US1527568A - Broom - Google Patents

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L. E. MACK Feb. '24, 1925.

BROOM Filed Jun e 2a. 1923 Patented F eb. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES LOUIS E. MACK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed. June 23, 1923. Serial No. 647,329.

To all whom it may conccra:

Be it known that I, LOUIS E. MACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to brooms, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide means attached to the lower end of the handle of the broom for holding the broom fiber in place against displacement and for more firmly connecting or engaging the broom fiber with the handle of the broom.

A further object is to provide a construc tion of this character wherein the broom handle is provided with a fiber holder and wherein the broom fiber, the handle and the holder are connected by an initially plastic or semi-liquid binder which fills the interstices between the broom fibers and around the holder and handle so as to bind the broom fibers to the holder and to the handle.

A still further object is to provide a broom construction of this character wherein the agglutinated fibers with the holder and handle are enclosed within an outer casing.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a broom constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a section 011 the line 22 of Figure 1};

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the handle with the holder thereon;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 1- 4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the handle of the broom, which is of any ordinary or suitableform, and disposed adjacent the lower end of this handle is a broom fiber or broom straw holder consisting of a metal strip formed at its middle to provide a split ring 11 adapted to embrace the lower end of the broom stick and be nailed or otherwise attached thereto, this strip having the arms 12 and the transversely extending projections 13 projecting out on each side of the arms. Thus these projections form recesses 14.

The fibers of the broom or broom straws,

designated 15, are disposed in these recesses 14 and between and against the projections 13 so as to fill the spaces defined by said projections, as most clearly shown in Figure 2.

A wire or string 16 is passed around the mass of fibers or straws at a suitable distance below the lower end of the broom stick and then the top portion of the fibers or broom straws surrounding the broom stick and the head is given an asphalt solution which fills the spaces between the interstices of the fiber or broom straw and binds the broom straws or fibers to each other and to the head or holder and to the lower end of the broom stick so that the upper end of the broom is formed of an agglutinated mass within which the head or holder is firmly embedded. After this has been done a cover 17, preferably of leather but which may be made of any suitable material, is disposed around the upper end of the broom or around that portion which has been filled with asphalt, this cover or casing 17 being held in place by a transversely extending rivet 18.

Above the upper end of the agglutinated fibers, straws, etc., is disposed a somewhat conical cover 19 which is preferably made of leather but may be of any other suitable material, which entirely encloses the top of the broom and which is tacked to the handle of the broom. This leather covering extends down over the cover or casing 17 and may be riveted or otherwise attached thereto, as illustrated in Figure 2.

It will be understood, of course, that the broom has an elliptical form in cross section and that the casing 17 has, therefore, an elliptical form in. cross section, as has the cover 19.

A broom constructed in accordance with this invention is very solidly connected to the handle and the holder keeps the broom in shape, holds the broom straws or fibers rigidly in place, and the asphalt solution tends to prevent the individual broom straws or fibers from pulling out of place. The casing 17 is, of course, tightly bound around the upper ends of the agglutinated material and the cover finishes the broom.

I do not wish to be limited to the exact shape of the holder or head formed by the parts 11, 12 and 13, as this may be varied in many ways without departing from the spirit of the invention. Neither do I Wish to be limited to the use of an asphalt solution applied to the interstices between the fibers of the broom, as any other binder may be used.

I claim 1. In a broom, a stick, an anchoring member secured upon the end of the stick and'ineluding oppositely extending elongated members each carrying a plurality of spaced cross members defining a series of recesses, abundle of broom material-engaged about said anchoring member "and "Within the reeesses thereof, a binder clan'iped about the bundle of broom 'm-ate'rial, and a cap engaged uponthe outside of the binder and embracin'gly' engaging the stick.

2. .In a broom,a'st1ck, an anchoring-member secured upon the end of the stiekLand ineluding oppositely extending velongated members each carrying a lurality ii of unequally spaced cross members defining a series of recesses, abundleofibroom material engaged about "said anchoring member and Within the recesses thereof, a binder clamped about the bundle of broom material, a cap engaged upon'the outside of the'binder and embracingly engaging the vstick, andi'c'ementitious material coating the butt end of the bundle of broom material.

3. In a broom, a stick, an anchoring member mounted upon the stick at one end thereof and including a split ring having op posed elongated members extending therefrom, the anchoring member further including transverse elements projecting from the elongated members, a bundle of broom ma terial engaged about the anchoring member and Within the recesses defined by the transverse elements, a clamping member engaged about the bundle of broom material, a securing-elementfastened through the clampingmember and through the bundle beyond the end of the stick and a cap engaged upon the clamping member and engaging the stick.

ranged in spaced relation.

In testimony whereof Ihereunto aflix my signature.

LOUIS 'E. MACK.

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