N. QHÜUVALDJY.
BROONI HOLDER.
APPLICATION man Nov.14,19|7.
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:NICHOLAS CHOUVALDJY, OF BERKELEY, CÀLIFORNIA.
BROOM-HOLDER.
1,262,920.
Specification of Letters Patent. c rati-¿interi apr.
Application ñled November 14, 1917. Serial No. 202,005._
To all ’whom ¿t may concern.'
ic, reis;
as may hereinafter appear, m invention will
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be fully ?set forth and escribed, refer
Be itknown that LNioHoLAs CHOUVALDJY, now
ence
being had to the accompanying draw
_a citizen of the United States, residing at
Berkeley,_i_n` the county of Alameda, State of
California, have invented certain new and
ings.
In the drawings :-~
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Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de
useful Improvements in Broom- Holders; vice
mounted upon a wall and having a
and I do hereby vdeclare the following to be
handle inserted therein, vand
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a full,` clear, and exact description of the broom
Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough.
invention, such as will enable others skilled
Referring more particularly to the draw
in the artto which itappertains to make and ings,
1 represents a base plate upon which
use the same.Y ì
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the
clamp
plate 2 is mounted, and-_ from
This invention relates to broom holders:
which
the
supporting
3 extends. The
The object of the invention is to provide base plate 1 `is made arm
of such length and
. a holder for the handles of brooms and simi
width as will provideva proper foundation
15 lar articles, which is not only efficient in for the holder when it is secured against a
holding the handle in a secure manner, .but wall surface, and 'carries the arm _3 as a
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will also prevent injury tothe wall agalnst
extension. The clamp plate 2 is
>which the holder-is, mounted by the article downward
a flat plate whose'marginal conformation 75
which is- supported. '
accords, to vthe necessary degree,`to the u_p- ‘
Another important object of- the invention ` per
of the base plate l,
isto provide a holder for the handles of and marginal‘portions
is secured to thelatter by means of a
i brooms and similar articles in which the op pair of tubular rivets 4 which pass through ~ y
eration of inserting the handle, and also
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that of removing the handle therefrom are
V25 facilitated and the knocking of the handle»
' against the wall surface is prevented. In
carrying out the above objects I have asso
ciated with a pair of spring clamp arms a
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the'plates 1 and 2, and aside from securmg _802
the latter in closely united relation, vserve
as the openings for fastening devices 5,
which, in the present instance are repre
sented as screws.
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nRising from the sides of the clamp plate
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brace or support which lies below the clamp 2 are the spring arms V6, the arms 6 includ- '
arms and has a socket or foot portion which
resilience
portions
for 7holding
which ~
stands in substantially axial alinement with ing the outwardly bowed
the socket portion of the clamp arms. This provide the necessary the handle engaging
support, then, has as one of-its functions to vthe `arms together,
sockets,8 and the outturned lips 9 between
hold the broom or other im lement body- which
the handle is introduced ' into the `
away from the wall upon which the holder socket portion.
Preferably, the socket por
is mounted, _so that whether the implement is tions 8 are scored
or- corrugated to aid in
a brush, broom, a wet mop or other device holding the broom between the clamp arms.y
which might soil the wall, it will be impos
The' supporting armB, as‘ stated, is a 95
siblel for it to'. come into contact with the
elongation of the base plate 1,
wall surface. The second function of the Idownward
and
'-_its
lower
end is outwardly curved until"
support is to act as a fulcrum-_to facilitate
extremity underlies'the socket portions
the removal or insertion of the handle, so its
of.
the clamp arms 6 -in a direction> which
that the user will not be tempted >to swing,
approximates the. horizontal. Said extrem 100
the portion of the handle below -the clamp ity
is then enlarged and shaped into >a
45 arms outwardly until the upper end of the forked head 10, the socket formed by the
handle comes into contact with the wall, and -forked head being substantially semi-circu
through the successive use of the point of
A contact as a fulcrum point,.eventually mar lar in _shape and of such width as to receive
the handle of a broom or like de
the wall surface. On the other hand, the therein
vice.
Preferably,
the center of the semi
50 user of the holder of this invention will be circular socket in the forked head- 10 lies s.
the
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~induced to grasp the. upperportion of
axis of the
handle, in removing it from the holder, and - slightly‘forward of the securing
thev lower portion - .
socket
portions
8,
so
that
to employ the support as a-fulcrum point of the handle is thrown slightly outward 13.0
either in removing the handle or inserting it. '
when kit is engaged in the holder.. The metal
55 „ With the above objects in view, and suchl around the rim of the socket in the head 10
others ,relating to the details of construction.
Lacasse
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base plate and having a `pair of clamp arms
extended therefrom, tubular rivets securing
is rolled downwardly as at 1l so as to pro
vide- a rounded seat against which the han
dle will strike, and also, the side edges of the base plate and clamp plate together, said
the arm 3 are rearwardly turned into the tubular rivets also serving as sockets for 4@
strengthening flanges l2 which extend screws which mount the device on a wall
throughout the curved portion of the arm, surface, a supporting arm directed down
and' while reinforcing the arm, are not ofl wardly from the base plate as an extension
such a heavy character as to destroy the re thereof and being outwardly curved to un
derlie the clamp arms, a head formed on the 45
silience of the element.
llt will be apparent from the foregoing extremity of the supporting arm and having
'description that I have provided a very eû , a socket therein to receive the handle which
cient improvement in holders for brooms is inserted in the clamp arms, said socket
and likearticles, in that it not only securely being spaced below the latter so as to pro
' holds the handle of a broom, but further vide a fulcrum which coacts with the clamp 50
arms in the insertion or removal of a handle.
15 more holds it in such a manner that the
2. A broom holder, comprising in combi
ed Jfrom becoming soiled from the body ont nation, a'base plate to bear against a wall
wall against _which it is mounted is protect~` `
the broom or other implement and also be
surface, a vclamp plate mounted upon the _
cause a fulcrum point is provided which base plate and having a pair'of clamp arms
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gives easier access to the socket in insert
a handle, and renders the removal of
'the handle from the socket an easier propo
sition than where one must pull the handle
directly out of .the clamp arms, or rock one
_ in
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extended therefrom, a supporting arm di
rected downwardly from the base plate as
an extension thereof and being outwardly
curved'to Iunderlie the clamp arms, a head
formed on the’extremity of the supporting
end of the broom against the wall surface, arm-and having a socket'therein to receive
and then pull it from between the clamping the handle which is inserted in the clamp
jaws. Furthermore, the :tulcrum or support arms, said socket being spaced below the
ing element avoids the marringv of the wall latter so as to provide a fulcrum which co
surface which occurs from the successive acts with the clamp arms in the insertion or
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contacting of the end or” the broom against
the wall in rocking it out of the clamping
removal of a handle.
arms where no Íulcrum element is provided.
What l claim as my invention is :-
ture in the presence of two witnesses.
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lin testimony whereof, ll aliix my signa
1. A broom holder, comprising in combi
nation, a base plate tobear against a wall
surface, a clamp plate mounted upon the _l
NllCHOLAS GHUUVALDJY,
Witnesses:
Pnntnr KAMRASB,
Anorrn STEERING.
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