Year: 1898

page_text: I, HARRY LANE, of Bank Houses, Somersham, in the County of Huntingdonshire,
Grocer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in brushes and refers more especially to
long handled brushes or brooms its object being to provide simple and efficient
means for attaching the handle to the head or stock of the brush whereby the same
is securely fixed without the use of nails screws or similar devices.
For this purpose I form upon or provide the lower end of the handle with a screw
thread and I also form within the stock or head of the brush a female screw thread
for receiving the screwed end of the handle or the stock may be fitted with a screw
threaded metal socket for this purpose or the like.
The handle upon being screwed tightly to the stock is thus held firmly thereto
without the liability of becoming loose or constantly getting detached which so
often happens with brushes as heretofore constructed. The use of nails or screws
which injure and disfigure the brush is also obviated and the handle may be quickly
and easily unscrewed or detached from the stock when required without any damage
to the said stock or handle.
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, HARRY LANE, of Bank Houses, Somersham, in the County of Huntingdonshire,
Grocer, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in brushes and refers more especially to
long handled brushes or brooms its object being to provide simple and efficient
means for attaching the handle to the head or stock of the brush whereby the same
is securely fixed without the aid of nails screws or similar devices.
For this purpose I form upon or provide the lower end of the handle with a screw
thread and the head or stock of the brush likewise formed with a female screw
In some
thread of similar pitch for receiving the screwed end of the handle.

page_text: cases the head or stock may be fitted with a screw-threaded metal socket and the
end of the handle be provided with a metal screw for engaging with the same.
In order to fix the handle it is simply necessary to screw the end into the head
or stock either perpendicular to the latter or at any angle thereto according to
the angle at which the screw-threaded hole is cut. The head or stock is thus
firmly secured to the handle without the liability of its becoming loose or detached
and by means of my invention I dispense with the use of nails screws or other fixing
devices which tend to injure and disfigure the brush, the handle may also be
quickly and easily detached by unscrewing it without causing any damage to
the same or to the head or stock.
And in order to clearly understand my invention reference is made to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a brush or broom
with the head or stock and lower end of the handle in section and Fig. 2 is a front
view of the brush with the stock partly. in. section and shewing the lower end of the
handle detached from the same.
a is the head or stock of the brush and .b.the female screw-threaded hole formed
through the centre thereof c is the male screw-thread cut upon the lower end of the
handle d. The hole bis cut through the head or stock a either perpendicularly
thereto or at any angle according to the angle it may be required to fix the handle.
By means of my invention when the brush is worn out a new one may be readily
attached to the same handle if required or, should the handle be broken a new one
may be attached to the head or stock.
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:
(1) The improvements in brushes or brooms consisting of a screw thread formed
the lower end of the handle engaging with a screw-threaded hole in the head or
stock of the brush for fixing the handle to the same substantially, as described.
(2) In brushes or brooms the combination with the head or stock, a of the screw-
threaded hole b and the screw thread c formed on the lower end of the handle d
substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
TITעזמזל naor
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.