Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Nov, 8
JOHN EZRA MILLER, Architect & Surveyor Blackett's Buildings, Sunderland
Co. Durham, THOMAS BIRBECK, Builder 26 Stanley Street Sunderland Co. Durham
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At the bottom end of the handle there are two iron pins driven transversely through
the centre of the cross section of the handle, and at right angles to each other. These
pins are allowed to project from the face of the handle about of an inch at each end;
and are so placed with respect to the bottom of the handle, that when the handle is
driven right into the hole in the head of the brush or broom, the pins are sunk into
the head exactly flush with its top. Over these pins is placed a washer, (made of thin
brass or iron) which washer keeps the handle iminovable, being secured to the head by
means of four screws.

page_text: Improved Method of Attaching Handles to Brush and Broom Heads.
JOHN EZRA MILLER, Architect and Surveyor, Blackett's Buildings, Sunderland
Co. Durham, THOMAS BIRBECK Builder 26 Stanley Street Sunderland Co. Durham
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:-
Our said invention relates to an improved method of attaching the handles of
brushes and brooms to their heads; and is effected in the following manner:-At the
bottom end of the handle there are two iron or other suitable pins driven at right
angles to each other and also at right angles to the length of the handle. Each end
of these pins is allowed to project from the face of the handle about one quarter of an
inch, and they are so placed with respect to the bottom of the handle, that when the
handle is driven right into the hole in the head of the brush or broom, the pins are
sunk into the head flush with its top. Over the handle is fitted a washer made of
brass, iron, or other suitable material-which is placed on the top of the pins after the
handle has been driven into the head. This washer is secured to the head of the brush
or broom by means of four screws, and keeps the handle immovable.
In order that our invention may be more clearly understood, reference is made to
the accompanying drawings. Fig. I shows a cross section of the head of a brush or
broom, and longitudinal section of the handle, with the pins and washer in their
places. a. b. and c. are the two pins. The washer e. f. is shewn to be fitted over the
handle and secured to the head by screws, two of which are shewn in this figure: the
whole of the four being shewn in Fig. II.
It shews
Fig. II is an elevation looking down on the top of the handle and head.
the washer in its place, the pins being shewn by dotted lines and are represented by
the same letters as in Fig. I viz. a. b. and c.
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 :-
An improved method of attaching the handles of brushes and brooms to their
heads-Firstly-by two pins being driven through the handle and, Secondly-by a
washer being placed over the said pins and screwed to the head, the whole fixed as
herein before described, the handle thereby being made immovable.