Improvements in the manufacture of brusnes and brooms.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in the manufacture of brusnes and brooms.
I, JOHN BENJAMIN MEESON, of Blind Institution, Albion Street, Leeds,
Brush Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This, invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of brushes and
brooms and provides a means by which the heads may be made more efficiently
than is at present the case.
Each stock or head is bored with a series of holes at proper distances apart in
order to receive the fibre. After these holes have been formed the stock is formed
with a series of deep grooves or channels passing through all the holes. These
are placed in rows so that a series of cuts corresponding to the rows will divide all
the holes evenly. The cuts are made by saws and extend through the greater part
of the stock without separating it. After the holes are filled with the fibre which
is dipped in pitch the stock is subjected to considerable pressure at the sides
which cause the cuts to close at their edges so as to grip the knots of fibre firmly.
After the head has been formed in this manner wire rivets or bolts are employed
to bind the divisions firmly together.
By this arrangement a cheap and durable head is formed without any danger
of the fibre coming out, at the same time the broom will have more spring in it
than is the case with the ordinary stock.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Brushes and Brooms,
I, JOHN BENJAMIN MEESON, of Blind Institution, Albion Street, Leeds,
Superintendent of said Institution, 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 nature of my invention is to secure more firmly than hitherto, the knots of
bristle or fibre in brush stocks or heads, especially when used in hot water, or in
any place where there is great heat.
Each stock or head is bored with holes running in parallel lines lengthwise
of the stock or head, after which, each line of holes, is grooved or channelled down
the centre, at any given depth, but without seperating the stock or head.

page_text: When the holes are filled with bristle or fibre the stocks are pressed together at
the sides until the outer edges of the grooves are closed up, which gives to every
hole a dovetail formation, as the outside edge of each hole is smaller than the
inside or bottom. The several divisions of each stock are then firmly held together
by means of rivets or bolts.
Figure 1, shews the holes and grooves in stock before being filled with bristle
or fibre.
Figure 2 is the end view of stock when the grooves are closed up on their outer
edges, after the bristle or fibre is inserted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-·
1st. The grooving of the stocks lengthwise across the holes.
2nd. The closing of the top or outer edges of the grooves, and securing the same
by means of rivets or bolts.
3rd. The narrowing of each hole on their outer edges to form a dovetail.