US598008A - Warren putman - Google Patents

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W. PUTMAN. SGRUBBING BRUSH HOLDER. N0. 598,008. Patented Jan. 25, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFlCE.

W'ARREN PUTMAN, OF GLOUSTER, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-FIFTHS TO ERELLA ROTHMAN AND LEVI O. CURFMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

SCRUBBlNG-BRUSH HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,008, dated January 25, 1898.

Application fi led July 281 189 '7.

To all whom it may concern)- 4 Be it known that I, VAR-BEN PUTMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Glouster, in the county of Athens and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scrubbing-Brush Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to scrubbing-brush holders; and its object is to provide a cheap, simple, and efficient holder which can be readily attached to and detached from the brush when desired.

The invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with a scrubbing-brush having recesses in opposite sides and metal sockets inserted therein, of the handle, the holderconsisting of a piece of spring-wire passing through a hole in said handle and having the ends bent towardeach other, forming sprin arms, the extremities of which are bent inwardly at right angles and engaging with each other, the plate secured to the end of the handle and projecting beyond the same and formed with holes through which said arms pass, an d the slide embracing said arms, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device, showing a scrubbing-brush clamped in place by the spring-arms. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the holder detached from the brush.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates an ordinary scrubbing-brush havinga hole in opposite sides'in which is inserted a metal socket 2.

The numeral 3 designates a handle having a hole 3 near its lower end, through which passes the holder, consisting of a piece of Serial No- 646,231. (No model.)

wire bent over near its center, forming two spring-arms 4, which are expanded from near the center to the ends and the extremities bent inward at right angles, forming lugs 5, which engage with said sockets. Secured to the lower end of the handle is a plate 6, the ends of which extend beyond the same and are formed with holes '7, through which said arms pass and are thereby held from outward movement at that point. Engaging with said arms is a slide 8, by moving which outwardly 5 5 or toward the brush the lugs of the arms are forced into the sockets, so that the brush is securely held. By moving said slide inward or in the opposite direction the spring-arms are released and the lugs may be withdrawn from the sockets and the brush detached. A rubber drier may then be clamped by the lugs, ifdesired.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim isv The combination with a scrubbing-brush having holes or recesses in opposite sides and the metal socket inserted therein, of the handle having a transverse hole near its lower end, the holder passing therethrough consisting of a piece of wire bent to form two spring-arms, the outer portions of which are expanded and the extremities bent at right angles and engaging with said sockets, the plate secured to the lower end of the handle, projecting beyond the same and formed with holes through which said arms pass and the slide embracing said arms and located between said plate and the ends of the arms, substantially as described.

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

WARREN UTMAN.

'Witnesses L. C. CURFMAN, G. W. Ross.

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