Improvement in the Manufacture of Brooms and Brushes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvement in the Manufacture of Brooms and Brushes.
ALEXANDER MARKS Brush Manufacturer 20 Urswick Road Clapton London N.E. do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Scavenger, Sweeping, Carpet, Stable Banister & Wall brooms and brushes made in
the following manner, Material placed between wires & twisted in, then fixed either
on wooden stocks, or in special Iron frames.
I, ALEXANDER MARKS, of 20 Urswick Road, Clapton, in the County of London,
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:—
The object of my invention is to manufacture brooms and brushes in such a
manner as to produce a durable article at small cost and having the bristles or
other material arranged so as to completely surround the stock somewhat in the form
of a barrel.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a broom or brush made
according to my invention and with part of the bristles removed to more clearly
show the construction; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3
is an end elevation of the bristles alone before they are attached to the stock.
In manufacturing a broom or brush according to my invention I proceed as
follows; I take two pieces of wire a of suitable length and thickness, place them
together side by side and twist one over the other. I then place a tuft or bunch b
containing a suitable number of bristles of about equal length between the wires and
twist them so that the tuft or bunch of bristles is gripped in about its centre and
securely held in the cavity c formed between the two twists of the wires, I then
place a second tuft or bunch 6 between the wires and twist them again and continue
in this manner until the requisite length is formed, every tuft or bunch being
gripped in the middle of its length and held in a separate cavity or space c between
two succeeding twists of the wire.
I then strain this double wire and fix it to the broom or brush stock d by spikes,
screws or the like e driven through eyes or loops in the ends of the strands of the.
wires. The stock I preferably made wedge-shaped as shown in Fig. 2 so as to wedge
in between the bristles and divided longitudinally into two parts as shown in Fig. 1
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page_text: so that tension can be put on the strands of the wire, by first fixing each end to
one of the parts of the stock and then forcing the two parts together. f is a top
plate which is secured to the stock by screws g or equivalent means.
In the drawings I have shown the invention as applied to a broom but it is
applicable to brooms or brushes of all kinds.
By making the broom or brush of separate tufts or bunches of bristles or other
material each gripped at about its middle by, and enclosed between, the twists of two
wire twisted on each other, and putting tension on the strands of the double wire so
formed, the bristles are caused to spread out in every direction and will entirely
surround the stock when secured thereto.
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 ;-
A broom or brush made of separate tufts or bunches of bristles or other material
gripped at about the middle between wires twisted on each other, the strands of the
wire rope thus formed being strained and the ends secured to the broom or brush
stock substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Dated this 12th day of Databer 1907
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant