and useful improvements in holders for brooms, hoes
and other tools, and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of inclined
guides provided with spherical bodies having a space between so arranged that the
weight of the tool handle inserted will bind the spherical bodies against the inclined
guides and hold it in position, all as more fully hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved device.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof showing it as in use.
Fig. 3 is a similar elevation showing a modified form of my device.
A is a suitable bracket designed to be secured upon the wall, and to that end having
a suitable screw hole B, or other means of attachment.
Upon the sides of this bracket and preferably slightly raised therefrom are the
tubular guides C and C. The bottom of these guides is closed and the top is open
and preferably provided with a detachable stop D, which may be of cork, wood or
any other suitable material. These guides are inclined towards each other at the
bottom and have an inclined cut away portion E upon their inner sides. These
cut away portions are preferably enlarged towards the bottom, but enough of the
tubular portion is retained at all points to retain the spherical body F in position in
each of the guides. I preferably raise the guides a short distance above the face of
the bracket A by means of the raised rib G, so that the center of the spherical bodies
will be opposite the center of the handle designed to be clasped, or to clasp the
handle a little above the center so as to hold it inwardly as well as against vertical
displacement.
The parts being thus constructed, a handle such as H being inserted by pressing it
between the guides, the spherical bodies will move upward in the inclined guides
adjusting themselves automatically to a point which will allow of the insertion of the
handle between them and will firmly clasp the handle in position, as soon as the hold
of the operator is released. The greater the downward pull upon the handle the
tighter it will be held between the two bodies which will grasp it firmly on opposite
sides.
It is evident that my making the cut away portion E with inclined sides gradually
enlarging towards the bottom, handles of different sizes may be inserted and any which
will pass between the lower edges of the inclined guides will be held and locked in
their position. The stoppers D-are for the purpose of allowing the insertion of the
spherical bodies, and are secured in position as soon as the bodies are placed in the
guides, and if desired may be made rigid instead of detachable.
It is evident that a series of these guides may be placed side by side for tool holder,
and that the most desirable device is thus constructed which enables the tool or
implement to be quickly inserted in its place and as quickly released when desired,
without the necessity of putting it down through a strap or loop as is necessary with
other devices. The construction of this holder is simple in construction and efficient
in operation.
It is evident that instead of having the two inclined guides, each provided with a
spherical body loosely secured therein, a single guide and a vertical stop opposite the

page_text: same will effect the same result, and I desire to include this construction within the
scope of my invention, and show such a construction in Fig. 3.
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. In a holder for brooms etc., the combination of guides between which a handle is
adapted to be inserted, of a spherical friction body in one or both of said guides, and
having an inclined bearing for the spherical body, substantially as described.
2. In a holder for brooma etc., the combination of two vertical guides inclined
toward each other at the bottom, and of spherical bodies in said guides, substantially
as described.
3. In a holder for brooms etc., the combination of two vertical tubular guides
'inclined towards each other at the bottom and cut away on their inner side, and of
spherical bodies in said guides, substantially as described.
4. In a holder for brooms etc., the combination of vertical guides inclined towards
each other at the bottom and cut away on their inner sides, of removable stops D
in the top of said guides, and of spherical bodies in said guides, substantially as
described.
5. In a holder for brooms etc., the combination of the bracket A, the vertically
inclined guides C. C. having the cut away portion E and open at the top provided
with the stops D and the rib G, and spherical bodies in the guides, the parts operating
as and for the purpose described.
Dotad this 18th dor of March 1900
ALBERT ALEXANDER GRIFFIN.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.