Improvements in Brooms.
Year: 1891

page_text: GUMELETE SEMIFICATION.
Improvements in Brooms.
I JOSHUA JUDGE of 5 Pride Hill Shrewsbury in the County of Salop Grocers
Manager do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in brooms by which such brooms
may be applied with water direct from a hose or pipe so that a good supply of
water is pouring amongst the bristles on to the part being washed and these articles
are particularly adapted for the cleaning of railway carriage windows and when
washing yards the labour of one man instead of two is only required inasmuch as
the water is constantly directed upon the spot being cleaned & is under the control
of the sweeper by means of a valve tap &c.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure is a side view of the broom with my improved attachment complete.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of same.
Figure 3 is a view of a valve attachment for regulating the flow of the water.
Figure 4 is a side view shewing a modification.
Figure 5 is a end elevation of the head of the broom shewn in Figure 4 but
without the bristles.
In carrying my invention into effect 1 fix the tube A at one side of the broom
stick B but at sufficient distance to allow of the broom stick being grasped by the
hand and this tube A 1 form with the forked end a' which enters two holes ¹
formed in the head of the broom. The pipe A may be disconnected from the
forked end a and connected by the rubber tube a² and an india rubber valve a³ as
shewn in Figure 3 may be inserted between any two parts of the tube or pipe A. by
the pressure of which against the broom handle the flow of the water may be
materially controlled or even stopped altogether. The tap a may be provided in
any convenient part of the pipe A. but preferably near the end to which the hose E
is attached. In place of a separate tube A. I may form the broom stale of suitable
tube F with end for receiving the hose and the tube may be screwed into the
head with a coarse thread thus allowing the head to be readily detached for
a new one. A groove may be formed in the head and covered by the perforated
plate for the dispersion of the water or the stale F may be formed with a forked
end & two holes formed in the broom to receive it. The ends of the tubes projecting
through the head may be covered with rubber to prevent them from scratching
the glass while the handle F may be of wood lined with zinc or of any suitable
metal.
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 1
claim is:
In improvements in brooms the means by which the water is conveyed to the
bristles of the broom & regulated substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth & shewn upon the accompaning drawings.
Dated L: 10th 1 .
11001
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.