Improvements in Fixing Long Handles to Broom Heads.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Jan., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fixing Long Handles to Broom Heads.
We, GEORGE ROY COMPTOx of No. 2 Acacia Road, Leytonstone, in the
County of Essex, Sugar Merchant's Clerk and CHARLES FREDERICK COOPER
of Esther Villa, Park Grove Road, Leytonstone, aforesaid, Solicitor's Clerk, do
hereby deolare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this improvement is to supply a long felt want and to simplify the
present mode of fixing long handles to broom-heads. It is always inconvenient and
a great waste of time and energy to be obliged to fix the head of a broom to the
handle with a screw or nail which necessitates the use of tools and some skill is
required in the use of these articles to make anything approaching a successful
combination of the two parts whereas the improvement in the fixing which we claim
renders this most necessary and useful article complete in itself.
The improvement consists of cutting a wood screw thread on the broom handle
and a corresponding wood screw thread cut in the head of the broom taking care
that the screw thread on the handle is a trifle shorter than the screw thread in the
head of the broom so that when screwed together on coming to the end of the
thread on the handle it immediately tightens up the whole as one solid pince.
The improvement is so extremely simple that anyone could fix the parts in a few
seconds.
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TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Fixing Long Handles to Broom Heads.
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We, GEORGE ROY COMPTON of No. 2, Acacia Road, Leytonstone, in the
County of Essex, Sugar Merchant's Clork, and CHARLES FREDERICK COOPER
of Esther Villa, Park Grove Road, Leytonstone, aforesaid, Solicitor's Clerk, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
perforined to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in fixing long handles to the heads of
brooms such as housemaid's brooms carpet brooms stable or yard brooms or the
like whereby such parts are readily and securely fixed together and are not so
liable to come apart or break away as when combined and fixed with nails screws
or wedges as heretofore.
The improvement consists in forming on the ordinary long handles for brooms a
screw thread (i.e. a male screw) a little shorter than the female screw thread
adapted to receive same and formed in the ordinary or other suitable head of the
broom-the said screw thread on the handle being a little shorter than the screw
thread in the head of the broom with the object and so that when screwed together

page_text: on coming to the end of the thread on the handle the non-screw threaded part of
the latter bites in the socket and immediately tightens up the whole as one solid
piece.
The male screw may be tapered or not or of a different taper to the socket as
desired which latter may be tapered or not as desired.
The improvement is so extremely simple that anyone can according to our
present invention fix a long handle to the broomhead in a few seconds and without
requiring the aid of any tools or accessories.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings
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Fig. 1 illustrates a handle fixed to a broom head according to our, present
invention.
Fig. 2 is a local view showing the fixing-on an enlarged scale.
A is an ordinary broom-head having a socket or recess A¹ formed therein with
an internal or female screw therein of rather a dull thread and quick pitch.
The lower end of tlie broom handle B is screw threaded at B of about a corre-
sponding character of thread to-but less in length than the female screw thread
in the socket A which the former is adapted to fit closely when the two are screwed
together.
As will be seen on reference to the drawings as soon as all the threaded part B
on the bandle B has entered the socket then a portion Bx (more or less) of the
non-threaded part of the handle B will be forced in and will be tightly compressed
(as at B Fig. 2) in the upper threaded part Ax of said socket A so that these
parts firmly bite and hold together and thereby the long handle is tightly fixed to
the broomhead.
A bush or lining of metal (forming the female screw thread adapted to receive
the said male screw).may if desired be arranged and mounted in the broomhead: A.
In addition a nail screw. wedge or other suitable device may be used if desired.
We have however found in practice that the two parts thus formed according to
our present invention when screwed up wedge so tightly together and bite one upon
the other that no additional fastening is necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
Fixing long handles to broomilieads by forming at the end of the long handle a
male screw thread' less in length than the female screw threaded socket in the
broomhend adapted to receive said screw-threaded end of the handle to thus
combine and hold these two parts together substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereiubcfore described.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1895.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings,. Chancery Lane, London, WC.,
Agents for the Applicants.