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US644581A
US644581A US71501999A US1899715019A US644581A US 644581 A US644581 A US 644581A US 71501999 A US71501999 A US 71501999A US 1899715019 A US1899715019 A US 1899715019A US 644581 A US644581 A US 644581A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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  • This invention relates generally to broomholders, and can also be used for holding or supporting forks, shovels, and the like having no handles.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly cheap and simple device which can be attached to a door, wall, or side of the house and which can be brought into use by simply inserting the handle of the broom, fork, or shovel into the same and permitting the weight of the broom or the force of gravity to do the rest.
  • the invention consists, essentially, of a base-plate adapted to be secured to a rigid object and a clamping or supporting plate pivotally attached to the base-plate by means of a T-shaped shank adapted to fit a similarly-shaped socket produced in the base-plate.
  • the invention consists also in certain de-. tails of construction and novelties of combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the practical application of my invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device in use.
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view.
  • Fig. 4 is a detail View of the baseplate.
  • Fig. 5 is a detail view of the clamping or supporting plate.
  • Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing the T-shaped head arranged in the socket in the base-plate.
  • a base-plate A which may be of any desired shape; but in practice I prefer to make the same oval and open, as shown, and near the upper end of the plate is a forwardly-projecting boss A, the rear side of which is recessed, as shown at A and a vertical slot A is produced in the boss upon the under side and leads into the recess in the rear.
  • the inner wall of the opening in the clamping-plate is at right angles to the plane of the plate, which renders the plate reversible, as the edges formed by said wall upon either side of-the plate will engage with the handle and keep it from slipping out without regard to which side of the plate is uppermost.
  • the wall forming the base of the opening in the plate is preferably curved on each side of the center, and the central portion is provided with a diverging walled recess,which forms at that portion of the plate two pointed teeth or projections, which lie in the plane of the plate and readily enter the handle, and thereby coact with the contracted walls at the apex of the opening to hold the handle from slipping.
  • the two parts comprising the holder may be formed by casting them, which renders them very cheap of construction.
  • the clamping or holding plate is moved up to a horizontal positionland the handle of the broom, fork, or other object is inserted through the opening.
  • the plate and broom'are then permitted to descend, and in swinging to an oblique position the edges of the opening of the plate will bind against and bite into the wooden handle of the broom or shovel and hold the same in that position.
  • the base-wall being provided with adiverging walled recess at its central portion and curved upon each side of said recess, to form two pointed teeth in the plane of the plate, and the walls opposite said recess being contracted.

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No. 644.58l. Patented Mar. 6, I900. H. F. COOPER.
BROOM HOLDER.
(Application filed Apr. 29, 1899.)
(No Model.)
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HARRY F. COOPER, OF'APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA.
BROOM-HOLDER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 644,581, dated March e, 1906. Application filed April 29, 1899. Serial No. 715,019. (No model.)
To all whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I, HARRY F. COOPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Apollo, in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Broom-Holders, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates generally to broomholders, and can also be used for holding or supporting forks, shovels, and the like having no handles.
The object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly cheap and simple device which can be attached to a door, wall, or side of the house and which can be brought into use by simply inserting the handle of the broom, fork, or shovel into the same and permitting the weight of the broom or the force of gravity to do the rest.
With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, of a base-plate adapted to be secured to a rigid object and a clamping or supporting plate pivotally attached to the base-plate by means of a T-shaped shank adapted to fit a similarly-shaped socket produced in the base-plate.
The invention consists also in certain de-. tails of construction and novelties of combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.
In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device in use. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the baseplate. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the clamping or supporting plate. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing the T-shaped head arranged in the socket in the base-plate.
In carrying out my invention I employ a base-plate A, which may be of any desired shape; but in practice I prefer to make the same oval and open, as shown, and near the upper end of the plate is a forwardly-projecting boss A, the rear side of which is recessed, as shown at A and a vertical slot A is produced in the boss upon the under side and leads into the recess in the rear. The clamping or holding plate B may be of any desired shape or form and has an opening B, which may also be of any desired shape; but in practice I prefer to make the plate and opening essentially heart-shaped or a shape closely re= sembling that of a heart, and at the upper end of said plate is a T-shaped head Biwhich is adapted to fit into the recess A at the rear of the boss A, the shank of the head passing into the slot when the head proper enters the recess, and as the base-plate is secured against a door, wall, or other fiat surface it will be clearly undersood that it will be impossible for the clamping-plate to become disengaged, although the said clamping or holding plate can be moved up and down, using the head as a pivot. The inner wall of the opening in the clamping-plate is at right angles to the plane of the plate, which renders the plate reversible, as the edges formed by said wall upon either side of-the plate will engage with the handle and keep it from slipping out without regard to which side of the plate is uppermost. The wall forming the base of the opening in the plate is preferably curved on each side of the center, and the central portion is provided with a diverging walled recess,which forms at that portion of the plate two pointed teeth or projections, which lie in the plane of the plate and readily enter the handle, and thereby coact with the contracted walls at the apex of the opening to hold the handle from slipping.
As above described, the two parts comprising the holder may be formed by casting them, which renders them very cheap of construction.
Whenever it is desired to hang up and support the broom, the clamping or holding plate is moved up to a horizontal positionland the handle of the broom, fork, or other object is inserted through the opening. The plate and broom'are then permitted to descend, and in swinging to an oblique position the edges of the opening of the plate will bind against and bite into the wooden handle of the broom or shovel and hold the same in that position.
It will thus be seen that I provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efticient construction of broom=l1older formed of two'parts only, both of which coact upon the other for the purpose of carrying out the object of the invention.
invertible, the base-wall being provided with adiverging walled recess at its central portion and curved upon each side of said recess, to form two pointed teeth in the plane of the plate, and the walls opposite said recess being contracted.
HARRY F. COOPER.
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JOSHUA COOPER, ALEX. M. COCHRANE.
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