Dustpan
Cleaning tool
A dustpan, the small version of which is also known as a "hearth brush and shovel” (from its use of cleaning the fireplace hearth), is a cleaning utensil. The dustpan is commonly used in combination with a broom or long brush. The small dustpan may appear to be a type of flat scoop. Though often hand-held for home use, industrial and commercial enterprises use a hinged variety on the end of a stick to allow the user to stand instead of stoop while using it.
Handheld dustpans may be used with either a full-size broom or with a smaller broom or a brush. This second combination may be sold as one unit. A variant on the dustpan is the silent butler, a handheld, lidded dustpan.
History
In 1858, the first patent for a dustpan was given to T.E. McNeill.[1]
Gallery
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Hard broom and plastic dustpan.
References
- ^ "Dust-pan". Google Patent. 6 July 1858.
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