Dustpan

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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

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

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