US1017069A

US1017069A - Whisk-broom.

Info

Publication number: US1017069A
Application number: US65764311A
Authority: US
Inventors: Daniel A Andrews
Original assignee: Standard Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Standard Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1911-10-30
Filing date: 1911-10-30
Publication date: 1912-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 1929-02-13

Description

11. A. ANDREWS.

WHIsK 11110011.

, 911. 1,017.069. patented Feb.13,1912.

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DANIEL A. ANDREWS, 0F CEDAR KEYS, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR T0 THE STANDARD MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, 0F CEDAR KEYS, FLORIDA, A CORPORATION OF FLORIDA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

WHISK-BROOM.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Application led October 30, 1911. Serial No. 657,643.

To all rwhom t may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL A. ANDREWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Keys, in the county of Levy and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whisk-Brooms, of

by means of the whisk-broom illustrated in` the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of a whiskbroom embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 1. y

The manufacture of the above whiskbroom consists in taking a bunch of ber 10, or other suitable material for whiskbroom purposes, which will equal about onehalf of the mass of ber comprising a completed broom, and bind said bunch of ber rmly at one or more points at or near its middle by means of a binder 11, 11,'to prevent separation of the ber. This bunch of ber 10 is then bent at or near its middle, as at 12, the bent portion forming the end of the proposed handle for the completed brush. The free ends ofthe ber of bunch 10 are then bent so as to bring them alongside each other in parallel planes, after which operation a single unit bunch of the two ends results and which unit bunch ultimately -forms the core for the body of the broom, when the latter is completed. The free ends of the ber of bunch 10. when brought together are so held by means -of a binder 14. After the binder 14 has been placed into position the free ends of the ber of bunch 10 are separated or divided approximately into twol equal parts, the spreading or separation of the mass being in directions at right angles to the bend 12, or toward the dotted lines A and B in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. When the free ends of the ber of bunch 10 have thus been separated, as above mentioned, a second bunch 0f ber 16 is inserted into the opening formed by' the spreading of the ber of bunch 10. The bunch of ber 16 is inserted mto the opening in bunch l() at right angles to said latter bunch, as indicated approximately by the dotted line C-C in Fig. 1.

The bunch of ber .16 is similar in sizeand shape to the bunch 10, the two bunches finally forming the body ofthe broom.- The bunch of ber 16 is forced up well into the crotch of the opening in bunch l() and near the binder 14, and the ber of bunch 10 above the bunch 16 forming the handle for the broom. After the ber of bunch 16 has been inserted into the opening in bunch 10 the free ends of the ber of bunch 16 are bent downward from the brush handle, in a direction as indicated by the larrows in Fig. 1, and toward the free ends of the ber of bunch 10. The free ends of the ber of bunch 16 are allowed to partially embrace"-` the ber 10 constituting the core of the brush, so as to impart shape and strength to the brush body. The combined ends of the ber of

bunches

10 and 16 are now tightly bound together by means of the

binders

17 and 18 andthe cross stitching 20, the latter stitching ser-ving to hold the

binders

17 and 18 in position on the brush body.l The ends of the ber of the

bunches

10 and 16 are now cut o' at a point to impart the desired length and evenness to the brush.

Having thus fully described lmy said invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A broom comprising two bunches of brous material, one of said bunches being bent intermediate its length to bring the ends of the bers together, means 'for tying said bent bunch, said bunch being separated into two approximately equal parts, a second bunch inserted between the spread portions of said.l rst bunch and the free ends of both bunches being brought together into a single bunch, and means for maintaining the integrity of said last bunch.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal at Jacksonville, Fla., this, twelfth day of October, A'. D. one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

DANIEL A. ANDREWS.