mprovements in or relating to Brushes, Brooms, and the like, and to Handles therefor.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
mprovements in or relating to Brushes, Brooms, and the like, and
to Handles therefor.
I, CHARLES ALEXANDER MAYNARD of Herstal-lez-Liege, in the Kingdom of
elgium, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
anner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
and by the following statement :-
This invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
Figure 7 a cross section of a modified arrangement,
Figure 8 being two views of the handle and
Figure 9 the plug.
Like letters represent like parts throughout the drawings.
A is the brush back or body to which the handle is to be fixed; B is a groove
or recess formed in the body A, the groove being undercut or dovetailed as
clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, and being also tapered so that at its back or
closed end C it is narrower than at the front or open end D. In Figures 1, 2
and 3 this groove is shown entering from the side of the brush and extending
across the grain of the wood, but I wish it understood that I can make it in any
direction which I may find convenient; for example it may be made as shown by
the dotted lines in Figure 1 running in the direction of the longer axis of the
brush.
The handle E may be a long handle like an ordinary broom handle, or a short
handle or stub as shown in the drawings, this short handle being intended to be
grasped by one hand for use with a scrubbing brush such for example as shown in
Figures 1 to 3 so as to save the fingers from holding the body of the brush where
they are liable to get rubbed. When the invention is applied to a broom, carpet
brush or the like, the long handle may be used. The eud F of the handle E is of
suitable size and shape to fit in the groove B so that when driven home against
the end of the groove C it will be tightly held in the groove the portion of the
groove left empty when the handle is in place may be filled if desired by a plug G,
Figure 5, of suitable size and shape to fill the remaining portion of the groove,
and to take a firm hold therein. The plug G may be secured by glueing, screwing,
nailing or the like, but I prefer to make it a tight fit and trust to that to hold it.
The handle E is preferably formed square at the portion nearest the brush as
shown in Figures 3 and 4 which show the handle in views at right angles to each
other; by this means shoulders H are formed which take a firm hold upon the
brush back when the handle is driven home as indicated in Figure 2.
In Figures 6 and 7 the same principle of securing the handle is employed though
the brush is shown with an angular back or body and the groove runs longitudinally
instead of across the brush. With this arrangement a recess I, conveniently
circular, is formed at the end of the groove B the portion I being large enough to
receive the end of the handle E; the handle is then forced into the groove B
as before and the recess I closed by the circular plug G shown in Figure 9.
When the groove is placed longitudinally in a brush such as shown in Figure 1
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page_text: the enlargement I is not required as the groove merely opens out into the reduced
portion A¹ of the back shown in Figure 2. A handle suitable for use with the
brush, Figures 6 and 7, is shown in Figure 8 where the back corners F¹ of the
portion Fare rounded off to facilitate their entrance into the recess I, and
the front or leading face F is dovetailed so as to obtain a hold upon the inner
end C of the groove B which in this case, and if desired in other cases also, may
be undercut for this purpose-or it may be cut straight down merely to reduce the
size and facilitate its entrance into the recess I; otherwise the handle is the
same as before.
The groove in the angular back, Figures 6 and 7, may if desired be formed
across the brush as in Figure 1 in which case it would be conveniently slanted
downwards at the same angle as the portion of the back in which it was made.
The long handles would be fastened in the same manner as those above
described.
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 :-
1. A scrubbing or similar brush having a short handle adapted to accommodate
one hand projecting from the longitudinal centre of the brush substantially as
described.
2. As a means of securing the handle to a brush the combination with an
undercut and tapered groove such as B formed in the brush back or body of a
handle end such as F shaped to correspond with the groove B substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. A brush handle such as E H F substantially as described and illustrated in
Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
4. A brush back having a groove such as B or B I substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. In a brush the combination of a groove such as B handle such as E and plug
such as G substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of September 1893.
C. A. MAYNARD.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.