US325304A

US325304A - Dust-pan

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Publication number: US325304A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1902-09-01

Description

(No Model.)

J. P. WYNKOOP.

DUST PAN.

No. 325,804,. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

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DUST-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,304, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed October-10, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEHIEL F. WynKoor, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improve ment in Dust-Pans, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention relates to dust-pans, and has for its object to produce a more convenient dust-pan than those heretofore in use, and also one of simpler and cheaper construction, a comparatively small amount of material being required and a very small amount of work needed for making the dust pan.

The body portion of the pan is composed of a rectangular piece of sheet metal-usually tinned iron-having two of its adjacent cor ners folding toward one another and united by a seam, thus forming a hood or shield over the bottom of the pan, which is substantially triangular in shape, one side of the said triangle forming asweeping face or edge, over which the dirt is swept into the covered receptacle, the said edge being corrugated, as hereinafter described, in order to stiffen it, and also to form a ledge to prevent the accidental discharge of dirt from the dust- The dust-pan is provided with a handle,

preferably tubular, and united with the body of the dust-pan at the apex of the triangular dust-receptacle, the said handle being used, if desired, as a discharge-passage for the dirt collected in the dust-pan.

Figure 1 is a side elevation or end view of a dust-pan embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 a diagram showing the shape of the blank forming the main portion or body of the pan.

The main portion a of the pan is made of a single rectangular piece of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 3, having a recess, b, in one edge to receive the handle a, the corners of said blank ateither side of the recess 11 being folded toward one another, and the edges 2 3 and 4t 5 united in a seam at d, (see Fig. 2,) thus forming a hood or cover over the bottom of the pan, making a dirt-receptacle which confines the dust and dirt as it is swept into the pan over the edge 6 thereof.

The side of the rectangular blank that is to form the sweeping-face is corrugated or bentupward, as shown at f, Fig. 1, from the level of the bottom a of the pan, and then inclines downward, forming asweepingface, e, which extends to the fioor or carpet, comingin close engagement therewith, so that the dirt will readily pass upward over the said edge into the dirt-receptacle, instead of passing beneath the edge, as frequently happens with ordinary dust-pans when the edge becomes somewhat curved or warped.

The ridge at f prevents the dirt from easily escaping from the dust-receptacle after it has been swept up over the face 6.

The dustpan made of arectaugular blank, as described, has as long a sweeping edge or face as the usual dust-pans made of a blank of equal size, and the triangular hooded receptacle receives and confines the dirt better than an open pan.

The handle 0 is connected with the pan at the apex of the triangle, a band, it, being preferably employed to strengthen the joint between the said handle and body of the pan. The handle is shown as tubular, and is pref erably left open, thus forming a dischargepassage from the apex of the triangle, which may be used to empty the dirt, if desired, or the dirt may be discharged from the hood at either end of the sweeping-edge c.

It is obvious that a pan of this construction is well adapted for a crumb-tray for table use. Any suitable form of handle maybe employed.

I am aware that a covered dust-pan has been made from a single blank, adjacent edges of which wereseamed together; also, that a dustpau has been provided with a corrugated sweeping-face; but such construction Ido not herein broadly claim.

I claim-- A dust-pan having a triangular covered dirt-receptacle, and an open tubular handle connected therewith at the apex of the triangle, and adapted to serve as a discharge-passage, substantially as described.

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

J EHI EL F. XVYNKOOP.

lVitnesses:

Jos. P. LIVERMORE, W. H. SIGSTON.