IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TUT Dana Broome
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Wigfall, of Sheffield, in the County of York,
Brush Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TUT Dana Broome "
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Sealed the 24th January 1862, and dated the 26th July 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Wigfall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th July 1861.
I, WILLIAM WIGFALL, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Brush Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES AND BROOMS," to be as follows, that is
to say:-
This Invention relates to an improved mode of securing the bristles, bass,
or fibres into the head, stock, or handle of a brush or broom, and consists in
inserting a peg amongst the bristles, bass, or fibre, and into the hole which.
receives them, so as to act as a tightening wedge thereon, and thereby firmly
secure them in their place. These pegs may be used with pitch, marine glue,
or other cement, or they may be inserted dry, and may be composed either of
wood, metal, or any other suitable material. They may also be used in con-
nection with ruts or groves, one peg or pin being run through the whole row
of knots or bunches of bristles, bass, or fibre in the head or stock of the
broom or brush.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Wigfall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th
January 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WIGFALL, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Brush Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing dato the Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Wigfall, Her special license that I, the said William
Wigfall, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Wigfall, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES AND BROOMS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Wigfall, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, or under the hand and
seal of one of them, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, anil
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW. KNOW YE, that I, the said William Wigfall, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters and
figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My. said Invention relates to an improved mode of securing the bristles,
bass, or fibres into the head, stock, or handle of a brush or broom, and
consists in inserting a peg amongst the bristles, bass, or fibre, and into the
hole which receives them, so as to act as a tightening wedge thereon, and
thereby firmly secure them in their place. These pegs may be used with
pitch, marine. glue, or other cement; or they may be inserted dry, and may be
composed either of wood, metal, or any other suitable material. They may
also be used in conjunction with ruts or grooves, one or more pegs, pins, or

page_text: wedges being run through or forced into the whole row of knots, parcels, or
bunches of bristles, bass, or fibre in the head or stock of the broom or brush.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood, I shall
now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose I
shall refer to the several Figures on the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
the same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts throughout all the
Figures.
Figure 1 of the annexed Sheet of Drawings represents a vertical section of
a broom having the bristles, bass, or fibres secured into the head or stock
according to my Invention; and Figure 2 is a plan of the same, with the cover
removed, to shew the holes and the ends of the pegs therein.
In these two Figures A is the back or foundation of the brush containing the
holes which receive the bristles, these holes being made cylindrical, or of the
same size throughout, as shown in Figure 1; B, B, are the tufts of bristles or
other equivalent substance inserted into the holes; and C, C, are the pegs or
pins which are driven into the centres of the tufts, and into the holes for the
In order that a more effectual
purpose of securing the tufts therein.
wedging or tightening action may be exerted upon the bristles, I prefer to
make the pegs of a slightly tapered form, as shewn in the Drawings. In
Figures 1 and 2 these tapered pegs or pins are represented as being driven in
from the under side of the brush, or from that side from which the bristles
project, so that any attempt to withdraw the tufts will tend to stiil further
tighten them in the holes at the back A. In Figures 3 and 4 the peg is
represented as being driven in from the upper side of the back A, and the hole
which receives the tuft is made conical, in lieu of cylindrical; whilst in Figures
5 and 6 the tapered peg is driven into a conical hole in the reverse direction,
so as to have the effect of expanding the bristles outward, as shewn. Figures
7 and 8 represent the application of oblong pegs or wedges C in conjunction
with oblong holes, in place of using round pegs and round holes, as previously
> described.
I may remark, however, that I do not confine myself to any particular form
of peg or wedge and hole, as the same may be made either round, oval, square,
oblong, or any other shape which will enable the bristles or other substances
employed to be wedged or tightened into their holes by the insertion of a peg
5 or wedge therein. If found desirable, two or more such pegs or wedges may
be inserted into the same hole.
Figures 9 and 10 represent the second mode of securing the bristles or
other equivalent substance into the back of a broom. According to this

page_text: system, a long peg or wedge C is inserted laterally into a corresponding rut,
groove, mortice, or slot D made in the back of the brush, the bristles being
first laid across such slot, as shewn in the plan view, Figure 9; and the long
wedge is then laid upon them immediately over the slot, and driven home
therein, the nipping of the bristles at their centres causing their ends to rise
up and approach each other, as shewn clearly in the transverse section,
Figure 10, where the wedge is partly driven home. Or, in lieu of the bristles
being doubled, as in Figures 9 and 10, they may be made only half the length,
and be inserted singly into the slot, and then tightened by the insertion of
the wedge.
Having now described and particularly-ascertained--the-nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and
original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent, is,-
First, the securing of the bristles, bass, fibres, or other equivalent substances
into the back, stock,-or-handle-of-a-brush or broom, by the aid of pins, pegs,
or wedges inserted into the tufts, as herein-before described.
Second, the securing of the bristles, bass, fibres, or other equivalent sub-
stance into the back, stock, or handle of a brush or broom, by the aid of pins
or wedges passing through the rows of knots, and contained within ruts,
grooves, mortices, or slots at the back of the brush or broom, as herein-before
described and illustrated by Figures 9 and 10.
In witness whereof, I, the said William' Wigfall, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of January, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
WILLIAM WIGFALL. (L.S.)