US823725A - Duster. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

H. A. HAYDEN. I

DUSTER. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1905.

I NVENTOR';

By his Attor ey' -WLTNESSES:'

HENRY A. HAYDEN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

' DUSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Application filed September 9, 1905. Serial No. 277.661.

furniture, base-boards,.and the like; and it has for its object to provide a device for this purpose composed in part of felt and in part of fiber, which will act the part of a Wiper and take up the dust and will enable the user to get at and clean cult of access. I

In the accompanying. drawings, which serve to illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a erspective view of the duster. Fig. 2 is a ongitudinal section of same, showing the construction. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on a scale larger than that of the principal views.

The drawings illustrate the duster in its preferred form.

A is the handle, on the extreme end of parts that are difiiwhich is fixed a tuft of fiber B, which forms a brush. On a flattened portion a of the handle is a flattened body C, forming the main cleaner and wiper of somewhat peculiar construction. This body portion will be of felt,

preferably combined, however, with fiber, as will be explained.

' In constructing the body art 0 of the device two sheets 0 c, of thic felt slitted at their lateral edges and having a general oblong rectangular form, embrace the flattened portion a, of the handle and at the respective sides of the handle between their slitted margins are disposed two folded and slitted,

by the stitching. The handle'may be further secured in lace between the sheets 0 by means of stitches g, in which the thread passes through holes bored in the handle. The slitted felt removes and wipes up the dust, and thebrush B is useful in removing dust from angles and other places difficult of access. The fiber referred to as forming the brush B and the layer f may be the long vegetable fiber used for cheap brushes, of which coir is a type; but hair mi ht be employed and is intended to be inc uded under the word fiber. The fiber f at thelateral edges of the body is preferred; but the present invention is not restricted to its use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A duster, having a handle, a fiber brush at the end of the handle, and a body composed of plies of felt embracing the handle and slitted at their lateral edges.

2. A duster, having a handle, a brush secured to the end of the handle with its fibers extending substantially parallel with the handle, and a body'consisting of two sheets or plies of felt which embrace the handle and are slitted at their lateral margins, and ieces of slitted felt between said lies at t e respective sides of the handle, t e felt being secured together at the sides of the handle.

3. A duster, having a handle A, with a flattened portion a, a brush Bon its end composed of fiber, and a body portion G, composed of two sheets 0, c, of thick felt, em-

racing the flattened handle and slitted at their lateral edges, the folded and slitted pieces of felt d embraced between the sheets 0 c at the respective sides of the handle, and the fiber f between the folds of the felt d, as set forth. I

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 8th day of September, 1905, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' HENRY A. HAYDEN.

Witnesses:

HENRY OONNETT, H. G. HosE.

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