Improvements in Broom Handles.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Broom Handles.
1, JOHN ASPINALL of Windmill Yard Shamble Street Barnsley in the County
of York Brush Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this said invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to broom handles its object is to arrange means whereby
the end which enters the broom head more securely prevents the handle becoming
loose and the said end of handle is at the same time considerably strengthened; to
attain which I form a groove or grooves either annularly or spirally around the
handle near said end and I place or secure into said groove or grooves wire or a
strip of tin or other metal or material and this wire is situated below the nail or
screw for holding the head to the handle and so prevents the head becoming
loose.
In connection with said improved handle I arrange a simple means of securing a
hanging loop to the upper end of same that is to say I use an ordinary piece
of string the two ends of which I glue or cement together and these I secure in a
hole formed in one side only of handle by means of a wooden or other peg.
The screw used for fastening the handle to the head may be stored in the lower
end of handle before use so as to be conveniently and compactly sold with
said handle.
Dated this 24th day of February 1896.
JOHN ASPINALL.
Improvements in Broom Handles.
I, JOHN ASPINALL of Windmill Yard Shambles Street Barnsley in the County
of York Brush Manufacturer 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 broom handles its object is to arrange means whereby
the end which enters the head more securely prevents the handle becoming loose
and the end of handle is at the same time considerably strengthened and is made
more easy to shapen down to fit any hole within the head for its reception and in
connection with said handle I arrange a simple means of securing a hanging loop,
to attain which I form and arrange my improved handle substantially in the manner
described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1. is an elevation of my improved part of handle fitted into a broom head
and Fig. 2. is a similar elevation with the broom head removed of a modification of
my invention.
Fig. 3. is an elevation of the part of handle shown at Fig. 1. with the wire or
other strengthening material removed.

page_text: Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of said part of handle showing the fastening for
securing the head to handle stored therein and
Fig. 5. is a part sectional elevation of upper end of handle showing the improved
attachment of loop.
Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each view.
Referring to Fig. 1 to 4 I form near the lower end of handle A a groove
or groves b either anular as shown at Figs. 1. 3. and 4 or spirally as shown
at Fig. 2. and into said groove or grooves I secure wire or other strengthening
material C of any required thickness or shape and this material C comes underneath
the nail or screw D for holding the head to handle and so prevents the head
becoming loose see Fig. 1. In some cases the groove b may be used without the
wire and its use adapted simply to facilitate the shapening down of the handle
where required as will be well understood as shown at Fig. 3.
With reference to Fig. 5. I use an ordinary piece of string H, the ends of which
I glue or cement together and secure them in a hole in the handle A by means of
a wooden or other peg J.
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 broom handles the use of annular or spiral grooves near their lower ends
with wire or similar strengthening material fixed therein substantially as described
and for the attainment of the object specified.
2. Forming broom handles with annular or spiral grooves near their lower ends
substantially as described.
3. In broom handles the use of a loop H formed by cementing its two ends and
fitting it into a hole in handle with a peg substantially as described.
Dated the 14th day of November 1896.
JOHN ASPINALL.