Improvements in Pads for Brooms, Brushes, and other Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pads for Brooms, Brushes, and other Articles.
I, ROBERT WILLIAM CHASE, trading as Robert Chase and Son, of Upper Dean
Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Brush Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of an improved pad or cushion attached, to brooms,
all kinds of brushes and other articles for the purpose of protecting furniture
and the like from damage where the said brushes &c. are being used.
In carrying out my invention I provide two wires of a length and strength
according to size of protector to be made, and place them within a suitable
machine which holds them parallel to each other, at a little distance apart; the
space between the wires is then filled in with woollen yarn, bristles, hemp or any
suitable material in short lengths, excepting a portion at each end, the material
would be at right angles to wire, with the wire crossing the centre of its length;
the wires are then twisted together by a handle or other means provided; the
twisting is continued until the wires close tightly upon the wool between them;
the result is that the wool is held in the centre, and forms itself into a kind
of circular mop, having two projecting ends of twisted wire.
In attaching the improved protector to brushes or brooms, a groove would be
formed at the end of the head of brush (the part most liable to come in contact
with furniture) two holes are then bored at the end of brush-head, in an angular
direction.
One of the projecting ends of the protector is forced into one of the angular
holes, the woollen covered part then bent into the aforesaid groove in end of
brush-head, and the remaining projecting end bent so that it may be driven
into the second angular hole, the protector is thus fixed on the extreme end of
the wooden brush-head; a staple or clip would then be driven over the centre
of the covered portion of inserted wire thus making a perfectly secure connection
of protector and brush-head. Other shapes and kinds of brushes could have
the protector connected in a slightly modified way to suit their shapes and use,
or the protector could be attached to all kinds of brushes and brooms, by cement-
ing or by securing the projecting ends in other ways.
Should the end of a brush-head fitted with the improved protector while being
used come in contact with any furniture or the like, the protector makes a soft
and yielding contact thereby preventing injury to the furniture or the like that
has been struck.
The improved protector may be applied to other articles liable to cause damage
to ornamental or other structures or surfaces through contact with them.
Dated this 12th day of September 1898.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Pads for Brooms, Brushes, and other Articles.
ROBERT WILLIAM CHASE, trading as Robert Chase and Son, of 42 to 45, Upper
Dean Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Brush Manufacturers,
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:
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This invention consists of an improved pad or cushion attached to brushes and
brooms of all kinds and also to other articles for the purpose of preventing the
brooms, brushes or other articles from damaging furniture when the brooms are
put into use or when the other articles carrying my improved pad are moved
from place to place.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings
the manner in which my invention is constructed and used.
Figure 1 represents a side view of a broom fitted with my improved pad.
Figure 2 represents a plan of Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents an enlarged front elevation of the improved pad.
Figure 4 represents a broken off sectional plan of an article to which my
improved pad is attached.
Figure 5 represents an end view of Figure 3.
Figure 6 represents an inverted side view of Figure 4.
Figure 7 represents a side view of a hand-brush fitted with one of my improved
pads.
Figure 8 represents a broom both ends of which are fitted with my improved
pad.
Figure 9 represents a sweeper both ends of which are fitted with my improved
pad.
Figure 10 represents a perspective view of a brush fitted with my improved
pad.
Figure 11 represents my improved pad bent from the straight shape shewn
in enlarged view Figure 3 into a curved shape suitable to fit over the curved end
of hand-brush Figure 10 or over the curved end or part of any other article.
In carrying out my invention in relation to the making of the improved pad
I provide two pieces of wire of suitable length and strength to produce the
particular size of pad required; the two wires are held by means of pliers or they are
placed between the gripper of a suitable machine which holds the wires parallel
to each other at a little distance apart, into the space between the two wires is
then placed woollen yarn, bristles, hemp, or any other suitable material filling up
the length of the wires, with the exception of a portion at each end, the material
would be at right angles with the wires, the wires crossing the centre of the
material, the two wires are twisted together by means of a handle or by the
revolution of the machine-gripper, or by other suitable means, the twisting
being continued until the wires closely embrace the woollen yarn, bristles, hemp
or other material with the result that the yarn or other material is centrally
gripped between the volutions of the twisted wires, the material gripped between
the volutions radiating outwards to form a circular pad or protector having two
projecting ends of twisted wire, as clearly shewn at Figure 3.
The circular protector as shewn at Figure 3 is attached to brooms, brushes
and other articles in the following manner.
A groove a is formed at the head of brush as shewn at Figure 6, two
holes are then bored in an angular direction as shewn at Figure 4, one of
the projecting ends c of the protector is forced into one of the annular holes b

page_text: and the body part d bent into the groove a provided in one end of brush-
head, the remaining wire end e is then bent at an angle and driven into the
second angular hole 6 the two angular connections would make a sufficiently
perfect connection nevertheless I prefer in some cases to use one or more clips
or staples driven over the covered part f of the twisted wire, thus making
a perfectly secure connection of the protector to the brush-head.
In lieu of the wire ends taking into the angular holes 6 I prefer in some
cases to cement the pad to the surface of the groove formed in the brush or
other article, or to secure the pad within the groove by other equivalent means.
The method of connection herein before described in relation to the detail
parts shewn at Figures and is descriptive of the method of connecting
the protector to both ends of brushes shewn at Figures 128 and 9, the groove a
and the holes b are also provided on the ends of the hand brushes shewn at
Figures 7 and 10.
Although my improved pad constructed in the manner herein before described
in relation to Figures 35 and 11 is especially suitable for use in connection
with brushes and the like, nevertheless a part of my invention consists in using
the improved pad on chairs and other movable articles having sufficient bulk to
receive the grooves a and the angular holes b, the improved pad being so
attached for the purpose of preventing the padded article from damaging other
articles when moved from place to place.
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. An improved pad or cushion for use on brooms, brushes and other articles,
such pad or cushion being composed of yarn, bristles, hemp or other suitable
material gripped between the volutions of twisted wires as described in relation
to Figures 3 and 5.
2nd. The combination of a pad of the kind described in relation to Figures 3
and 5 with brooms brushes chairs and other articles by providing a groove on
the brush or other article together with two wire-holes, the pad being bent
into the groove formed in the brush or other article and secured therein by
means of the end wires of the pad passing into the wire-holes as illustrated and
described in relation to Figures 34 and 6.
3rd. The combination of a pad with brooms brushes, chairs and other articles
by cementing the pad to the groove a or by securing the pad within the groove a
by other suitable equivalent means.
ROBERT WILLIAM CHASE.