An Improved Broom Head.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th June, 1894-Accepted, 21st July, 1894
An Improved Broom Head.
I HERBERT ALEXANDER WANKLYN of 17 Manchester Avenue in the City
of London Commission Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This my invention relates to an Improved Broom Head and more particularly to
that class of broom heads which are known as bass brooms and brooms for scavengers
use road sweeping and the like.
The object of my invention is to provide a support for the material of which the
broom is made at or near the surface of the ground being swept for the purpose of
rendering the ends of the bass or other material more compact and the broom
therefore stiffer.
To this end I attach to the stock of the broom head a horizontal bar of wood or
other material which is disposed parallel to the surface of the ground to be swept
and near the outer ends of the bass or other material with which the head is filled.
The said bar is adjustable to or from the stock having vertical rods at either end
thereof sliding in sockets on the stock in which sockets they are clamped by a
screw or other device.
A bar such as described may be arranged on one or both sides of the broom head
so as to support the material of which the broom is composed.
Dated this 19th day of September 1893.
HORN & SUN,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Broom Head.
I HERBERT ALEXANDER WANKLYN of 17 Manchester Avenue in the City
of London, Commission Agent 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 my invention relates to an Improved Broom Head and more particularly to
that class of broom heads which are known as bass brooms & brooms for scavengers
use, road sweeping & the like.
The object of my invention is to provide a support for the material of which the
broom is made at or near the surface of the ground being swept for the purpose
of rendering the ends of the bass or other material more compact & the broom
stiffer.
In order that my invention may be readily understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawings in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts
throughout the several figures and in which :-
Figures 1 and 2 represent a front elevation and plan view respectively of my
invention. Fig. 3 represents a sectional side elevation thereof the section being on
line X. Y. Fig. 1.
Figs. 4 and 5 represent a front and side elevation respectively of an alternative
form of my invention.
In carrying out my invention I provide each end of the stock A of a broom head
with a suitably constructed guide or socket B, and, adapted to slide in these guides,

page_text: I provide a pair of guide rods C to the lower ends of which I attach a cross bar D
so that said cross bar, by means of guide bars, may be slid nearer to or further
from the stock.
The aforesaid guides B are provided with set screws E or similar means for the
purpose of fixing the cross bar D in position, and are attached or disposed in such
a manner that the cross-bar will always be in contact with the bass.
In the place of the fixed guides B I may provide the stocks A with swivelling
guides B as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 so that the cross bar D may be swung from
one side of the bass to the other, being clamped in any desired position by set
screws E or the like; and instead of only one cross-bar as shown in Figs. 1 and 2
I may attach two one on each side of the bass which would avoid the necessity of
swinging the said bar from one side to the other.
I desire it to be understood that the cross-bar referred to acts as a support to the
bass when it is fixed at the back thereof; and also, that I prefer to fix the cross-
bar at or near the end of the bass which comes in contact with the surface of the
road, the set screws in the guides permitting of the adjustment of the cross-bar as
the said bass wears away; and I prefer that the socket or the like G with which
the socket A is provided shall permit of a broom handle being inserted from either
side.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
An improved broom head consisting of a stock A provided at each end with a
socket B which sockets are adapted to receive guide rods C to which a cross-bar D is
attached, said guide rods being adapted to be set as required, all for the purposes
and substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 19th day of June 1894
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents..

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