US1646041A - Broom - Google Patents

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Get. 18, 1927. 1,646,041

J. M B. REID BROOM Filed Feb. 4. 1925 Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES JAMES MGBAIN REID, 0F PARRY SOUND,

PATENT OFFICE.

onrrARro,*oA1vADA, .ASSIGNOR 'ro JAMES GLIVER. REID AND JAMES McBAIN REID, TRADING UNDER FIRM NAME a'mxan a; o. REID, 0E :PARRY soUnD, CANADA.

.IBROOM.

Application filed February 4, 1925. Serial.No; ,591;

- This, invention relates tobrooms .such as used 111 dwellings, stores, factories and the llke for sweeping floors. In these brooms,

thecorn is usually permanently secured to" the end ofthehandle, so that whenthe corn becomes worn, thebroom as a whole is discarded It has also been known to bind the corn together as a separate unit, which corn is removably inserted in a special holder, so that only the corn is discarded when the latter is worn. So far, however, this latter arrangement has not beeen successful in. a commercial way, and the object of my invention is to devise a broom in which thecorn is replaceable which will overcome the objections to the arrangements heretofore knowin-which cangbe manufac tured and sold at but very little over the cost of the ordinary broom and in which the fillers will cost considerably less than a new ordinary broom, in which the broom unit may be quickly and easily removed and replaced, and in which, when inuse, the filler, will be firmly held.

A further object is to devise an improved construction of filler in which the individual strands of corn or fibre will be securely held in place so that their falling out is prevented. I attain my objects by means of the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front view ofmy improved broom;

Fig. 2 a vertical section through the same; Fig. 8 a detail showing the method of constructing the filler; and

Fig. 4 a plan view of the completed filler. Fig. 5 is a side view of the broom. In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the of a suitable adhesive material such as glue,

cement or the like. Suitable pressure may be applied to ensure firm adhesion between the corn 1 and strip 2. It will be evident, of course, that the strip 2 may be formed of any number of plies. Preferably, after cementing,the strip androrninay be secured byone or more lines of stitching 3. The StI'lp' 2 maybe only of sufficient length to form a single filler, or may be long enough to form a number of fillers. If the latter,. enough will be cut ofilto form a single filller and is wound into a coil asshown particularly in Fig. 4Q The coil may besuitably compressed and will be held together by stitching passing through the various folds. i

'As will be seen particularly from Fig. 2', the filler will be quite thick at itsupper end compared to the thickness .of the remainder, of it, and this extra thickness is of par ticular advantagewhen the filler. is usedin conjunction with my improved holder which I will now describe. i

kThe holder comprises twohalf sections 4:, I

which willfusually be formed as metal stamp-v ings, between which the upper end of the filler is received. These sections 4 are hingedly connected at their lower ends. Each section, it will be noted particularly from Fig. 2, is provided with an extension 5 between which the handle is received. To

secure together .the upper ends of the secenter, when the sleeve has been rotated to a grooves 7 are preferably located at the joint between the extensions, being formed partly in each extension.

Forming the grooves 7 in the outside of the extensions 5 will at the same time form ribs on their inner surfaces, and these ribs I utilize to retain the handle 10 in position, the handle being provided'with an annular groove into which the ribs extend.

In order to remove a filler, the sleevev 6 is rotated until the projections 8 enter the grooves 9, when the sleeve may be moved upwardly on the handle to disengage it from the extensions 5. The sections 4 may then be opened out. As the filler is usually considerably wider at the bottom than at the top, it is troublesome to pull it upwardly be- On the lower end of the handle is provid ed a long thin projection 11 which extends into a recess 12 formed centrally oi the filler. This projection extends, as'will be seen from Fig. 2, down below'the levelof the lower edges of the sections 4 and gives, a measure of stiffness to the filler, although the projection is suttici ently flexible not to interfere with the proper use of the broom.

From the above description it will be seen that I have devised a construction which will satisfactorily attain the objects of my invention as set out in the preamble of this specification.

' WVhat I claim is:

1. Ina broom, the combination of a holder formed of a pair of sections hingedly connected at their lower ends; an extension on the upper end of each section; a handle adapted to be clamped between said extensions, said handle having an annular groove formed therein, and said extensions being provided with ribs adapted to be received in said annular groove; means for releasably holding said extensions in handle clamping position; and a filler adapted to have its upper portion received between said sections.

2. In a broom, the combination of a holder formed of a pair of sections hingedly connected at their lower ends; an extension on the upper end of each section; a handle adapted to be clamped between said extensions, said handle having an annular groove formed therein, and said extensionsbeing provided with "ribs adapted to be received in said annular groove; means for releasably holding said extensions in handle clamping position; and a filler adapted to have its upper portion received between said sections, said filler having its greatest thickness adjacent the head thereof and the lower edges of said sections being cut away between the hinge points to allow the removal of said thicker portions when the sections are opened out.

Signed at Toronto, Canada, this 15th day of January, 1925. 4

JAMES MoBAIN REID.

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