US866302A - Head for feather dusters. - Google Patents

Description

A. RANSOM GOOD B. HEAD FOR P ER nus APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6,1906.

PATENTED SEPT. iv, 1907.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT RANSOM AND MEAD E. GOODHUE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HEAD FOR FEATHER DUSTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907 Application filed June 6,1906. Serial No. SZOAS'Y.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT RANsoM and MEAD E. Goonmm, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-leads for Feather Dusters; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to heads for feather dusters and the like, and has for an object to provide a head insuring a very considerable spread of the feathers attached to the said head.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a head of the class described, means for insuring a very considerable spread of the feathers and embodying means whereby the weight of the enlarged head is reduced and compensated for by means of making the said head and its associated shank hollow.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a head for feather clusters a shank of small diameter and with means whereby the usual handle may be removably associated with the shank without the danger of spreading the shank as by the employment of a ferrule of improved form and improved means of application.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a view of the improved duster head in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, diametrical, sectional view of the improved duster head.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In its preferred embodiment, the duster head, forming the subj ect-matter of this application, comprises the head portion 10 resembling the usual construction as being provided with the grooves 11, separated by the flanges 12, whereby a head is produced conforming in general outline to a pyramid. The head, as shown in the drawings, is disposed at a greater inclination than the ordinary head whereby a very considerable spread is secured for the feathers providing for greater elasticity and pliability of the brushing structure. The head 10 is provided with an axial bore 13 of such diameter as may be conveniently produced therein, and a boss 14 is formed upon the lower end of the head.

The shank 15 is constructed separate from the head 10 and is of any approved length and size and provided with a reduced portion 16 for being inserted into the bore 13 of the head and secured therein in any approved manner, as by the glue or cement 17. The shank 15 is preferably constructed hollow, as at 18, throughout all of its length and at its end opposite the head 10 is provided internally with screw threads 19, whereby the usual handle is applied thereto. As the shank 15 is constructed smaller in diameter and the greater part of the material at the lower end removed by the formation of the axial bore and the screw threads, it is necessary to reinforce or strengthen the extremity of the shank. This reinforcing is preferably accomplished by forming upon the shank a bead 20 and disposing upon the tapered end of the shank a tapered ferrule 21. The ferrule 21 is formed with an enlarged portion 22 at its larger end, and the said enlarged portion is by proper mechanism constructed to inclose the bead 20, as shown at 23. The ferrule 21 is also provided at its lower or smaller end with an inturned flange 24 whereby the end of the material of the shank, which would otherwise be exposed, is covered and the handle, when applied, bears against the flange 24 instead of against the end of the shank.

The formation of the head and shank in separate pieces and securing them together in the manner shown, is of very considerable importance for several reasons. By making the larger head 10 hollow, as shown, with the bore of a size suificient to accommodate the inserted end of the shank, the weight of the said head, which would otherwise be detrimental and objectionable, is very greatly reduced. The formation of the shank 15 is hollow for the same purpose and also assists in reduc ing the otherwise objectionable weight of the completed duster. Anotherimportant feature in forming the head of the two parts, as shown, is that owing to constantly increasing cost of wood, the possibility of forming the shank 15 from a stick smaller than the stick from which the head is formed, isa matter of very considerable saving in the manufacture.

The ferrule shown as secured upon the shank by means of crimping the enlarged head about a bead formed upon the shank is also an important feature, as by such application the ferrule is permanently secured upon the shank without the use of nails, rivets or similar securing means'which would not only split and damage the wood of the shank, but would likewise be likely to extend through the material and into the central bore and interfere with the proper insertion and removal of the handle.

By the formation of the head hollow as shown, the said head may be formed of a size which would be prohibitive in a solid head, and whereby a greater spread and elasticity of the feathers is secured, producing thereby an improved and highly desirable article at a cost no greater and even less, and weighing no more or even less, than the duster constructed upon a solid head of very much smaller spread.

What I claim is 1. In a duster, a head, a shank extending therefrom,

provided with an annular bead intermediate its ends, and a ferrule embracing the extremity of the shank and having an enlarged portion crimped over and embracing In testimony whereof we atfix our signatures in presthe bead. ence of two witnesses.

2. In a duster, a head provided with an axial bore, and ALBERT RANSOM.

with a shank provided with a reduced portion seated MEAD E. GOODHUE. 5 within the bore of the head and having a longitudinal Witnesses to the signature of Albert Ransom:

bore smaller than and co-axial with the bore of the head, CLARA BAUERLE,

an annular bead formed externally about the shank inter- ALBERT RANSOM, Jr.

mediate its ends, and a ferrule embracing the ends of the Witnesses to the signature of Mead E. Goodhue:

shank and having an enlarged portion crimped over and H. D. HIGINBOTHAM,

1O embracing the bead. DAVID LEVY.

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