IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING HANDLES TO BROOMS OR BRUSHES
Year: 1884

page_text: I SAMUEL PICKERSGILL of Star Foundry Eagle Street Derby in the County of
Derby Stove Grate Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING HANDLES TO BROOMS OR BRUSHES to be as
follows:-
To supply a great want in the using of brooms or brushes for domestic or other
purposes, the great inconvenience in the using of which is that no sooner are they
put to use, than the head flies off the handle, and even when fastened on by the
usual and unsatisfactory method of driving a nail in, or packing with calico, or
other material it soon again becomes detached, to the great annoyance of the user,
to obviate all this I furnish the handle with a double ended iron or brass or other
metal screw, having a collar, of similar metal, fixed near the middle, with holes for
two small nails the long end of the screw is screwed into the handle up to the
collar, when the two nails being driven in prevent it turning either way, the
handle armed with the short screw is then put into the socket of the broom head
and is screwed home, thus securing it and making a firm and permanent job until
the broom or brush is worn out, when it can be screwed out and attached to a new
head as before, this not only prevents inconvenience and annoyance but is a great
saving and would warrant first class handles being used in all cases as they would
last a life time, should the screw ever wear out a new one can be attached to the
handle in a few minutes.
I also sometimes make the screw that goes into the broom or brush head so that
a nut and washer can be put on to further secure it.
Datal thi, Ninth dase of Mar 100.1.

page_text: I SAMUEL PICKERSGILL of Star Foundry Eagle Street Derby in the County of
Derby Stove Grate Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING HANDLES TO BROOMS OR BRUSHES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my Invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of
the same showing the mauner in which it is applied to the broom or brush handle
and also to the socket of the broom or brush head. Fig. 3 is a sectional view
showing the method of applying a nut and washer to a screw that passes through
the broom or brush head, in each of the views the same letters represent corre-
sponding parts wherever they occur. 881 is a double ended iron or brass or other
metal screw having a similar metal, collar a, fixed near the middle, through the
collar are two small holes for nails b. b, the long end of the screw 8 is screwed into
the broom or brush handle c, until the collar a, is close up, the two small nails b b
are then driven in and so prevent the screw turning, the short end of the screw &¹
is for the purpose of being screwed into the socket of the broom or brush head d,
and thus secure the handle to the broom or brush, this part of the screw may also
be formed as at e Fig. 3 it then passes through the bottom of the socket in the
broom or brush head and is secured by a bevelled washer e¹ and nut e² all
substantially as shown.
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
1st A double ended iron or brass or other metal screw with a similar metal collar
and two small nails to prevent same turning, with or without a nut and washer,
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
2nd I claim the method of attaching same to broom or brush handles for the
purpose of securing the head and preventing the broom or brush coming off in use
or otherwise until-required.
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