US444079A - Holder or rack for brooms - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

D. VAN. HOLDER 0R RACK FOR BROOMS, am.

No. 444,079. Patented Jan. 63,1891.

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HOLDER OR RACK FOR BROOMS, &0.

No. 444,079.. Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

UNITED, STATES PATENT FFIcE.

DANIEL VAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HOLDER OR RACK FOR BROOMS, 84,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,079, dated January 6, 1891.

Application filed April 26, 1888. Renewed June 9, 1890. Serial No. 354,702. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL VAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders or Racks for Brooms and other Household Implements, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined broomholder and dust-pan and brush-supporting rack, all of which will be fully hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a front elevation of my invention in its preferred form, showing it mounted on a broken section of a wall; Fig. 2, a similar view on a slightly-reduced scale, showing the broom, dust-pan, and brush in place; Fig. 3, a plan view of the broom-holder, about one-half its actual size, showing the broom-handle and wall in section; Fig. 4, a front elevation of the broom-holder-fastening plate, showing the inher ends of the forked holder-arm in crosssection; Fig. 5, a sectional plan on line 00 00, Fig. 1, of the dust-pan and brush-rack; Fig. 6, a plan viewof a modified form of broomholder, omitting the dust-pan and brush-rack; Fig. 7, a longitudinal elevation of the holder shown in Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 a front elevation of the same.

A represents the broom-holder-fastening plate, and a a open slots or notches at both the upper and lower ends thereof, through which slots pass the shanks of the screwsB B into the wall.

O represents a horizontal U-shaped or bifurcated arm projecting centrally from the face of plate A and provided with a slot or opening 0 at its rear end, as distinctly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The outer ends of the forked arm O approach each other to contract the opening between them to such an eXtent't-hat it will allow the insertion or passage of the thinner part of the broom-handle, but at the same time not permit the accidental withdrawal or removal of the broom when it is in place, as shown in Fig. 2, and the thickest part of the handle within the engaging arms.

In the drawings I have shown the plate A and forked arm or jaws 0 cast in one piece and the contracted opening at the outer end of said arm; but it is obvious that a circular or ring-shaped holder-arm-such as is shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8could be used instead of the forked one and the broom held as well; but the handling of the broom in connection therewith would be more difficult, as it would be necessary to lift it its full length to put it in place or remove it.

D represents a depending rack or frame composed of a single piece or length of wire and bent so that its lower end will lie in a line a little to one side vertically of the broomholder. Near both the opposite ends of rack D the wire is bent into loops or eyes d d, through which pass the shanks of screws B B, which secure both the rack and broom-holder to the wall. The extreme opposite ends of the wire composing rack D lie within the slot or opening 0 of holder-arm O and bear against its inner walls, as shown in Fig. land by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The lower portion of rack D is' bent upward and at a slight angle outward, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, to form a pocket or receptacle E for a dust-pan F and brush Gr orother utensil, as desired.

I have shown in the drawings both the broom-holder and dust-pan and brush-rack attached in position, combined together; but it is obvious that they can be so used or either one separately without alteration or affecting the desired result, excepting that the ends of the wire rack should be braced against suitable stops on the wall it the said rack is to be used independently. It will be seen that the broom-holder supports the broom with the straws up ward and away from the wall to preserve the said straws in proper shape, and at the same time prevent contact with the wall to soil or deface it.

I claim I The combination of the fasteningplate or base A, holder 0, provided with the opening 0, depending wire rack or receptacle D E, and loops or eyes d d at the opposite ends of the wire composing said rack, the whole constructed arranged, and attached in place substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

DANIEL VAN.

Witnesses:

G. W. MORRIS, JOHN E. J ONES.

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