AN IMPROVED MODE OF MAKING BROOMS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and Foreign
Patent Offices, 38, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of
Middlesex, and 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France,.
Patent Agent, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF MAKING
BROOMS." A communication from Eli P. Cooley, residing at New York.
City, in the United States of America.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th March 1867.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
38, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, and 24,.
Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE Q

page_text: MAKING BROOME," a communication from Eli P. Cooley, a person resident at
New York City, in the United States of America, to be as follows:-
The present Invention relates to a novel manner of securing broom-corn or
other material ordinarily used for brooms to the handle or holder for the same,
whereby simplicity, cheapness, and durability are obtained, as will be obvious
from the following detail description of the same, reference being had to the
accompanying Plate of Drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central section
through a broom taken in the direction of its length; Figures 2 and 3 detail
views, to be herein-after referred to,
In securing the broom-corn or other material used to the handle or holder
under the present Invention each section of the broom-corn that is to constitute
the broom at its stalk portions or end is first spliced (see Figure 3) so as to
enable such ends to form a more perfect and compact "bunch" when placed
together, with their other or loose end extending in opposite directions, as
plainly shown in Figure 2 of the Drawings, in which position they are firmly
fastened and secured by encircling or binding the said stalk portions with two
or more cords, ropes, or other lines A, and then tightly tying such cords,
leaving loose ends B to the same. The broom-corn is then doubled up as it
were or bent over so as to bring its loose ends together when passing the
ends B of the cords A through the conical-shaped holder or head C, which
may be made of any of the ordinary but suitable styles and shapes now in
common use, and of any material (such as sheet tin, brass, or analogous metal,)
with the bound portion of the broom-corn and the larger end D of the said
holder; the broom-corn is then by means of said cords drawn up into said
holder or head toward its smaller end E until brought to the proper and
desired position therein, when having tied a knot in the ends of the cords at
the small end of the holder or head C one end of the handle, stick, or rod F
is then driven through such end of the holder into the broom-corn, thereby
tightly binding, holding, and fastening the said ends between it and the edge
of the smaller end or mouth of the holder, as is obvious without any further

page_text: Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, and 24, Rue du Mont
Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, Her special licence that I, the said Henri
Adrien Bonneville, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED MODE OF MAKING BROOMS," a communication from Eli P. Cooley,
a person resident at New York City, in the United States of America, upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The present Invention relates to a novel manner of securing broom-corn or
other material ordinarily used for brooms to the handle or holder for the same,
whereby simplicity, cheapness, and durability are obtained, as will be obvious
from the following detail description of the same, reference being had to the
accompanying Plate of Drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central section through
a broom taken in the direction of its length; Figures 2 and 3 detail views, to
be herein-after referred to.
In securing the broom-corn or other material used to the handle or holder
under the present Invention each section of the broom-corn that is to
constitute the broom at its stalk portions or end is first spliced (see Figure 3),
so as to enable such ends to form a more perfect and compact "bunch" when
placed together, with their other or loose end extending in opposite directions,
as plainly shown in Figure 2 of the Drawings, in which position they are

page_text: -firmly fastened and secured by encircling or binding the said stalk portions
with two or more cords, ropes, or other lines A, and then tightly tying such
cords, leaving loose ends B to the same; the broom-corn is then "doubled
up" as it were, or bent over, so as to bring its loose ends together when
passing the ends B of the cords A through the conical-shaped holder or head C
(which may be made of any of the ordinary but suitable styles and shapes
now in common use, and of any material, such as sheet tin, brass, or analogous
metals,) with the bound portion of the broom-corn and the larger end D of
the said holder; the broom-corn is then by means of said cords drawn up into
said holder or head towards its smaller end E until brought to the proper and
desired position therein, when having tied a knot in the ends of the cords at
the small end of the holder or-head C, one end of the bandle, stick, or rod F
is then driven through such end of the holder into the broom-corn, thereby
tightly binding, holding, and fastening the said ends between it and the edge
of the smaller end or mouth of the holder, as is obvious without any further
explanation. The said handle stick in order to facilitate its being driven into
the broom-corn- as above described, being pointed or sharpened, as shown in
Figure 1.
From the above it is plainly apparent that by my improvement in brooms
broom-corn can be securely fastened to its handle or holder, and in a most
simple, cheap, and effective manner, and in such a way as to be within the
capability and scope of any person, whether possessing more or less mechanical
skill or aptitude; no tools or implements of any kind except what are in
common use and in the possession of all families, or nearly so, being required,
thus greatly increasing its desirability, utility, and practicability for domestic
purposes; and a broom under my Invention being susceptible of manufacture
at a much less expense than any broom now in common use or heretofore
invented or patented. In lieu of using cords, ropes, or analogous fastenings,
as has been herein described, an iron or other suitable loop H, such as is
shown in Figure 4, may be employed, in which case it is secured to the broom
handle by securing its screw threaded spindle or shaft into and through the
end of the said handle, when placing the metallic cap over the loop the broom
is completed.
Having now fully described and particularly ascertained the nature of the
said Invention, and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would
observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim is,-
1°. The cords A, the conical cup C, and pointed handle F, with the stalks

page_text: or their respective equivalents combined together, substantially in the manner
and for the purpose described.
20. The use of the loop H, substantially as and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
H. BONNEVILLE. (L.8.)