Improvements in Fastenings for the Handles of Brooms, Brushes, and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 7th June, 1887.
Improvements in Fastenings for the Handles of Brooms, Brushes,
and the like.
I NEWNHAM BROWNE, Fel. Inst. P.A. of 73 Cheapside in the City of London do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
THE HANDLES OF BROOMS BRUSHES AND THE LIKE," and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement —
The fastening to which the present invention relates has for its
broom brush or the like to be conveniently used for sweeping or
horizontal surfaces such as floors but also inclined or vertical ones
for instance.
object to enable a
brushing not only
also, such as walls
This fastening which forms a connection between the head of the broom or the like
and the handle of the same is shown in several modifications in the accompanying
drawings.
A sleeve a serves as a connection with the end of the broom handle and the handle
may be driven either into a sleeve with a smooth bore a, and held fast therein by a
pin b as shown in figs. 1 and 2 or it may be screwed into the correspondingly threaded
sleeve as shown in figs. 3 and 4.
The connection of the broom fastening with the broom may vary according to the
nature of the latter. Either the plate c of the fastening is fixed to the stock of the
broom by say wood screws as shown in figs. 1 and 2, or if the broom stock has a hole
the plate c is provided with a strong projecting screw threaded pin c¹ which screws
into the hole in the stock as shown in figs. 3 and 4, or a slight conical screw threaded
pin (fig. 5) serves to attach the fastening piece to the stock.
جميع
Between the sleeve a and the plate c two joints d and e are so arranged that they
cross one another, that is to say the path of motion of the one is perpendicular to that
of the other. Both joints are in so far alike that the centre piece will, when all the
parts are in a straight line, as in figs. 1 to 4, bear with its pointed end against a
suitable striking or butting piece on the double portion of the joint. On each middle-

page_text: piece of the two joints there is, on the side opposite to that at which the pointed portion
is placed, a projection of pointed angular shape, d¹, e¹, serving as a butting piece when
that particular joint is bent, that is its position changed from that of the straight line
to one perpendicular thereto.
When the joints d and e assume the position shown in figs. 1 to 4, the broom-head
is so placed with reference to the handle that the whole is adapted for sweeping
horizontal surfaces.
If the middle piece of the joint e is brought into a horizontal position as shown in
dotted lines in fig. 1, the broom head stands sideways at a right angle to the handle in
which position the broom is particularly adapted for sweeping vertical or inclined
surfaces. If however the middle piece of joint dis made to assume a horizontal position
as shown in dotted lines in fig. 2, the broom is parallel to the handle and is then well
adapted for sweeping vertical corners.
In either position which the joints are capable of assuming they are fixed by rings, g
and respectively which when drawn back allows the position of the joints to be altered
whilst when pushed forward as shown in figs. 1 and 4, the rings will embrace both
joints as will become fully apparent from the full and dotted lines in the said figures.
In order to prevent the rings slipping from the position requisite to enable them to
fix the joints, the joints may be made slightly tapering as shown in figs. 1 and 2 so
that the ring in action is held on the part corresponding to its internal diameter by
friction, or springs h and i are provided at the joints d and e externally as shown in
figs. 3 and 4 which bearing against the inner surfaces of the ring prevent their
slipping.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my foreign
correspondent I declare that what I claim is
A fastening serving to connect a broon, a brush or the like and its handle in such
manner as to adapt the whole for sweeping horizontal as well as vertical and inclined
surfaces and consisting in a sleeve a fastened upon the holder either by a pin b (figs. 1.
and 2) or by means of an internal screw (figs. 3 and 4); the joints d and e, moving in
paths which are perpendicular to one another, the fixing rings fand g with or without
the springs h and i and a plate c fixed upon the stock by wood screws (figs. 1 and 2) a
screw threaded pin (fig. 3 and 4 also fig. 5) and thus uniting the stock and the
handle.
D
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.