US1655309A - Cleaning device - Google Patents

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Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,309

A. z. BOSE CLEANING DEVICE Filed June 1o. 1927 Patented Jan. 3, 192.8.

UNITED STATES AUGUST Z. BOSE, OF WILLITS, CALIFOR IA.

` CLEANING DEVKICE.

Application filed .Tune 10,

This invention relates to improvements in cleaning devices, and has particular reference to an attachment for use upon brooms and the like cleaning implements.

The principal object is to provide a supplemental broom or brush element which may be attached tothe ordinary broom, which attachment will permit the broomto enter corners and other small restricted areas thereby permitting the removal of dirt therefrom. y

n, further object of-this invention is to produce a device of this character which when not in use may be slid out of the handle and therefore out of the way.

A still further object is to produce a device of this character which is economical to manufacture and one which will not materially add to t-he cost of a broom.

Other objects and advantages will be apiarent'during the course of the following description. y

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and lin which like numerals are employed to' designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure l is a front elevation of a broom having my device attached thereto, and

Figure 2 is a cross section of my device as the same will appear when in operating` position.

An ordinary broom which is made of broom straw is of set size so that it will not enter corners and other small areas suoli as around radiators, between newel posts and the like places. Consequently it is necessary 'to provide a separate brush for thisv purpose; heretofore the separate brushes have been entirely independent of the broom and therefore when the separate rbrush is forgotten or mislaid, the small places do not receive a cleaning.

I have therefore produced a broom of small dimension which is positioned upon'a tubular member, the tubular member is slidable upon the ordinary broom handle and when it is desired to use the same the auxiliary broom is slid to the upper end of the handle of the main broom which is then turned upsidedown so that the auxiliary broom will come into contact with the floor or any other part to be cleaned'.

1927. Serial No. 197,915.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my inventiomthe numeral 5 designates broom handle having the customary broom straw brush 6 secured to the handle 5 in the customary manner as shown at 7. Slidable upon the handle 5 is a tubular member 8 preferably made of a resilient material which will tightly grip the handle and at the same time permit a sliding action when desired. This tubular member has secured thereto a brush element 9 preferably Constructed Lot' broom' straw and secured to the tubular element in any improved manner.

Under ordinary conditions, the auxiliary broom thus formed between the tubular member 8 andthe straws 9 is slid upon the handle 5 of the main broom to a point where it is out of the way when using the main broom 6. A

lVhcn it is desired to clean a small area `wherethe broom 6 is too large to enter, the

auxiliary broom is moved upon the handle 5 to the position shown in Figure 2, atwhich time the broom 6 is turned upsidedown so that the auxiliary broom 9 may be used for sweeping purposes.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a very simple device, one which will accomplish all of the objects above set forth.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described Y is to be taken as a preferred example of the saine and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrange ment of partsmay be resorted to without. departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I

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