Broom shroud
AssigneeThe Drackett Company
InventorsDavid A. Jones, Daniel A. Maust
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Abstract
A broom shroud that reduces the tendency of the broom handle to disassociate therefrom in view of forces encountered during use, the broom shroud comprising a broom shroud housing having a neck member having a bore, the neck member comprising a threaded collet or exterior neck portion having a plurality of vertical through slots, and a socket or interior neck portion; an internally threaded locking cap adapted to engage the collet, and means for securing bristles to the housing. Fastening the cap to the housing compresses the slotted portions of the collet, the collet tightly engaging the broom handle received by the bore. Preferably, the socket has a threaded section to receive a threaded end of the broom handle, thereby providing dual fastening means for the handle to the shroud.
Claims33
A broom shroud adapted to receive a a broom handle, the broom shroud comprising:
- (a) a broom shroud housing having a neck member having a bore to receive the broom handle, said neck member comprising:
- (i) a collet or exterior neck portion extending upwardly from the top of the housing, the collet being provided with an externally threaded section and a plurality of vertical through slots extending from the top of the collet through the threaded section, at least one slot being wholly disposed in a quadrant of the collet, the quadrant being defined by intersecting vertical planes coplanar with the longitudinal and lateral axes of said housing, said slot having a wall defined by a vertical plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the housing, and
- (ii) a socket or interior neck portion extending inwardly into the housing from the collet;
- (b) an internally threaded locking cap adapted to engage said collet, and
- (c) means for securing bristles to said housing,
- whereby fastening the locking cap to the housing compresses the slotted portion of the collet, said collet tightly engaging the broom handle received by the bore.
A broom shroud adapted to receive a broom handle, the broom shroud comprising:
- (a) a broom shroud housing having a neck member having a bore to receive the broom handle, said neck member comprising:
- (i) a collet or exterior neck portion extending upwardly from the top of the housing, the collet being provided with an externally threaded section proximate the top thereof, said collet having three vertical through slots extending from the top of the collet to below the threaded section, one slot being diametral to the collet, and the two remaining slots having one wall diametral to the collet and the other wall beveled as to be essentially parallel to the first slot such that said remaining slots are generally pyramidal in configuration, and
- (ii) a socket or interior neck portion extending inwardly into the housing from the collet, the bore of the socket having a lower portion of reduced diameter that is provided with a threaded section;
- (b) a locking cap which is a tubular hollow member having a threaded interior upper section and an unthreaded lower section of larger diameter, and
- (c) a bristle block having a lower base and an upper base, with a lip formed therebetween, said block having a centrally disposed hollow circular sleeve extending upwardly from the upper base and a plurality of holes in the lower base for receiving tufts of bristles, the block being affixed within the bottom of housing, the bottom edge thereof mating with the lip, and the sleeve receiving the socket of the neck member,
- whereby fastening the locking cap to the housing compresses the slotted portion of the collet, said collet tightly engaging the broom handle received by the bore, which broom handle is threadedly connected to the housing in the socket.
In a broom shroud adapted to receive a broom handle, said broom shroud having a broom shroud housing having a neck member with a bore to receive the broom handle, said neck member having a collet portion provided with a plurality of slots, and a locking cap adapted to engage and compress said collet, the improvement comprising providing at least one slot wholly disposed in a quadrant of the collet, the quadrant being defined by intersecting vertical planes coplanar with the longitudinal and lateral axes of said housing, said slot having a wall defined by a vertical plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.