US772093A - Dust-pan. - Google Patents

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PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904.

' J. R. FORDBN.

DUST PAN;

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 1903 y no MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES RUSSEL FORDEN, OF RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN.

DUST-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "772,093, dated October 11, 1904. Application filed April 16,1903. Serial No. 152,950. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES RUssEL FORDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at River Falls, in the county of Pierce and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Dust- Pan, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to dust-pans, and has for its object to improve the construction and increase the efiiciency of devices of this character; and the invention consists in certain novel features of the construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claim.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side elevation showing the device open. Fig. 3 is a similar View showingthe device closed. Fig. 4 is a side view illustrating the relative positions of the parts when the device is being transported.

The improved device consists of a base or pan portion 10, having semicircular ends 11, and a semicylindrical rearportion 12, extending from the rear edge of the base portion and also to the rear parts of the end portions 11 and forming a dust-receptacle open at the front and closed at the rear. At its rear edge the base member 10 will be provided with a combined elevating-lug and handgrip 13, which serves to maintain the base member in an inclined position when resting upon the floor, as in Figs. 2 and 3, and also enabling the device to be more readily handled when being discharged. The base portion 10, end portion 11, and rear portion 12 will preferably be of one single piece of sheet metal of sufficient thickness to withstand the strains to which it will be subjected, as indicated.

The cover is represented at 14 and is semicylindrical in form, conforming to the shape of and operative over the rear portion 12 and end members 11 by means of preferably in-' tegral arms 15, extending from the ends of the cover and pivotally connected to the end members at their centers, as at 21, so that the cover will swing around the parts 11 12 and center of gravity, as will be obvious.

be retained a uniform distance therefrom at all times, as will be obvious. By this simple means the receptacle may be opened or closed at the will of the operator.

Attached movably at 16 to the arms 15, intermediately of their lengths, are bracket members 17, extendingover the outer side of the cover and united, as at 18, to a handle 19, the latter being of any suitable length and size. The free edge 20 of the base 10 extends a short distance forward of the end members 11 and also of the cover member 14 when the latter is closed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The weight of the rear portion 11 and the combined grip and stop 13 is greater than the weight forward of the pivotal points 21,

Hence the pivotal points are forward of the By this simple arrangement when the device is to be used the cover 14 is moved by the handle 19 into its open position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which action will cause the handle to extend in a position convenient to the hand of the operator and with the receptacle in a convenient position to receive the sweepings. When the sweeping is completed, the cover member is drawn forward and the handle thereby caused to assume the forwardly-inclined position shown in Fig. 3, and when in this position if the handle be turned vertically and the device elevated thereby the heavier rear portionwi-ll-cause it to assume the position shown in Fig. 4, ready to be transported to the locality where the pan is to be discharged, and when this is done the combined support and grip 13 will become a very convenient adjunct to assist in the operation. When closed and suspended by the handle, as in Fig. 4, the, device is also'in convenient position for hanging upon a nail or hook when not in use.

The whole device is very simple in its construction, durable and efficient, and can be constructed of any desired size.

The relative locations of the pivotal points of the handle-brackets and of the arms of the cover members may be altered to any extent to change the line of the center of gravity of the receptacle, if required.

The parts may be ornamented in any deand the pan lifted, the bulk of the weight of the pan will be thrown to the rear and thus cause the pan to tilt to permit of its being carried without danger of spilling its contents.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES RUSSEL FORDEN.

Witnesses:

W. J. BRIER, H. L. WILSON.

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