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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
MAX KIETTNER, OF COMFORT, TEXAS.
CLEANING IMPLEMENT.No. 893,080.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, MAX KUETTNER, a
subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing
at Comfort, in the county of Kendall and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Cleaning Imple-
ments, of which the following is .a specifica-
tion.
This invention is a cleaning implement of
10 novel construction and possessing peculiar
advantages. -i
It is designed primarily for cleaning poul-
try houses or coops which have low ceilings
whereby ready access is prevented for the use
15 of ordinary cleaning appliances. For in-
stance an ordinary hoe commonly employed
for scraping the floors is not adapted to
reach into the corners of the structure to be
cleaned, and a broom having a rigid fixed
20 handle cannot be used in many instances for
obvious reasons. Furthermore the imple-
ment is useful in many other relations, such
as in cutting weeds and grass along garden
walks and sweeping the same, removing ice
25 from drinking troughs, and so on.
For a full understanding of the invention
and the various details of construction, ref-
erence is to be had to the following descrip-
tion and the accompanying drawings, in
30 which,
Figure 1 is an end 'or edge view of the im-
plement showing the handle in position when
the device is used as a digger; Fig. 2 is a ver-
tical sectional view, parts being in elevation,
35 showing the implement when used as a
broom; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of parts
of the implement to be hereinafter described,
and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on theline
4-4 of.Fig. 1.
40 Throughout the -following description and
on the several figures of the drawings, similar
parts are referred to by like reference char-
acters.
The invention in its preferred form in-
45 cludes a main plate or base 10 having a sharp
edge 11. On one face of said plate, is at-
tached an operating handle 12, being piv-
oted between and centrally of a pair of ears
13 attached to said plate by any suitable
50 means, as by riveting. Each of the ears 13
is provided with a semicircular slot 13', the
center of curvature of which is the axis of a
bolt or cotter 14 which projects through said
ears and the end of the handle 12. A bolt15Patented July 14, 1908.
having a thumb nut 15' passes through the 55
slots 13' and the hole 12' in the handle,
whereby the handle may be locked at any
desired angle with relation to the plate 10.
When the device is used as a scraper or hoe,
the handle may be set at 'substantially a 60
right angle to the said plate or blade 10.
When it is used as a digger, as for instance in
chopping ice from walks or digging in the
ground, the handle will be set in substantial
alinement with the blade and extended from 65
its axis oppositely from the edge 11 of the
blade 10.
Connected with the member 10 is a sweep-
ing or brushing attachment, the same being
'secured thereto by a peculiar device consti- 70
tuting a part of the implement. On each
side of the base 10 is a flange 16, the flanges
being integral with or rigidly secured to said
member 10 and projecting therefrom sub-
stantially at right angles on the side of the 75
same opposite from that to which the handle
is connected. Each of the flanges 16 is pro-
vided with a longitudinal slot 16' substan-
tially parallel with the base plate 10, and the
outer ends of the flanges are connected by a 80
crossbar 17 rigidly secured thereto. The
broom portion of the device comprises a hol-
low member 18 having end flanges 19, said
member being substantially spool-shaped
and being mounted between the flanges 16, 85
and a rod 20 passed though the slots 16' and
said hollow member or spool. The rod 20 is
provided with a thumb nut 20' by means of.
which the spool may be locked in any posi-
tion of adjustment within the limits of the 90
slots 16'.
The brush portion B of the broom is con-
structed- by looping the fibers of the same
about the member 18, bringing the free ends
of the same in proximity to one another 95
where they are clamped by means of a sheath
21. The sheath is constructed preferably of
sheet metal, the edges of which are curved
outwardly from each other as indicated at
21', and in each of which curved edges there 100
lies a correspondingly curved bar 22. Suit-
able fastening devices such as screws or rivets
23 pass through said bars 22, the curved
edges 21' of the sheath, and the body of the
brush B. The loose ends of the fibers of the 105
brush lie beneath the bar 17, or between the
bar 17 and the plate 10 whereby they are se-
curely held in position and protected fromSpecification of Letters Patent.
Application flied March 2, 1908. Serial No. 418,852.
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Kuettner, Max. Cleaning Implement., patent, July 14, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514827/m1/2/?q=%22Science+and+Technology+-+Tools%22: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.