US1225540A - Dust-pan. - Google Patents

Description

G. T. WELLS.

DUST FAN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. 19:6.

L225,5% Patented May 8, 1917.

INK/ENTER ETI'DENE Y.

GEORGE TILLEY WELLS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DUST-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 191?.

Application filed April 27,1916. Serial No. 93,899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE TILLEY WELLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dust-Pans,of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to an improvement in household utensils and more particularly to an improvement in dust-pans whereby the dust-pan has greater utility than has heretofore been obtained.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of a dust-pan, whereby the dust-pan may be moved about on the floor by the foot and firmly held in the desired position on the floor, by pressure of the foot, which in turn presses the lip of the pan tightly against the floor, thereby facilitating the removal of the dust and dirt from the floor into the dust-pan.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a dust-pan with an upper forwardly extending top portion having a sawtooth edge, whereby lint, ravelings or other foreign substances may be easily removed from the broom into the dust-pan.

A further object of my invention is to provide a dust-pan with spring means, whereby under pressure of the foot the pan may be pressed down closely to the floor and upon release of pressure the pan will assume its original raised position.

A. final object of my invention is to simplify the construction of the dust-pan, thereby reducing the cost of manufacturing the same.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a dust-pan, said dustpan having details of construction as will be more fully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved dust-pan.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the dust-pan, and

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the dust-pan showing the pan in its normal raised position in full lines and in the position it would assume when pressed down close to the floor, in broken lines.

In the drawing 4 indicates the body of the dust-pan and 5 the spring floor arm. The body at has a downwardly inclined bottom 6 merging into an upwardly rounded transverse retaining ridge 7 which in turn merges into a straight fiat downwardly inclined spring lip 8, the upwardly bent straight sides 9, 9, an upwardly bent straight back 10, and a forwardly bent and extending top portion 11 having a saw-tooth edge 12, all formed integral. The spring fioor arm 5 is formed preferably of spring steel, it is secured at one end to the body of the dust-pan in any well known way, and has an upwardly bent member 13, a downwardly inclined portion 14: and a curved floor end 15 in which is a hole 16 for hanging up the dust-pan. The back 10, the member 13 and the intermediate portion ofthe spring floor arm 5 forms a foot hold 16.

When in use the foot is placed in the foothold 16 and the dust-pan moved by the foot in any direction into the position required without stooping or bending the body. A

pressure of the foot 011 the spring floor I 5 now forces the dust-pan down close to the floor, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 3, lowers the bottom of the pan, and holds the spring lip 8 tightly against the floor, thereby facilitating the removal of the dust and dirt from the floor into the pan. After the dust or other foreign substances have been swept into the dust-pan, any raveling, lint or other substances clinging to the broom may be easily and quickly removed from the broom into the dust-pan by drawing the broom across the saw-tooth edge 12.

Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new:

1. A dust-pan having a bottom, two sides,

a back, a forwardly extending top portion having a saw-tooth edge, a spring arm having a free end adapted to rest on the floor and an upwardly extending member adjacent the back of the pan, the back of the pan, the upwardly extending member and the intermediate portion of the spring arm forming a foot hold.

2. A dust-pan having a bottom, a trans verse rounded retaining ridge, a spring lip, two sides, a back, a forwardly extending top portion having a saw-tooth edge all formed integral, a spring arm extending outwardly from the back and having a curved free end adapted to rest on the floor and an up- 1 wardly extending member adjacent the back of the pan, the back of the pan, the upwardly extending member and the intermediate portion of the spring arm forming a foot hold.

3. A dust-pan having a flat bottom 6, a

transverse rounded retaining ridge 7 a downwardly extending spring hp 8, havmg a straight edge, two upwardly extending sides 9, 9, an upwardly extending flat back 10, and a forwardly extending flat'top portion 11 having a saw tooth edge 12, said saw teeth pointing toward the front of the pan,

all formed integral, a spring floor arm 5 eX- tending centrally outwardly from the bottom 6 at the back 10 and having an upwardly bent member 13, adjacent the back 10, a

Copies of this patent may be obtained for downwardly inclined portion 14c and an upwardly curved floor end, the back 10, the upwardly bent member 13 and the intermediate portion of the spring floor arm 5 forming a foot hold 16, as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE TILLEY WELLS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

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