IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOMS OR BRUSHING APPARATUS.
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Hadden Young, of College Street,
Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOMS OR BRUSHING APPARATUS.".
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Hadden
Young at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 15th January 1858.
I, JAMES HADDEN YOUNG, of College Street, Camden Town, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOMS OR BRUSHING APPARATUS" to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object the construction of a hand sweeping,
or brushing apparatus, and consists in an improved method of sweeping
carpets, floors, pavements, or similar ŝurfaces, so that whilst the dirt or
dust is removed into a receptacle the finer particles are prevented flying
about and settling on surrounding objects.
For this purpose. I construct a framework supported on one or two
wheels, connect these wheels with an axis on which are fixed suitable
brushes, and by means of a pitch chain or other suitable gearing I give

page_text: a rapid rotatory motion to the aforesaid brushes by pushing or dragging
the framework to and fro, the friction of the wheels on the ground
giving the necessary motion.
I cover the apparatus partially or wholly with calico or other suitable
material pervious to the air produced by the rotation of the brushes, but
impervious to the dust, and thus prevent it escaping; a dust pan is used
into which the rubbish is swept, and which can be removed and emptied
when necessary; it is provided with a lip or rim to prevent the dirt
falling out or being brushed out when the motion of the brush is
reversed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said, James Hadden Young in the Great Seal-Patent
Office on the 15th July 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JAMES HADDEN YOUNG, of College. Street, Camden Town, in the County
of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the said James Hadden Young,
Her special licence that I, the said James Hadden Young, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
James Hadden Young, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no, others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed; should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS. IN, BROOMS OR BRUSHING
APPARATUS, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
James Hadden Young, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
.

page_text: said Invention, and in what manner. the same was, to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed.in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and, immediately after. the, date of the said
Letters Patent.
...
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James. Hadden Young, do hereby
declare, the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof (that is to say):
My Invention has for its object the construction. of a hand, sweeping
or brushing apparatus, and consists in an improved method of sweeping
carpets, floors, pavements, or similar surfaces, so that whilst the dirt or
dust is. removed into a receptacle the finer particles are prevented flying
about and settling on surrounding objects. For this purpose I construct
a framework supported on one or two wheels, and connect these wheels
with an axis on which are fixed suitable brushes, and by means of a
pitch chain or other suitable gearing I give a rapid rotatory motion to
the aforesaid brushes, by pushing or dragging the framework to and fro,
the friction of the wheels on the ground giving the necessary motion.
I cover the apparatus partially or wholly with calico or other suitable
material pervious to the air produced by the rotation of the brushes,
but impervious to the dust, and thus prevent it escaping. A dust pan
is used into which the rubbish is swept, and which can be removed and
emptied when necessary; it is provided with a lip or rim to prevent the
dirt falling out or being brushed out when the motion of the brush is
reversed.
And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood, and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawing here-
unto annexed, in each of the Figures of which the same letters indicate
similar parts. Figure 1, is a side view, Figure 2, a section, and Figure 3,
a plan of apparatus constructed according to my Invention. a, a, is
a frame or box mounted on wheels b, b. At one end of the axis of
the wheels b, a pulley wheel c, is formed, around which and a pulley d
on the axis of the rotating brush c, a chain strap or other suitable driv-
ing band is passed, by which, as the apparatus is driven along the ground
by the handle at a', the rotary brush will be caused to revolve and sweep

page_text: the track along which it is moved. f, is a receptacle to receive the dust,
&c., having an inclined front 9, against which the brush e, revolves in
such manner as to cause the dust, &c. to be carried up the incline 9,
and fall into the receptacle f. h, is a case of calico (or it may be of
other material) which serves to attach the receptacle f, to the box or
frame a, of the apparatus, as well as by means of the straps or portions
h², of the case h, and studs a², a², of the framing a, forms a ready means
of attaching and removing the receptacle f, as well as preventing the
dust, &c. from escaping from the receptacle f.
Having thus described my Invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I lay no claim
to the parts separately; but what I claim is the peculiar combination of
the parts into an apparatus for sweeping, as herein described.
In witness. whereof, I, the said James Hadden Young, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness,
FRED HARRIS.
JAMES H. YOUNG. (I.S.).