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A '''dustpan''' is a cleaning [[utensil]] (also known as Dustpan and brush (UK)), commonly used in combination with a [[broomstick|broom]]. The dustpan may appear to be a type of flat [[Scoop (tool)|scoop]]. It is often hand held for home use, but industrial and commercial enterprises often use a [[hinge]]d variety on the end of a stick to prevent the user from constantly stooping to use it. |
A '''dustpan''' is a cleaning [[utensil]] (also known as Dustpan and brush (UK)), commonly used in combination with a [[broomstick|broom]]. The dustpan may appear to be a type of flat [[Scoop (tool)|scoop]]. It is often hand held for home use, but industrial and commercial enterprises often use a [[hinge]]d variety on the end of a stick to prevent the user from constantly stooping to use it. |
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It was invented by the American inventor T.E. McNeill in 1858 ([http://www.google.com/patents?id=02xbAAAAEBAJ&dq=20811]) |
It was invented by the American inventor T.E. McNeill in 1858 ([http://www.google.com/patents?id=02xbAAAAEBAJ&dq=20811]) |
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[[Lloyd P. Ray]] is sometimes falsely credited for the invention of the dustpan. Ray was in fact awarded a patent for a similar design nearly forty years after McNeill's invention. This was one of almost 200 variants of McNeilll's dustpan that were granted patents by the turn of the century.<ref>http://www.google.com/patents?id=y1FlAAAAEBAJ&dq=587607|U.S. patent # 587607</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:51, 7 January 2010
A dustpan is a cleaning utensil (also known as Dustpan and brush (UK)), commonly used in combination with a broom. The dustpan may appear to be a type of flat scoop. It is often hand held for home use, but industrial and commercial enterprises often use a hinged variety on the end of a stick to prevent the user from constantly stooping to use it.
Handheld dustpans may be used with either a full-size broom or with a smaller whisk broom or brush sometimes called a duster. This second combination may be sold as one unit.
It was invented by the American inventor T.E. McNeill in 1858 ([1])
Lloyd P. Ray is sometimes falsely credited for the invention of the dustpan. Ray was in fact awarded a patent for a similar design nearly forty years after McNeill's invention. This was one of almost 200 variants of McNeilll's dustpan that were granted patents by the turn of the century.[1]
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- ^ http://www.google.com/patents?id=y1FlAAAAEBAJ&dq=587607%7CU.S. patent # 587607