US690736A - Broom-head. - Google Patents

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,736, dated January 7, 1902.

Application filed May 22, 1901.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HENRY W. J UDEVINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edgar. Springs, in the county of Phelps and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful'Improvements in Broom-Heads, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in broom-heads, and pertains more particularly to detachable heads. I

The object of my invention is to provide a head in which the straw can be readily removed when it is worn outand new straw inserted and firmly held therein, whereby a new broom is practically made at a great reduction in cost.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and durable broomhead which will most effectually accomplish the above result.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my broom-head with the straw in place. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detached perspective view of the clamping device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on lines 2 2, Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the ordinary broom-handle having at its lower end on either side downwardly-extending flat bars or arms B. The said bars or arms B are secured to the broom-handle, preferably by rivets 12, passing through the hantile and the plates. The upper portion of the bars adjacent the handle are bulged outwardly, as shown at B, for the purpose of receiving the enlarged doubled end of the straw. The extremelower ends of said bars B have loops a, and rigidly secured within said loops are transversely-extending bars or wires (3, for a purpose hereinafter more fully described. The said downwardlyextending arms B are provided with longitudinally-extending oppositely arranged slots E. Between said bars,adjacent the slots,is a clamp ing-block D, having at its outer ends outwardly projecting elongated studs d of a length considerably less than that of the slots E and resting within said slots, whereby the clamping-block is held between said arms and adapted to slide Within said grooves. The

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arms or bars carried thereby bya metal plate F,- having its outer ends bent at right angles thereto, and said ends are riveted to the bars B. Centrally located in said plate F is an opening f, through which the screw or bolt G loosely passes and by means of which the block D is forced up against the straw and by means of which the straw is securely clamped between the block and the lower end of the handle. The said bolt or screw is provided with a nut is between thetransverse bar and the clamping-block, and said nut rests against the plate F. The said plate is provided with a projection H, adjacent the opening and against which the outer edge of the nut is adapted'to strike, thus holding it from turning when the screw or bolt is turned for forcing the clamping-block in place. The

said projection is preferably formed by punching the metal outwardly,,as will be readily understood.

Connecting the outer ends of the transverse bars or wires Oare links I, which are slightly curved outward, and each endis provided with hooks i, which are adapted to enter the eyes of the transverse bars 0 and hold the straw against outwardmovement. Elongated U-shaped loops J extend around the straw above the laterally-extending arms and have the extreme outer ends bent outwardly at right angles thereto and are adapted to straddle the edges of. the broom, and the ends extend under the bars B, and the outwardly-extending projections enter longitudinally extending openings therein and firmly hold the straw from moving outwardly.

From the above description it will be understood that the members 0 and the linksI constitute straw-embracing members rigidly connected with the arms B and that the U- shaped members J constitute detachable straw-embracing members located at a point above the said rigidly-supported. embracing members and that the detachable embracing members J are movable in a direction longi tudinal the broom proper. y The operation of my device is as follows: The straw is first placed. in b. tween the side plates between the end of the handle and the clamping-block and the screw screwed up, forcing the block forward and firmly clamp ing the straw therein. The straw is then bent down between the transverse extending bars, the loops are then secured in the eyes carried thereby, and the U-shaped springclamps are then applied and the broom is complete.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A broom-head comprising a handle, longitudinally-extending arms, a straw-embracing member rigidly connected with the lower portions of said arms, and a longitudinallymovable straw-embracing member located at a point between the handle and said rigid embracing member, substantially as described.

2. A broom head comprising a handle,

downwardly-proj ecting arms carried thereby and adapted to receive the straw, a clamping member between said arms, means for forcing said member against the straw,transverse bars rigidly secured to the lower ends of said arms, and adapted to receive the straw, and links passing around the straw and connecting the outer ends of said transverse bars, substantially as described.

3. A broom head comprising a handle, downwardly-extending arms carried thereby and adapted to receive the straw and having elongated openings therein, a clamping member sliding within said openings, means carried by the arms for operating the said clamping member, U-shaped clips passing around the straw and having outwardly-extending ends adapted to enter the elongated openings in the arms, and transverse bars rigidly scoured to the lower ends of the said arms.

4. A broom -head comprising a handle, downwardly-extending arms carried thereby, a clamping member slidable between said arms, a plate rigidly secured between the lower ends of said arms and having an opening therein, a screw loosely passing through said opening and engaging the clamping member, a nut on said bolt between the clamping member and the plate, and means carried by said plate for preventing the nut from turning, substantially as described.

5. A broom head comprising a handle, dow nwardl y-proj ectin g arms carried thereby, a sliding clamping member between said arms, a plate rigidly secured between said arms below the clamping member, having an opening therein, a screw loosely passing through said opening and engaging the clamping member, a nut on said bolt between the clamping member and the plate, and an upwardlydepressed portion carried by the plate adjacent the opening, whereby the nut is prevented from turning, substantially as described.

6. In a broom-head, the combination with a handle, downwardly-extending arms carried thereby and having elongated openings therein, transverse rods rigidly secured to the lower end of said arms, links connecting the outer ends of said rods, a clamping member between said arms and having outwardly-projecting portions sliding in said elongated openings, a plate secured between the lower ends of said arms, and having a transverse opening therein, a bolt passing loosely through said opening and engaging said clamping member, a nut on said bolt between the clamping member and said plate, and U shaped clip's having outwardly extending ends adapted to enter the openings in said arms, substantially as described.

7. A broom head comprising a handle, downwardly-projecting arms carried thereby and adapted to receive the straw, a strawclamping member supported by the arms, transverse bars rigidly secured to the lower ends of said arms, and connecting-links for the ends of said rigid bars, substantially as described.

8. A broom head comprising a handle, downwardly-projecting arms carried thereby and adapted to receive the straw, a strawclamping member supported by the said arms, and oppositely extending U shaped clips passing around the straw and having their inner ends connected with the said downwardlyextending arms, substantially as described.

9. A broom head comprising a handle, downwardly-extending arms carried thereby and adapted to receive the straw, U-shaped clips passing around the straw and extending in opposite directions from said arms, the inner ends of the clips detachably connected with the arms, substantially as described.

10. A broom-head comprising a handle, downwardly-extending arms carried thereby and adapted to receive the straw, said arms having longitudinally-arranged openings, a clamping member supported by the said arms, U -shaped clips passing around the straw and having their inner ends engaging the walls of the said longitudinally-extending openings in said arms, substantially as described.

11. A broom-head comprising a handle, downwardly-extending arms adapted to receive the straw between them, transversely and parallel arranged bars intermediately connected With the lower portion of said arms, connecting members for the ends of said arms, and a straw-clamping member supported by the said arms at a point between the said bars and the handle, substantially as described.

12. A broom -head comprising a handle,

downwardly-extending arms adapted to receive the straw between them, transversely and parallel arranged straw-embracing members supported by the said arms, one located at a point above the other, and a longitudinally-adjustable straw-clamping member engaging the said arm at a point between the innermost straw-embracing member and the said handle, substantially as described.

13. A broom -head comprising a handle, downwardly-extending arms connected with IIO ' between them, a straw-clamping device carthe handle and adapted to receive the straw ried by the said arms and at a point above their lower ends, and a straw-embracing meniber connected with the said arms at a point below the straw-clam ping member, substantiallyas described.

14:- A'broom -head comprising a handle, downwardly-extending arms connected therewith and adapted to receive the straw between them, a straw-embracing member extending transverse the arms and connected therewith,

and a longitudinally-adj ustablestraw-clamping member extending betweenthe said arms in a direction transverse the said straw-embracingmember, substantially as described In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY W JUDEVINE.

Witnesseszl BERT SPOON, D, M. GREEN.

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