IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH SCRUBBING BROOMS OR BRUSHES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Jensen; of 33, Chancery Lane, London, for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH SCRUBBING BROOMS
OR BRUSHES." A communication from abroad by J. O. Astenius, of Stockholm,
Sweden.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Jensen at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th March 1880.
PETER JENSEN, of 33, Chancery Lane, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED
WITH SCRUBBING BROOMS OR BRUSHES." (A communication from abroad by
J. O. Astenius, of Stockholm, Sweden.)
By means of this apparatus a floor or other surface is scrubbed with the same
facility as by an ordinary scrubbing broom or brush, while it offers the additional
advantage of affording a convenient means of collecting and removing the dirty
water. It is at the same time strong and cheap.
The brush or broom constructed according to this Invention consists mainly of
the following parts, viz. :-The brush proper with its handle, and an india rubber
blade and a water reservoir combined with the brush proper. The water reservoir
is made of pressed sheet iron, or of cast iron, or other suitable material. Along
one longitudinal edge it is fastened to the edge of the body of the brush proper,
next to the handle, by one or more screws. It is provided with a socket for the
handle, which is fastened thereto in the usual slanting position. The other longi-
tudinal edge of the reservoir does not reach quite down to the body of the brush
proper, but an aperture is left which is covered by an india rubber flap or scraper
fastened to the slanting edge of the body of the brush, and extending a little
beyond the said longitudinal edge of reservoir. The lower edge of the ends of the
reservoir are turned in and enter grooves in the body of the brush.
The action of this brush is as follows:-It is first used for scrubbing the floor or
other surface with water-or-soap-suds-in-the-usual-manner; that done the brush is
turned over and the aforesaid projecting edge of the flap acting as a scraper or
"squeegee" is used for scraping the dirty water from one side or part of the floor
to the other; in that position the flap closes the aperture of the empty water
reservoir. The operator then places himself so that the dirty water is between
him and the brush, and drawing the latter towards himself the projecting edge of
the india rubber flap is bent the opposite way and the dirty water is thereby forced
into the reservoir. When full it can be emptied into a pail by unstoppering a hole in
one end of a reservoir, the brush being turned the other way again.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Peter Jensen in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th September
1880.
PETER JENSEN, of 33, Chancery Lane, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED
WITH SCRUBBING BROOMS OR BRUSHES." (A communication from abroad by
J. O. Astenius, of Stockholm, Sweden.)
By means of this apparatus a floor or other surface is scrubbed with the same
facility as by an ordinary scrubbing broom or brush, while it offers the additional
advantage of affording a convenient means of collecting and removing the dirty
water. It is at the same time strong and cheap.
And in order that this Invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying Drawings, of which Figure 1
and
is a front elevation, half of it in section on line x, y; Figure 2 is an end view;
Figure 3, a vertical section through the centre.
"
The brush or broom constructed according to this Invention consists mainly of
the following parts; viz. :-The brush proper with its handle, an india rubber blade
or squeegee," and a water reservoir, combined with the brush proper. The water
reservoir a is made of pressed sheet iron, or of cast iron, or other suitable material.
Along one longitudinal edge it is fastened to the edge of the body of the brush
proper, next to the handle, by one or more screws i. It is provided with a socket c
for the handle d, which is fastened thereto in the usual slanting position. The
other longitudinal edge of the reservoir a does not reach quite down to the body
of the brush proper, but an aperture is left which is covered by an india rubber flap
or scraper k fastened to the slanting edge of the body of the brush by means of the
screws or nails, and extending a little beyond the said longitudinal edge of
reservoir a. The lower edges f of the ends of the reservoir are turned in and enter
grooves in the body of the brush, as shown at h.
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The action of this brush is as follows:- It is first used for scrubbing the floor or
other surface with water or soap suds in the usual manner; that done the brush is
turned over, and the aforesaid projecting edge of the flap k acting as a scraper or
squeegee" is used for scraping the dirty water from one side or part of the floor
to the other. In that position the flap closes the aperture of the empty water
reservoir. The operator then places himself so that dirty water is between him
and the brush, and drawing the latter towards himself the projecting edge of
the india rubber flap is bent the opposite way and the dirty water is thereby
forced into the reservoir. When full it can be emptied into a pail by unstoppering
a hole e in one end of the reservoir, the brush being turned the other way again.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of this Invention, and how
the same is carried into effect, I declare that I do not broadly claim the application
of a water reservoir and of a squeegee to scrubbing brushes, but I claim as the
Invention communicated to me,-
Firstly. The construction of the water reservoir a, substantially as set forth.
Secondly. The mode of fixing the brush proper to the water reservoir, sub-
stantially as set forth; and
Thirdly. The combination of parts forming the improved combined scrubbing
brush, squeegee, and water reservoir, substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter Jensen, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
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