An Improved Fastener for Securing Handles to Brooms or Brushes and Similar Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1897-Accepted 12th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastener for Securing Handles to Brooms or Brushes
and Similar Articles.
I, SAMUEL KENYON, 61, Nether Hall Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the means by which handles are secured or fastened
to brooms, brushes, and other articles similarly used, and the object of the inven--
tion is to provide a fastening appliance or joint device so constructed that the
attachment shall be secure and quickly and easily made, and also to enable the-
broom or brush head, or other similar article to be detached, without any screws-
or nails being removed, either for the purpose of reversing or turning about the..
broom or brush head, or fitting the handle on a new one.
The fastener consists of a steel spring clip, this forming the lower end of the
appliance, and it is fixed over and around the wooden back or head of the broom
or brush. The ends of the clip which are bent over, passing under the edge of
the brush head on each side of it, so as to firmly grip and hold it. To this clip
is attached a strap or band, made of steel or any suitable material. The handle is
put through the strap or band, which is drawn tightly down on the handle by
means of a screw, in the under side of the strap or band, which when tightened on
the under side of the clip, secures the handle firmly to the clip, and the clip to the
broom or brush head, without driving a nail or screw into the brush head. By
releasing the screw the handle can be taken out of the strap or band with ease..
Dated this 24th day of March 1897
An Improved Fastener for Securing Handles to Brooms or Brushes
and Similar Articles.
SAMUEL KENYON, of 61, Netherball Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire, Engineer, 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 relates to the means by which handles are secured or fastened
to brooms, brushes or other articles similarly used, and the object of the invention
is to provide a fastening appliance or joint device so constructed that the attach-
ment shall be secure and yet quickly and easily made, and also enable the broom
[Price 8d.]

page_text: or brush head or similar article to be detached without any screws or nails having
to be removed, either for the purpose of reversing or turning about the broom or
brush head, or for fitting the handle into a new one.
Referring to the enclosed sheet of drawings whereon similar letters refer to
the same parts;
Figure I is an elevation of the appliance complete as attached to an ordinary
broom or brush head, and handle.
Figures II and III are respectively an elevation and a plan of one part of the
spring clip, for grasping the head of the broom or brush.
Figure IV is an end elevation of the strap or band for securing the clip to the
brush handle.
Figures V and VI are respectively, an elevation and a plan of the other part
of the spring clip.
Figure VII is an elevation of an alternative arrangement of the spring clip,
which is here shown as being made in one piece.
From the drawings it will be seen that the device consists of a suitably arranged
clip made in two parts A & B, which clip grasps the head of the broom or
brush and is secured to the handle of the brush or broom by the strap
or band C, having a thumbscrew 1) in a convenient position. The part A of
the clip consists of a flat piece of steel, or other suitable metal, and for part of
its length it is bent so as to coincide with the general shape of a brush head and
at one extremity it is again bent at a sharp angle so as to catch the edge of the
brush head or broom. The other extremity bears a small projection or tongue E
which fits into a corresponding slot or groove in the part B. The part B of the
clip is made trough shaped in section for part of its length and at one extremity
it is divided into two forks which are bent in a suitable manner to coincide with
the general shape of a brush head or broom and these forks are each again bent at
a sharp. angle at their extremities, so as to grasp the edge of the brush head or
broom. It will be seen that a slot F is provided in the part B to receive the
tongue at the extremity of part A. The straight portion of the part A of the clip,
rests inside the trough shaped portion of part B, the tongue E entering the
slot F. It inust however be understood that I do not confine myself to the exact
method shown for retaining the parts A & B, in their relative positions. The
parts may be pinned, soldered or otherwise fastened rigidly together at one
extremity in such manner that the arms will be slightly apart at the end nearest
the brush head or I may use any suitable and well known means to. hinge the
parts A & B together at the end away from the brush head. I may also make
the parts A & B entirely free and independent of each other or I may make the
clip in one piece as shewn in Fig. VII arranging its general shape so as to afford
a good grip upon a brush head or broom.
The strap or fastener C consists of a piece of steel or other suitable metal suitably
bent to agree with the general diameter of a brush or broom handle. The ends of
the strap are united in some convenient manner with a cross bar G which is
tapped to receive the thumbscrew D. Openings H H¹ may be constructed in the
sides of the strap C, to receive a corresponding block or strip J fastened in a
suitable position and manner to the outer surface of the trough shaped portion of
part B, or the strap C may be made without these openings and the block or strip
omitted from the part B. It will be seen that the block or strip J in conjunction
with the openings H H¹ furnishes a guide to keep the band C in a convenient
position and practically square with the portion B of clip, and in addition ensures
the several parts of the device being held together in proper relative positions
when not in use, so that no difficulty is experienced in instantly attaching the
arrangement to the brush head or broom and to the handle.
When the various parts of the device are assembled and fitted together in the
männer shown in Fig. I, the parts A & B of the spring clip are fitted to the
brush head or broom. The thumbscrew D) is then screwed back to allow a free
passage for the brush handle K, which is thrust through the band C as far as

page_text: possible. The spring clip A B is so made that when in position on the brush
head the straight arms do not meet except at the extremity E and consequently
when the thumbscrew is tightened the grip of the spring on the brush head, and
the grip of the band or clasp C on the handle K is greatly increased at the same
time, a few turns of the screw serving to bind the whole combination rigidly
together. The spring clip A B can be made with its arms so proportioned as to
bring the brush handle to any desired angle with the brush head. I may also
make the arms of the spring clip A B which come in contact with the band C
and brush handle K, circular in section, to correspond with the shape of the brush
handles. It will be seen that the device can be instantly detached from the brush
head which latter can be reversed at once, without any screws or nails being
required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same may be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
:-
In an appliance for securing handles to brush heads, brooms or similar articles
in such manner as to be quickly detachable and reversible, the general combina-
tion and arrangement of the several parts as herein shown and described.
Dated the 15th day of December 1807