US461252A - Broom-holder - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

E. M. WRIGHT.

BROOM HOLDER.

Patented Oct. 13, 1891..

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'UNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIZA M. VRIGHT, OF BROOKLYN, NEY YORK.

BRooM-HoLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,252, dated October 13, 1891. Application filed February 28, 1891. Serial No. 383,252. (No model.)

To all whom it ntay con/cern:

Be it known that l, ELIZA M. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Holders; 'and 'I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to an improvementin brush and broom holders, and more particularly to an improvement upon that for which Letters Patent were granted 'to me, bearing date the 12th day of August, 1890, and numbered 434,413, the object of the invention being to provide auxiliary supports for a broom,

-whereby brooms of different sizes may be tightly held by the device and be capable of ready removal.

A further object is to provide a broom holder with detachable spring-sustained supports, whereby a broom will be held with a yielding pressure.

Vith these objects in view the invention consists in the combination, with a broomholder, of spring-sustained arms connected thereto for holding a broom with a yielding pressure.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a broom-holder, of auxiliary springsustained arms removably connected thereto; and the invention also consists in the novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

'In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a broom-holder having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a separate view of the auxiliary arm or support. Fig. 3 is a View of a modification.

My improvements are equally well applicable to various forms of brush and broom holders, but will be herein described in con-l nection with the device patented by me as above mentioned.

The holder comprises two vertical arms a b, connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar c, loops h h being formed on and made to project from the cross-bar c in line with the vertical arms a b by which to secure the device to the wall or otherobject. The lower end of the arm a is bent at right angles and made with a loop e for the reception of a dusting-brush, and the lower end of the arm h is bent at rightv angles and made into an elongated loop e for the reception of a whiskbroom, said arms a b being provided with perfor-ations e2 above the loops e e for the reception of fastening devices. The arms d b are also provided with laterally-projcctinghooks fg for the reception of a dust-pan and stove or blacking brush,respectively. The crossbar c is extended at both ends beyond the arms a to produce arms cl, these arms d and the cross-bar c producing in effect an open loop adapted to support a broom, and at the ends of the loop thus formed my-improve- 'ments are located. Located on the curved portion of each arm is an auxiliary dish# shaped arm or supporthsaid arm or support being bent or formed to con form tothe curvature of the arms d. The arms or supports 1 will preferably be made of spring metal and are each provided with an arm 2, which is first bent backwardly and downwardly and then upwardly to embrace the armd. The arms or supports l may be readily slipped on the arms CZ from the ends of the latter, and when in place on the curved portion of the arms d produce yielding supports for a broom. By thus providing auxiliary yielding supports brooms of different sizes may be supported by the same device and all be capable of ready Withdrawal.

Instead of forming the arms2 integral with the arms or supports l said parts may be made separate and soldered or otherwise secured together.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3 the arm orsupport l is provided at its lower edge with an upwardly-projecting spring-lip 3, adapted to bear at its free end against the arm d. By this means additional rigidity will be afforded the arms or supports Without materially affecting their elasticity. The lip 3 may also be made separate from the body of the arm or support l and secured thereto. Other slight changes might be made inthe details of construction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope. Hence I do not wish to limit myselfto the precise details of construct-ion herein set forth; but,

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Having fully described my invention, what Iy claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a broom-holder, of an auxiliary arm or support vyieldingly connected to said broom-holder in position to embrace a broom or other article placed between them, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a broom-holder, of a dish-shaped support yieldingly connected thereto, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a broom-holder, of auxiliary arms or supports, and an arm projecting from said auxiliary supports and adapted to embrace the broom-holder, substantially as set forth.

4t. The combination, with a broom-holder, of auxiliary arms or supports, an arm projecting from said arms or supports and adapted to embrace the broom-holder, and aspring- ELIZA M. VVRIGrHT.A

Witnesses:

CATHARINE C. MCINTYRE, PAUL GORHAM.

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