claim:- 1. A broom, comprising in combination 85 a b-Lindle of broom head niaterial, sheet metal clamps secured tiglitly about said head niateriil, opposed arilis extending from said clamps and bent toward each other at their sides for formidg a socket, meaiis for hold- i)o ing said arms from movement outwardly with respect to each other, a metal s eeve fittiiig snuuly within said socl-et holding the arms spread into fixed spaced relation and servina by its eno,,,toement with the bent- 95; in side p@'rtiois of sa-id opposed arms to strengthen the structure against side-wise nioveiiient of the claml)s witli respect to each other, means for holding said sleeve removabl3@ in position in said soelket, and a handle loo fixedly securecl in saicl sleeve. 2. A br oo m, co mp risi no, in co mb ina tio n a pair of sheet metal cla broom material secured bet-ween said c s opposed arms extending frorn said clam for -k- -105 e@un a soc tellg et, a sleeve in said sock ing into the body of the broom iiiateri,,tl between said eltmps, nieaiis for securing said sleeve in position in said socli:et, and a handle fixed iii said sleeve with its lower end engaging 110 the broom materi,,il within the sleeve. 3. A broom, comprising in combination a pair of sheet metal clamps, broom head n-iaterial secured between said clamps, opposed arms extending from said clamps lir, forining a socket, ,t sleeve in said soelket and e,- ,tending into the body of the broom material between the clamps f or bracino, the e n sleeve, t handl fixedly secured i said sleeve, and naeans f or releasably securing 120 said sleeve in said socket. 4. A broom, coiiiprisiiig iii combination a bundle of broon-i head material, sheet metal clamps secured tightly abotit said head niaterial, opposed arms extending from said 12 clamps forming a socket, means for holding said arms from movernent outwardly with respecttoeachother,ametalsleeve, within saicl in tlie ferrule, as is also sho-vvn in Fi(l. 3. sc)cket holding the arms from nioi-ement to(15 With the parts properly ti(,htened wit re- ward each other and serviiig thus to strength- 130

1,774,283 en the structur6 agaiiast sidewise movement of the clamps with respect io each bther a flgt sprino, carried by the sleeve and havin 9 an @outwardl extending@-latch portion proy je6ting through registering latch openings in the sleeve and one 6f @the@ arm s for hold'mg the sleeve removably in position in. the socket and comprising also an outwardly bent portion extending through other openings 10 in the sleeve and the arm for retracting said latch portion from the latch@ opemng in said aril., 11 a@d a handle fixedly secured in said sleeve with the flat spring workiiag within a lonoitludinal groove in the handle, the inner; face of the groove being,positioned so as to Emit the inwar(I movement cif the sprilig for pre,venting the latch portion from moving invs7ardlv out of enga eeve!ement w ith the latch openinlr m the s GEORGE W. MANNING. 20 25 30 40@ 45 50 55 60 65

Patented Aug- 26, 1930 11774 281" p E CE @@UNIT,'ED- @SiT@AITES, AT'@N'T,-@@ GEORGE W. MANNING, OF CHICAGO, ILLI.LNOIS, ASSIGi6r. OF ONE@HAL:P TO RALPH: WEAVER, OF CHICACXO,. ILLINOIS: BROOM Ap@lication filed FebruaTy 24, 1928. Serial@No. 256.51@.4 My inventipn relates @to :articles of the brooin type in which, blindles of@ broom head material are held by plates or clamps, a handle being secured in position upon the clamps. 5, It_is one of t,he objects of my invention to provide new and impr6ved m@alas for securIng the handle firmly in position in such a way that @the'el@mps are held rigidly so 4s -to prei7eiit.-w.eavinu of the plates - ,vvith res ect zn p lo@ to each other, and to @rovide siich @,t construction a-rranged so@ that the hhndlo can be inserted easily into position'by the purchase@ and secured in position to be held with t-he requisite firmn6ss. It is another objeet of 16 my in@vention @to provide:such a consiructioi@ so al'rtnued that the hgndle can be egsily and quickly 7emoved fkoin the, tlamps when desired so that it shall not,be necessary to @ro-. vide a new handle for every new broom pur- @ :2o@ cha'sed. It is another object of my invention to provide a construction of th"ls ty e in -,@vhich the handle comprises a non-slirinting portion or member which will have a sriug fit in the 25 socket of the broom head @s origiiaally manufadttired and, -v@hich will 6oniin@e to have such snug fit'regar-dless of any shrinkage of the handle it'self @which, in most will be: inade of wood. It is anot. 10 I 3bF her object of 'my invent" n to improve devices of this, t@pe @iii @ stindry details. hereinhfter-- pointed out. The @ief6rr6d n-leans by which I have adcomplished my sev era]. objects ar6 illustrated in the drawino, 36--@and@ are h6reina@fter specifica.Ily desciibed. That which I b6lieve to be new and @ desire to r by Lettets P@tent i 'set forth -ii the cove s claims. in th6 d@awin 91- io@ Figlis faceviewof abroomembodying my improved donstrii I tio , @the lower - p6r-I c n tion of the @broom h6ad ancl the -Lipper p6rtion of the halidle @being br6ken away. Fig.- 2 i@ a cent@al I loii-aitiidinal-: section through the parts shown in Fi6, 1, being substantially@a';section@taken at line'2-2 of said. fLgLu- re. I Fig. 3 is a t-ransverse vertical section, @beine substantially a section taken at line 3-3 of 50 Fi_- 2;,and 9 Fig . 4 is a horizontal section tdken@at@line 4-4 of ri@g. 3., Re fe@rina to the several 'fi&ures of the draw ing, in which clorrespon(ling parts ari@ indi6 ated by the sam6 r@ference cha'-r:icters,-@@ rj5, 10 indicates a bundle ' of broom ' hea:d I mat6- rial such as broom-corn, held to o,,ether' at their u@p er encl.s by means of clalups@-11. and 12@ Nvhic h are seciired upon o@posito faces,of the bundle by means of r'ivets 13 which in the ao--,. leonst rtiction shown a;re in.the form' of nails orpins clinchedat@one-end,:asisbestin4icated; :in Fig. 2. In the construction sho7la-,- th6 pl@te s or clamps 11; and 12 aie provide@'d -witlh streng tlienino@ ribs 14 @pt6s -d therein; @and o5 at: their end @oitions the plas'tes are provided with overlapping tongues 15 which.,completo the circuit about the bundle of @ brodw head materi al and which to a very la . r@,ye de 'gree brace th6 I)Iates aoainst weavina or othet 70 mov . ement edgewise with respect@ ta each other. T he @lates 11 and.12 are provided with OP" posed arms 16 which'ar'e rolinded atthoir e@Icr es toward each other for providing-a sock@ 75, et for the reception of the handle,17, the arm' 's 16 of the tnvo plates being s6curbd to- @koth6r at' the'ir n@eeting edges by inean@ of t(@ngues: 18 of one plate passing througli suitable open@ idgs in the edge of the ar-m@of the other plate, so as is cle@rly shown i,n Fi(ny. 4 tho ton es be@, 9LI in,o; bent @ @Ack-v@ardIV for liolding the4 @a'rms .imped @ositi in rigid cl@ on -v@ith respedt to@@ move ment away f @om ea@,,h other. At @its lower, end, tti.e handl6 . 17@, whi,ch, 'in, 85 most cqses is of w66d, is% providod with a @forrule or sleeve 19 formed of meta'l@'so as t-o bo, non@ shrinki-ng, - sudh - fetroe being secur6d rigidly iii position, upon th6 r'ed @uc6d low- er, end of the handle. In the constriietioii shown' oo the ferrule is secu'red in positioli by iiiwardly projec ting portiolis of the fetritle prodticed uv meins of a ptiiich, as at the points 20@ The handle 17 with the ferrl!le 19 fi:k6dl@- in motint ed thereon2is removably secured ' po- 95, sition within the socli:et provided by:the ari@is' n16 by means of a spri o, latch devide:ciitried@ bv @ the ferr'tile. In th6 constructi6n' shown the:latch@ 's @in @the forln of a fl@t 21 which@' is m6 Lintod in thi3 fe 'rrule betwe 'en thb

2 1,774,283 wall at oiie sicle thereof -,tiid an inwardly pressed cut-otit portioii 22 (see Fio- 2), the spring beiiig held securel37 in position by iiieans of friction. The free end portion of the flat spriiig 21 is turned outwarclly in tlie form of a latch 23 which extends outwardly throuo,h registerino, openings in the -wall of the ferrule alid tl-ie arm 16 of une of tl@ e plates 11-12. The sprin21 is provided Nvith an outwardly bent por@ion 1),4 at a short distance 0 from its f ree end, such outwardly bent portion being adapted to extend outwardly throiigh recisterincr openii-ias in the wall of the sleeve a-@id in the arm 16, the arran@,yement 15 1,)eing such that when tl-ie bent portic;@ 24 is pressed iiiwardly tl-le latch 23 is moved o-Lit of g,ttalement wit h the openincy- in tl-ie arm ell , zn 16 so as to periiait.the handle 17 and the ferrlile 19 to be withdrawn fron-i the socket. The 20 liandle 1'( is grooved lono,-itudinally at 25 to provide for the reception of the @prin(y 21, the depth of the groove opposite the latch 23 bein- such as to I)revelit the movemelit of the latch 23 out of the opening in the -wall of 25 the ferrule 19. With the btoom head prepared coiiliplete comprising the broon-i material held together by the plate clamps 11 ancl 19-, aiicl pr@-ferably stitched at a point belo-w the clamps as indi30 cated at 26, and -witl-i the 1-i,,tndle coinprising the ferrule 19 and the spring lateli structure as described, the broom heads are pacli:ed for shipment in a box of appropriate shal)e, thhalidles separate f rom the head beiiig sliipp--,l iii, in a. septrate bunclle, eich bliiidle beina compact and easily handled. The brooiii is then easily prepared for use by the iiisertion of the handle into the socli:et, the latch 23 being displaced for permittiii(y the m6vement by ,i 0, the cammiii(r action of the socket upoii the t@ - 4 out,wardly projeet ng belid 9-4. When 'n the I 1 movement of the handle i-@ll'o the socl@et ',-he portion 24 and the latch 23 coiiie opposite the respective openings in the ariii 16, the la'Llch 45 springs outwardly into operative locl@:iitcyRosition as shown in Fil-. 2. NVIien it is d@'sired to remove the liandle, this caii be effected by pulling the hanclle upwardly in Fig. 2 ii,hile the spring latch device is beiig nloved i) in-wardly by pressure upon the beiit portion 24 for freeing the latch 23 f roiii the openiiag in the arm 16. By reason of the snli fit betwee-n the fer9 rule 19 and the wall of tl-ie socket, the arms r, 16 are held f roiii iiiovi.n- in-wai,dly toward each other. By reason of the lower end -,)f the ferrule 19 extendilio, into the body of the broom niaterial as is cl-arly sho-wn in Fi-. 3, the handle is bracecl very materially with C,o respect to the broom he,,id ,tr,.d -with respect to the plate clamps, this bracino- e--ftect bei-.io streno,thened by the en(ragement of the lower encl @'f the ba'nclle with the broom material spect to eacli other as described, and with the sleeve 19 of a nonshrinl@ing form, the struc'uure is ria,,iinta:jiied ii-i its original tightened coi-iditio,@i -for ,iii indefinitely long tilne. By reasoii of the rigidity o' the struettire 7,0 L coi-iiprising the plates 16,held ag,,iinst oiit-ward iiioveiiieiit by the tongues 18 and held against iii-ward inovemciat by the ferrule 19, the plates 11 and 12 are held very securely ed c, @ e-- v., 7is e iiio vei - iao iit ivit h res pe ct to i5 t @ each other aiid the brooi-n-corii or other broom lioad iiiacerial is hold very stron(Tly in position. While I prefer to etnploy the constructi on .ts ilIList",,ted in n-iy drawi--Q(Y, I do iiot wish to so IiiiiiL-1 the i-- n,,,e7,ition to stich f oi-m except so I far as tlle cla'ins -@re so limited by the p rior art. I