Improvements relating to the Attachment of Broom and like Handles.
Year: 1898

page_text: I, JOHN SMITH, of 27, Barbican Road, in the City of Gloucester, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
1
This invention consists of improvements relating to the attachment of broom and
like handles, my object being to effect such attachment in a more secure and con-
venient manner than with the means now generally employed.
In the application of my invention to the attachment of a broom stick or handle
with the broom head, I form a hole in the broom head within which one end of the
stick or handle is inserted. Upon opposite sides of the handle I place a pair of
wedges or keys with the lower ends resting upon the upper side of the broom head.
Such wedges or keys, which are preferably of metal and have their inner surfaces
serrated, are embraced by a metallic socket piece having a pair of tapered recesses
or keyways corresponding with the said wedges or keys.
On forcing the socket down the teeth of the wedges are pressed into the broom
handle, which is thus secured with the socket, and by means of screws passing
through from the upper side of the base flange into the broom head I then secure
the socket with the attached handle to the broom head.
By my invention I am enabled to readily and conveniently fix a broom or like
handle, and to detach the same when required.
Datad h: 10th Ja
£ T
1000
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., &
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements relating to the Attachment of Broom and like Handles.
I, JOHN SMITH, of 27, Barbican Road, in the City of Gloucester, Engineer, 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 consists of improvements relating to the attachment of broom and
like handles, my object being to effect such attachment in a more secure and con-
venient manner than with the means now generally employed.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
to.-
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 a plan of a portion of a broom head having
a handle secured thereto in accordance with my invention.

page_text: Figure 3 is a sectional side elevation and Figure 4 a sectional end elevation of
the connecting socket.
Figure 5 is an isometric view of one of the wedges or keys.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In the application of my invention to the attachment of a broom stick or handle
as A with the broom head B, I form a hole in the broom head within which one
end of the stick or handle is inserted. Upon opposite sides of the handle I place
a pair of wedges or keys as C C with the lower ends resting upon the side of the
broom head. Such wedges or keys, which are preferably of metal and have their
inner surfaces serrated, are embraced by a metallic socket piece I having a pair
of tapered recesses or keyways as d d corresponding with the said wedges or
kevs C C¹.
On forcing the socket I down until its flange or base is brought into contact or
thereabouts with the broom head B the teeth of the wedges C C are pressed into
the broom handle, which is thus secured with the socket, and by means of
screws as E E passing through from the upper side of the base flange into the broom
head I then secure the socket with the attached handle to the broom head.
By my invention I am enabled to readily and conveniently fix a broom or like
handle, and to detach the same when required.
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
The attachment of broom and like handles, substantially in the manner described
and as illustrated