A Fastener for Securing Brooms and other Articles to Handles.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Fastener for Securing Brooms and other Articles to Handles.
I, ROBERT CROOKS, of 14 Water Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to means for fastening brooms and other brushes,
and other articles similarly used, to their handles; and has for its object to provide
a device by which the attachment shall be secure, and quickly and easily made,
and detached, at will, and one also that shall be strong and capable of being used a
number of times.
According to this invention, the fastening consists of two side pieces or clamps,
which at the parts
that are fastened to the handle are semicircular, so as to fit same ;
and at one edge these clamps are provided with interlocking hooks, and at the other
with a bolt and nut, as a thumb nut which passes through lugs or projections on
the clamps, by which, by turning up the nut, the clamps will be clamped tightly
onto the handle. At the outer ends, the clamps are extended, and provided with
holes to receive a bolt, and when on these parts stand a certain distance apart. To
these extended parts, the broom or other article is secured by providing on or in
connection therewith a cleat, or the like, with a tongue, which fits in between the
said extensions of the handle cleats, and through this, and said extensions, a bolt is
passed. When this is tightened up, a rigid connection between the handle and the
broom or other article is made. By this connection between the tongue and the
clamps the handle can be fastened or fixed at any angle in relation to the broom or
brush, desired.
Dated this 18th day of Anril 1895
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Fastener for Securing Brooms and other Articles to Handles.
I, ROBERT CROOKS, of 14 Water Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Joiner, 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 has reference to means for fastening brooms and other brushes,
and other articles similarly used, to their handles; and has for its object to provide
a device by which the attachment shall be secure, and quickly and easily made,
and detached, at will, and one also that shall be strong and capable of being used a
number of times.
According to this invention, the fastening consists of two side pieces or clamps,
which, at the parts that are fastened to the handle, are semicircular, so as to fit
same; and at one edge these clamps are provided with interlocking hooks, and at
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page_text: the other with a bolt and nut, as a thumb nut which passes through lugs or
projections on the clamps, by which, by turning up the nut, the clamps will be
clamped tightly onto the handle. At the other ends, the clamps are extended,
and provided with holes to receive a belt, and when on, these parts stand a certain
distance apart. To these extended parts, the broom or other article is secured,
by providing on or in connection therewith a cleat, or the like, with a tongue,
which fits in between the said extensions of the handle cleats, and through this, and
said extensions, a bolt is passed. When this is tightened up, a rigid connection
between the handle and the broom or other article is made. By this connection
between the tongue and the clamps the handle can be fastened or fixed at any
angle in relation to the broom or brush desired.
The invention is illustrated on the annexed sheet of drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Figure 2 an end elevation of the article; whilst
Figure 3 is a side elevation, Figure 4 a plan, and Figure 5 a sectional elevation
at the lower end of the appliance, illustrating a modification of the invention.
Referring to the drawings, a are clamps or side pieces, is the handle, and e is
the head of the broom or brush to which the appliance is fastened. The side
clamps or pieces a are fastened together and to the handle b, by interlocking
hooks d and a thumbscrew and nut e, which pass through the cheeks on the edges
of the parts a.
The side pieces a are extended below, into extensions or lugs h.
To this part of the device or appliance the broom or brush is fastened. The
connection between the side pieces a and the broom c is by means of the cleat i,
which is secured by screws on to the wooden head of the brush or broom c, and a
tongue on i, which fits between the lugs h. In making the attachment of the
device to the handle end and brush, the side pieces or clamps a are placed outside
the broom handle, with the interlocking hooks d engaged with one another, as
shewn in Figure 2; and then the pieces a are drawn up on to the handled by
screwing up the thumb screw e. The cleat being screwed on to the broom
head c, as shewn, the parts a and the part i are secured together by passing the
bolt through the extensions, and the tongue i, and screwing onto this bolt a
thumb nut, as shewn. To fasten the broom handle in any desired angle in relation
to the broom or brush, they are adjusted or moved about the pin to the desired
angle, and then the nut of the screw is screwed up tight and the fastening is
complete. The modifications shewn in Figures 3, 4 and 5, consist in providing the
tongue with a projection on its surface, and providing the lugs of the side
clamps a, with two apertures or recesses k, one ou either side of the centre or bolt
hole O. By this means, when the parts a are slacked back, the projection i* can
be fitted into either of the recesses k, and when the engagement is complete, and the
out of the screw j is screwed up, and so a permanent fixed angular position between
the handle and the broom head is afforded, and according to whether the notch or
projection is in one or other of the notches, or recesses k, so will the broom
handle be arranged at one side of the broom or the other.
By this invention, amongst other things, not only can the angle of the broom
with the handle be adjusted to what is required under different circumstances and
to the convenience of the user, but by the complete removal of the handle from one
side to the other, when the broom or brush is worn, and bent on one side, a
complete change of the direction and action of the bristles, when in use, is afforded,
and thereby, the life and sweeping or cleaning powers of the brush or broom.
increased.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The improved appliance or fastening for securing brooms and other articles
to handles, consisting of clamping parts for use in connection with the handle, and
a cleat for use in connection with the broom or the like, said parts being connected
and fixed together, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
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page_text: 2. The broom or like fastening appliance or device constructed and adapted to
be used, particularly as set forth with reference to and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 18th day of January 1896.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.