Improvements in Handles for Brushes and Brooms and in the Method of Fastening them.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for Brushes and Brooms and in the
Method of Fastening them.
A communication to me from abroad by PAUL SCHMAHL, of Biberach, in the
Empire of Germany, Merchant.
1, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The body of an ordinary broom or brush is either formed in one piece with
the handle or the latter is separate and is fixed into the wooden body.
In the course of long use such brooms or brushes wear away the hair or
bristles at the front end more quickly than at the other end which is nearest to
the handle. The broom or brush is then no longer of use although the hair or
bristles are only half worn away.
This disadvantage is obviated by the present invention in which the handle of
the broom or brush is made loose or moveable, so that its position may be altered
as desired.
In one method of construction, the handle of the brush may be attached by a
screw passing through its end, and screwed into the back of the brush near the
middle of the latter, so that the handle can be turned horizontally round to either
end of the brush, a second screw being then passed through a hole further down
the handle and screwed into a hole near one or other end of the brush.
In another method of arrangement the outer end of the handle is hinged to
the centre of the back of the brush or broom, so that it turns vertically instead
of horizontally. A suitable opening is made through the handle at some distance
from its end, and fits over one or other of two eyes or studs which are fixed in
the proper positions at the back of the brush, and can be turned round when
the handle is in position so as to hold the latter firmly.
Or each end of the back of the brush may be provided with a small projecting
plate, into the edge of which a hooked catch under the handle engages when the latter
The outer end of
is in its proper position at one or other end of the brush.
the handle is provided with a horizontal pin which fits freely into an eye at the
centre of the back of the brush, a small helical or other spring being then
transverse pin
fitted upon the end of the pin and kept in position by a
through the latter. The spring keeps the hooked catch firmly engaged with one
of the plates at the ends of the brush, but the handle can be released by drawing
it back and compressing the spring, in order to adjust it at the other end of the
brush.
In another method of allowing the handle to be changed from one end of the
brush or broom to the other, the handle is fixed to one or other end of the
brush by a single screw, but is prevented from turning by being notched or
recessed into or upon one of the ends of the back of the brush.
Or instead of this arrangement, the back of the brush may have two horizontal
grooves, in which fit the turned-down edges of a plate fixed below the end of the
handle, whilst a screw passing through the handle and screwed into the brush holds
the two together. Or the handle may be made to fit in a dove-tailed groove in the
Or a handle formed of
back of the brush, being held in the same way by a screw.
a bent wire or bar may be used, one end being pivotted by a screw to the centre of
the back of the brush, whilst the other end is bent into a ring which is fitted round
one of the cuds of the latter, before the screw is inserted.

page_text: Or, finally, the ends of the brush may be screwed to receive the handle, which is
screwed into one or other of them.
Dated this 29th day of January 1891.
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for Brushes and Brooms and in the
Method of Fastening them.
A. communication to me from PAUL SCHMAHL, of Biberach, in the Empire of
Germany, Merchant.
1, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 and accompanying drawings, that is to say :—
The body of an ordinary broom or brush is either formed in one piece with the
handle or the latter is separate and is fixed into the wooden body.
In the course of long use such brooms or brushes wear away the hair or bristles at
the front end more quickly than at the other end which is nearest to the handle.
The broom or brush is then no longer of use, although the hair or bristles are
only half worn away.
This disadvantage is obviated by the present invention in which the handle of
the broom or brush is made loose, or moveable, so that its position may be altered
as desired.
The accompanying drawings are in illustration of the invention.
In ouc method of construction as shewn in Figures 1, 14, 7, 8, and 84, the
handle a of the brush may be attached by a screw or bolt e passing through its end,
and screwed into the back of the brush near the middle of the latter, so that the
handle can be turned round horizontally to either end of the brush, a second screw
or bolt d, Figures 1 and 7, being then passed through a hole further down the
handle a and screwed into a hole near one or other end of the brush back b, so that
the latter is securely held.
In another method of arrangement (shewn in Figures 6 and 64) the outer end of
the handle a is hinged upon a revolving pin or joint c, to the centre of the back of
the brush or broom, so that it turns vertically as well as horizontally.
A suitable opening is made through the handle at some distance from its end,
and fits over one or other of two eyes or studs e which are fixed in the proper
positions at the back of the brush, and can be turned round when the handle is in
position so as to hold the latter firmly.
Or, as shewn in Figures 8 and 84, each end of the back of the brush may be
provided with a small projecting plate g, into the edge of which a hooked catch
under the handle engages when the latter is in its proper position at one or other
end of the brush. The outer end of the handle is provided with a horizontal pin
which fits freely into a moveable eye at the centre of the back of the brush, a
small helical or other spring being then fitted upon the end of the pin and kept
in position by a transverse pin through the latter.
The spring keeps the hooked catch firmly engaged with one of the plates g
at the ends of the brush, but the handle can be released by drawing it back and
compressing the spring, in order to turn it round, and adjust it at the other end of
the brush.
In another method (as shewn in Figures 2 and 24) of allowing the handle to be
changed from one end of the brush to the other, the handle a is fixed to one or
other end of the back by a single screw d, but is prevented from turning by being

page_text: Or
notched or recessed into or upon one of the ends of the back of the brush.
instead of this arrangement the back of the brush (as shewn in Figures 4 and 4*)
may have two longitudinal grooves i, in which fit the turned down edges of a plate
fixed below the end of the handle, whilst a screw d passing through the handle and
screwed into the brush holds the two together. Or (as shewn in Figures 3 and 34)
the handle a may be made to fit in a dovetailed groove in the back of the
brush, being held in the same way by a screw_c. Or (as shewn in Figures 5, 54,
and 5B) a handle formed of a bent wire or bar a may be used, one end being
pivotted by a screw c to the centre of the back b of the brush, whilst the other end
is bent into a ring which is fitted round one of the ends of the latter before the
screw is inserted. Or, finally, (as shewn in Figure 9) the ends of the brush
back may have screw holes m at each end, to receive the handle a which is
screwed into one or other of them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what
I claim is :-
Hand brooms and brushes of all kinds, in which the handle is fixed to the back
of the broom or brush by a screw, and can be adjusted and fixed at either end of
the broom or brush either,
(a) by means of a screw c serving as a horizontal or vertical joint for the
handle (5, and a second screw d and eye or stud e (or hook f) for fixing the handle
in position, substantially as described and shewn in Figures 1, 6, 7, and 8, or,
(6) by means of a screw d or c, by which the handle a is attached to the back b
of the broom or brush, whilst it is prevented from turning, by a groove or
grooves k, i, or ring 4, substantially as described and shewn in Figures 2 to 5.
Dated this 24th day of September 1891.
EDWARDS & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.