US1036775A - Duster-cover for brooms and brushes. - Google Patents

Description

J. S. ATWATER.

DUSTER COVER FOR BROOMS AND BRUSHES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1; 1912.

1,@86,775, Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN-S. ATWATER, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS,- ASSIGNOR TO HOWARD DUSTLESS DUSTER 00., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

DUSTEBRQOVER. roa Bacon's AND ianusnns.

Specification-o1 Letterllatent. Application filed May 1, 1912. Serial No. 694,506.

Patented Au 27, 1912.

nection with the accompanying drawing, is.

a specification, like characters on the ,drawing representing like parts. 7

This invent-ion has for its object the production of an improved duster cover for use in. connection with ordinary brooms and brushes, whereby a desirable device is provided for dusting floors, walls orceilings in a convenientjellid. eificient manner.

The duster cover, in accordance withmy invention, is made preferably aridrather loosel. woven textile fabric of a dust-absorbing c aracter in the form of a bag,v to receive and inclose the broom or brush, the mouth of the bag being drawn closely around the handle, the .cover fabric being in practice treated with a suitable chemical compound which, assists in holding the dust particles in the fabric.

the free ends of the In order to prevent I broom straws from being pushed through the lower end of the duster cover I have provided a reinforce for the latter, herein shown as a lining of close-woven materlal, such as cambric, which effectually prevents penetration of the cover fabric by the straws.

- The duster cover at its lower end is provided with a mo made up of a bunch of coarse strands ocotton or other .suitable yarn, firmly attached to the cover and extending from side to side of the cover across its end; 7Such mop is very useful when the cover is utilized for rubbing up polished or waxed floors, the strands of the mop providing a relatively large and soft mass of v fibrous material.

The various novel features of my invention will be full described in the subjoine'd s ecification an particularly pointed out in t e following claims.

Figure l is a perspective view of a broom having a duster cover applied to the head thereof and embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional detailof the cover, takenon the. line 22, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the mop and itsheading.

of suitable The duster cover .a is made as a bag of suitable dimenslons to inclo-se the head of abroom or brush, as the case may be, the open mouth ,of the cover having a draw string (2, Fig. 1, by means. of which it can be drawn closely around the handle 0, to thereby hold the cover securely in place.

The cover is made of a suitable dust absorbing textile fabric, preferably rather loosely woven, such as cheese cloth or bunt- 1ng,and treated chemically in any desired manner'to assist in retaining the'dust particles in the fabric.

To form the be the piece of fabric is.

provided with a heading. d, which is a piece of stout fabric bent around the top or end of the mo and tightly secured thereto by through an through stitching, as at 3. This construction compresses the head of the mop and holds the strands securely in p ace.-

. The heading (1' is inserted between the inturned edges a of the cover, as shown in Fig. 2, and the parts are firmly united, by stitching at 4, below the heading and passing completely through the mo preferably by a double line 0 stitching5 through the. edges a and the heading d. Manifestly this Work is performed when the cover is' turned inside out, and when completed the cover is turned so that the body of the mop is outside the cover and extends from one to the other of its side edges, while the heading is within the cover and serves as a stop or abutment for the end of the yarns, andbroom straws tend to work through the cover a if some means is not provided to prevent such action, and to that end I provide the lower end ofthe cover with a reinforce, conveniently made as a lining of some closely'woven fabric which will resist penetration by the straws.

The protective lining or reinforce may be cambric, as I have found it very efficient,

and it is sewed to the cover before the mop shown at c, Fig. 2, at the lower or closed end of the cover, stitched'thereto at 6.

As will be seen by inspection of the drawing the reinforce is co-extensive with the edges a of the cover, and the stitching 4 and 5 passes through the reinforce and secures the same in place at such points.

The reinforce need extend but a relatively short distance up from the closed end of the cover a, as its function is to prevent the free ends of the broom straws from sticking through the cover. 7

Should the straws protrude their sharp ends would tend to scrape or scratch the surface over which the dusteris passed, and in many cases would injure it.

The improved duster cover embodies all of the desirable features of a dust cloth and mop combined, as will be apparent, the mop enabling the device to beused with particul'ar efliciency when dusting cornices or other recessed portions of a wall or ceiling, which otherwise would be ditlicult of access, and it is of great use in polishing floors or sweeping down walls.

In practice the mop will be treated chemically in the same way that the cover is treated. v

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a duster cover made of a soft textile fabric in bag form to inclose the head of a broom or brush,

and a mop attached to and extended across the closed lower end of the cover.

2. As an article of manufacture, a baglike cover of dust-absorbing textile fabric adapted to inclose the head of a broom or brush, the transverse edges of the cover at its lower end being inturned, a mop having its head inserted bet-ween said inturned edges, and stitching permanently uniting the mop head and the inturned edges, the body of the mop being exposed at the exterior of the closed end of the cover.

3. As an article of manufacture, a baglike cover of dust-absorbing textile fabric adapted to inclose the head of a broom or brush, the transversev edges of the cover at its lower end being inturned, an elongated mop having an. attached heading of flexible material, the headed portion of the mop being inserted between the inturned edges of the cover, through and through stitching permanently uniting the said edges and the mop and traversing the heading thereof, and a second line of stitching passing through the inturned edges and the mop below the heading to permanently connect the parts thereat. p

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN S. .ATWATER.

Witnesses:

D. R. KINSLEY, A. B. SMITH.

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