Improvement relating to House Brooms and Sweeping Brushes
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Oct 1895-4ccepted 9th Nov, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
An Improvement relating to House Brooms and Sweeping
Brushes
1, WILLIAM ACRAMAN GREENSLADE, of 60, 1homas Street Victoria Street,
Bu tol, Brush Manufacturer, do hereby decle the nature of the invention to be
follows
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This invention has reference to brooms and brushes such is are employed in
dwellings and elsewhere for sweeping carpets, floors and stairs, and for other
like uses
This invention which has for its object to prevent injury to furniture and other
objects struck by such blooms and brushes in the operation of sweeping, consists in
furnishing the stocks of the brooms or brushes with projecting bosses or studs of
india-rubber, plush or other suitable material adapted to serve as a cushion between
the brush stock and the furniture or other object
The bosses or studs are preferably shaped like rivets The hanks are inserted
in recesses provided in the stock and the he uds or buttons project outwards from
the stock The bosse or studs are held in place by glue or other suitable adhesive
substance applied to the recesses in which the shinks are, as aforesaid, received
Or, they may be secured in place by rivets, bolts or other suitable incans They
are placed at each end of the stock and along the sides thereof at any desued
intervals apart
The bosses or studs prevent contact of the stock with fuiniture or
other objects in the operation of sweeping or brushing and hence they shield the
latter from injury
Dated this 6th day of May 1895
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent, Bustol
An Improvement relating to House Brooms and Sweeping
Brushes
I, WILLIAM A CRAMAN GREENSLADE, of 60, Thomas Street, Victor Strect,
Bristol, Brush Manufacturer, 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 brooms and bru.hes such as are employed m
dwellings and elsewhere for sweeping carpets, floors and stairs, and for other
like uses
This invention, which has for its object to prevent injury to furniture and other
objects struck by such brooms and brushes in the operation of sweeping, consits
in furnishing the stocks of the brooms or brushes with projecting bosses or studs of
india-rubber, plush, or other suitable material, adapted to serve as a cushion between
the brush stock and the furniture or other object Ihe bosses or studs
preferably shaped like rivets The shanks are inserted in recesses provided in the
stock and the heads or buttons project outwards from the stock The bosses
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page_text: studs are held in place by glue on other suitable adhesive substance applied to the
recesses in which the shinks ae, as aforesaid, received
Or, they may be secured
in place by rivets, bolts or other suitable means They are placed at each end of
the stock and along the sides thereof at any desired intervals apart
The bosses or
studs prevent contact of the stock with furniture or other objects in the operation
of sweeping or brushing, and hence they shield the latter from injury
In the accompanying sheet of diawings, Fig 1 represents, in plan, a broom or
brush head inade in accordance with this invention
The expanse covered by the bustles is indicated in dotted outline
In holes provided therefor in the stock a are inserted the shauks of bosses or
studs 6 made of india-rubber, plu h or other suitable mater al adapted to serve as a
Cushion between the stock and furniture or other objects
At Fig 2 is shown apart one of the bosses or studs b drawn to an enlarged scale
Instead of being only at the ends of the stock, as shown in the drawing, the bosses
or studs may also be placed at suitable intervals along the sides of the stock They
are secured in place in the stock by glue or other suitable adhesive substance
Or,
they may be fixed by rivets, bolts or other suitable means They prevent contact
of the stock with furniture or other objects in the operation of sweeping oi
brushing and thus they shield such objects from injury in this respect
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
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In house brooms and sweeping brushes, the provision of studs or bosses such as b
let into and secured in the stock at any suitable intervals apart the heads of such
studs or bosses projecting outwards from the stock to constitute cushions or buffers
in striking furniture and other objects, as hereinabove set forth
Dated this 4th day of October 1895
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent, Bristol