US682264A - Brush-handle. - Google Patents

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No. 682,264. Patented Sept. l0, [90L 0. J. McCUBD.

BRUSH HANDLE.

pplication filed Dec. 1, 1900 km a wyaw Darren ans Paar FF CHARLES J. MCGORD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO MARTIN M. MULLHALL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BRUSH-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,264, dated September 10, 1901.

Application filed December 1, 1900. Serial No. 38.357. (No model.)

To (@ZZ whom it may concern.- are secured in position upon the brush-back Be it known that I, CHARLES J. MCGORD, by screws 6, which pass through the perfoa citizen of the United States, residing at rated ears and into the back 1, as shown in Grand Rapids, in the county of Itasca and Fig. 1. The brush-back is provided adjacent State of Minnesota, have invented new and to each of its ends and centrally of its width useful Improvements in Brush-Handles, of with screw-eyes 7, adapted to be engaged by which the following is a specification. the hooks 8 of a securing-bail 9, said bail con- Myinvention relates to handles for brushes sisting of a single piece of wire bent centrally or mops; and its object is to provide a deto form diverging arms, and each of said arms 60 to tachable handle for articles of this character is formed, preferably, about midway of its which may be readily attached or detached length with a coil 10. These coils constitute from the brush or mop head and to provide springs and permit a limited yielding movemeans for tightening or tensioning the fasment of the arms of the bails in a longituditoning devices of the handle, so that a secure nal direction. 5 l5 engagement of the handle with the brush or 11 designatesabrush or mop handle squared mop head will be insured. at its lower end to fit either of the sockets 2 The invention consists in the combination, and 3 and formed with a suitable transverse with a brush or mop head, of a socket secured opening to receive the pin 12, projecting from thereto, a handle adapted to fit said socket, a block or bracket 13, formed with a threaded 70 and a securing-bail adapted to be detachably opening 14.

secured to the back or head of the brush and 15 designates a tension-screw formed at its provided with improved securing and tenlower end with a hook 16, which engages the sioning devices. upper end of the bail 9. This screw 15 ex- The construction of the improvement will tends through the threaded opening in the 75 be fully described hereinafter in connection block or bracket 13 and is secured therein with the accompanying drawings, which form adjustably by means of a butterfly-nut 17. a part of this specification, and its novel fea- To secure the handle to the brush, the lower tures will be defined in the appended claims. end of the handle is first inserted in one or In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perthe other of the sockets 2 and 3, after which 80 3o spective of a brush and a portion of the hanthe hooks 8 of the bail are hooked into the dlethereof provided with myimprovements. screw-eyes 7, and the bent or upper end of Fig. 2 is a plan view of a modified embodithe bail is slipped over the hook 16 of the ment of the invention applied to a mop head screw, and the nut 17 is then turned to firmly and handle. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of brace the brush to the handle. The con- 85 the block or bracket secured to the brushstruction of the block or bracket 13, with its handle to support the tensioning device. Fig. integral pin 12, provides a strong and durable 4 is a rear elevation of one end of the mopsupport for the tension-screw and avoids the head shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a transemployment of screws forsecuringthebracket verse section of the mop-head. to the brush-handle. By employing two in- 0 The reference-numeral 1 designates the dependent sockets 2 and 3 it will be apparent back of a brush, having secured thereto two that in case of damage or breakage to one of oppositely-disposed sockets2 and 3, each comsaid brackets the same may be renewed withprising a hollow casting of rectangular form out disturbing the other. in cross-section and beveled on its under side In Figs. 2, 4E, and 5 I have shown a mop- 5 to fit the surface of the brush-back and give head 20 of concavo-convex form in cross-secthe required inclination to the socket. Each tion and having an integral socket 21 to reof the sockets 2 and 3 is formed with oppoceive the handle 11. Each end of the mop sitely-disposed perforated ears 4, extending head is formed with a notch or recess 22. from the sides of the sockets and with a per- In connection with the mop-head 20 I emme forated ear 5, projecting from the lower edge ploy a modified construction of the bail 9, of the front wall of the socket. The sockets (shown in Fig. 1,) the difference being that the ends of the bail are bent inward toward each other to form arms 23 and 24, provided with interlocking hooks 25. The arms 23 and 24: overlap the concave surface of the mophead to securethe mop thereto, and the bends 26 of the arms of the bail rest within the notched ends of the mop-head, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The bail-arms in the construction shown in Fig. 2 are formed with the coils 10, and the securing and tensioning means for the bail, comprising the bracket 13, screw 15, and nut 17, are the same as those shown in Fig. 1.

A distinguishing characteristic of the improvement is that the fastening-bail, by reason of the form of the coil-springs 10 therein, are rendered sufficiently elastic or yielding to avoid undue strain upon the screw-eyes 7 and while alfording a secure attaching and bracing means for the brush-head avoids the jar and strain incident to the use of a rigid unyielding securing-bail.

1. The combination ofa head provided with a socket, a handle having a transverse opening, a bail secured to said head having its sides formed with integral coils, a block having a pin formed with a threaded opening and extending through the transverse opening in the handle, a screw extending through said threaded opening and formed at its lower end with a hook engaging the bail, and a nut for adjusting said screw.

2. The combination with a head provided with a socket; of a bail detachably secured thereto, and formed with coils and having its ends bent inward under the head and formed with hooks; a handle fitting the socket; and means carried by the handle for securing and tensioning the bail.

3. The combination with a head of concaveconvex form in cross-section notched or recessed at its ends, and having a projecting socket; of a bail havingits ends bent inward and formed with hooks, a handle fitting said socket; and means carried by said bail for securing and tensioning the bail.

at. The combination witha head of concavoconvex form in cross-section, notched or recessed at its ends and having a projecting socket, of a handle fitting said socket; a bail comprising a single piece of wire bent centrally to form diverging arms having integral coils and then bent inward to form arms which are provided with hooks at their ends; and means for securing the bail to the handle and tensioning said bail comprising a bracket projecting from the handle and formed with a threaded opening; a screw extending through said opening and provided with a hook at its lower end for engaging the bail; and a nut for adjusting said screw.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. MCCORD. lVitnesses:

F. O. MOCLEARY, M. L. ADAMS.

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