Improved Brush and like Handle-fastenings.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application; 4th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Brush and like Handle-fastenings.
We, JOSEPH GASKELL of No. 2 Pottery Yard, Prescot, Fitter, and WILLIAM
FOULKES of South Street, Thatto Heath, St. Helens, Glass Polisher, both in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to the fastening of handles to brushes, and other
articles where the handle is fastened in an equivalent manner, where the part to
which the handle is fastened is of wood or similar soft material.
The invention will be described for convenience as applied to brooms, and other
like brushes, where the handle, which is of wood, is fastened in a wooden back or
head of the brush.
According to this invention, I employ a metallic strip, ferrule, or the like, the
lower end of which is provided with an outwardly projecting part or parts, and
this portion of the device is disposed within the hole or aperture in the back or
head; while another portion or portions of the device projects above the edge of
the hole, and this part or parts is or are secured to the brush or broom handle.by
a nail, screw, or the like, passed through it into the handle, when in position. The
projections within the hole are adapted to be pressed into the wood of the head
or back when the handle being forced or pressed into the hole, and when
this action is complete, the fastening between the handle and the device referred
to by the screw, nail, or the like, is made. In this way a very simple and effective
fastening is afforded or effected by this invention.
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The metallic device referred to may take different forms, as for instance, it may
consist of a part, or separate parts, adapted to bear upon the handle at a single or
separate parts; whilst in another case it may be carried all round for a large
proportion of the circumference of the handle end.
In some cases there may be provided on the metallic device described, flanges
or projecting parts which extend and lie upon the outside of the brush back or
head when in position, and by which, by a screw, nail or the like, further fastening
or securing of the device to the brush head or back is afforded.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1895.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Brush and like Handle-fastenings.
We, JOSEPH GASKELL of No. 2 Pottery Yard, Prescot, Fitter, and WILLIAM
FOULKES of South Street, Thatto Heath, St. Helens, Glass Polisher, both in the
County of Lancaster, 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 the fastening of handles to brushes, and other

page_text: articles where the handle is fastened in an equivalent manner, where the part to
which the handle is fastened is of wood or similar soft material.
The invention will be described for convenience as applied to brooms, and other
like brushes, where the handle, which is of wood, is fastened in a wooden back or
head of the brush.
According to this invention, I employ a metallic strip, ferrule, or the like, the
lower end of which is provided with an outwardly projecting part or parts, and
this portion of the device is disposed within the hole or aperture in the back or
head; while another portion or portions of the device projects above the edge of
the hole, and this part or parts is or are secured to the brush or broom handle by
a nail, screw, or the like, passed through it into the handle, when in position.
The projections within the hole are adapted to be pressed into the wood of the head
or back when the handle is being forced or pressed into the hole, and when this
action is complete, the fastening between the handle and the device referred to
by the screw, nail, or the like, is made. In this way a very simple and effective
fastening is afforded or effected by this invention.
The metallic device referred to may take different forms; as for instance, it
may consist of a part, or separate parts, adapted to bear upon the handle at a
single or separate parts; whilst in another case it may be carried all round for a
large proportion of the circumference of the handle end.
In some cases there may be provided on the metallic device described, flanges
or projecting parts which extend and lie upon the outside of the brush back or
head when in position, and by which, by a screw, nail or the like, further fastening
or securing of the device to the brush head or back is afforded.
In the drawing illustrating this invention,
Figure 1 is a cross section through a broom or brush having its handle secured
by the fastener, and
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the fastener separate.
Referring to the drawings, a is the broom or brush head, b is the handle, and
c is the hole in the head a in which the handle b fits. The fastener consists of
a plated curved transversely to suit or correspond with the curvature of the
handle b, and provided with a horn or projection e, and hole f. In effecting the
fastening of the handle with the broom, the plate dis placed in the hole c, and
then the horn e is forced into the wood of the broom head by forcing the handle
into the hole c (or by previously driving the horn in any suitable way), and then
by inserting the screw g (or a nail) through the hole f into the handle, the
fastening is then complete and the handle and broom cannot come apart until
the screw g is removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is-
1. A handle fastening consisting of a device having at one part on its exterior
a projection or projections adapted to enter the wood of the brush or article to
which the handle is to be secured, and provisions for securing it at the opposite
part to the handle; substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. The particular broom or brush handle fastening shewn in and set forth with
reference to the drawings.
Dated this 2011 1
11005
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicants' Patent Agents.