Improvements in the Construction of Brushes or Dusters.
Year: 1895

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883), as allowed
by the decision of the Comptroller General of the 21st day of June 1897.
Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 30th Mov., 1895
Improvements in the Construction of Brushes or Dusters.
I, JAMES Ross, of 101 Nicolson Street, in the City and County of Edinburgh,
Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises improvements in the construction
of brushes or dusters, more especially of the long handled variety for household
use, but capable of application to other varieties, and consists essentially in the
fitting of the head of the brush or duster to the handle by means of an adjustable
universal, or ball and socket joint. By this means the head of the brush or duster
can be swivelled to and fixed at any desired angle in relation to the handle so that
it can be used effectively for sweeping or dusting cornices, walls, ceilings, floors
under articles of furniture; and in other places difficult of access with the ordinary
brush, all in a convenient and efficient manner.
Under one modification these improvements are carried into practice by
screwing into or otherwise securing to the wooden part of the brush or duster,
by a short stem, a metal ball, and by securing to the end of the brush handle
a U shaped metal plate forming a fork to receive the above inentioned ball between
its ends and hold it there by means of circular openings or holes formed in said
ends. This arrangement will enable the brush to be set at any angle in relation
to the handle and a screwed bolt passed through both sides of the fork with a
head on one end and a thumb nut on the other would be used as a pinching screw
to tighten up the fork ends on the ball and securely hold it in the desired position.
Otherwise the ball could be secured to the handle of the brush or duster and
the U shaped plate to the head of the same.
Improvements in the Construction of Brushes or Dusters.
I, JAMES Ross, of 101 Nicolson Street, in the City and County of Edinburgh,
Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement in writing:-
1
This invention has reference to and comprises improvements in the construction
of brushes and dusters, more especially of the long handled variety for household

page_text: use, but capable of application to other varieties, and consists in the fitting of the
head of the brush or duster to the handle by means of an adjustable universal
or ball and socket joint, constituted in the manner hereinafter described and
shewn in the drawings. By this means the head of the brush or duster can be
swivelled to and fixed at any desired angle in relation to the handle so that it can be
used effectively for sweeping or dusting cornices, walls, ceilings, floors, and articles of
furniture, and in other places difficult of access with the ordinary brush all in a
convenient and effective manner.
In order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereto
appended a sheet of explanatory drawings in which
Figure 1 is a side view of a household brush fitted in my improved manner to
the handle which is shown broken away, Figure 2 is an end view of same, and
Figure 3 a back view of a similar brush, but jointed to the handle by its end,
Referring to these drawings:--Figures 1 and 2: The invention consists in screwing
or otherwise securing to the wooden part A of the brush or duster by a short stem a
metal ball B, and by securing to the end of the brush handle C a U shaped metal
plate forming a fork D, to receive the above mentioned ball B between its
ends and hold it there by means of circular openings or holes & formed in the
said ends.
This arrangement will enable the brush to be set at any angle in relation to the
handle C, and a screwed bolt E passed through both sides of the fork with a
heade on one side and a thumb screw e¹ on the other is used as a pinching screw
to tighten up the fork ends on the ball B, and securely hold it in the desired
position. Otherwise, the ball B could be secured to the handle C of the brush or
duster, and the U shaped plate or fork D, to the head of the same. As shown in
Figure 3 the ball B may be screwed into the end of the brush instead of into the
back, which may also be fitted with the plate a to receive the screwed shank of the
ball B. A small pawl a¹ is fitted to engage with a notch in the shank of the ball
to prevent it unscrewing. Figure 4 shows the ball B secured to the short shank
of a mop, to be secured to the mop handle as hereinafter explained, and Figure 5
shows it secured to a feather duster. This latter arrangement by means of the
longer shank enables the feather duster to be swivelled on the handle to which
it is jointed as to allow of it being brought into use in places not otherwise
easily accessible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The fitting of brushes and dusters with a universal or ball and socket joint,
the socket being formed in a U shaped metal plate tightened upon the ball
by a pinching screw all substantially as herein described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated
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