Improvements in Shoe Brushes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 14th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoe Brushes.
HENRY FOWLER Auctioneer 15 Bateman Street Derby in the County of
Derby do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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My invention consists in the construction of three shoe brushes, so as to combine
three brushes in one, and to require one handle only for the three brushes.
In order to carry out my invention, I fasten the backs of the dirt brush, blacking
brush, and polishing brush, togather in the form of a triangle, to an oblong three
square peice of wood, or any other suitable material, with axles projecting in the
centre at each end, and with grooves running down between each brush.
The handle which I purpose to make of wood, or any other suitable material, is
provided with bearings for the axles of the brushes to revolve in, so that the brushes
can be turned round to any one required for use, and locked in position by means
of a metal lever, fitting in one of the grooves between the brushes.
Dated this Fourteenth of June 1894.
HENRY FOWLER.
HENRY FOWLER Auctioneer 15 Bateman Street Derby in the County of
Derby do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention consists in the construction of three shoe brushes, to combine three
shoe brushes in one and to require one handle only for the three brushes.
To carry out my invention I bevel the back edges of three shoe brush stocks
viz. the dirt brush, blacking brush, and polishing brush stocks, in order to make
them fit compact to the centre stock.
Fig. 1. of the accompaying drawings which is an oblong three square peice of
wood or any other suitable material with axles Fig. 1ª projecting from the centre
at each end.
The shoe brush stocks are then drawn with bristles to their respectative
requirements and are fastened one on each side of the centre stock Fig. 1. thus
forming an oblong triangle of three shoe brushes, as shown in the end section of
Fig. 2.
The handle for the complete set of three shoe brushes which I purpose to make
of wood, metal, or any other suitable material, is provided with bearings for the
axles Fig. 2 to be placed in, and attached to the handle by means of a cap (made
of metal or any other suitable material) screwed or riveted to the handle.
I will now proceed to describe in what manner I purpose to lock any of the said
brushes in the position required for use. At the end of each brush a metal socket
is inserted, one in each brush, and fastened to each brush by means of screws or
pins, and upon the outside of the handle of the brush is affixed a metal lever, the

page_text: centre of the lever working upon a pivot. At one end of the lever is a bolt made to
fit in any one of the sockets attached to the brushes, and under the opposite end of
the lever is a tounged shaped steel spring attached to the lever, the spring being
required to force the bolt connected to the lever, into one of the sockets of the
brushes, to release the bolt from the socket the spring end of the lever is pressed down,
with the fingers or hand, the brushes can then be turned round to any one required
for use, and upon removing the pressure from the spring, the holt is forced into one
of the scockets of one of the brushes required for use, and thus locked in the position
required.
The scale of the accompanying drawings is for the average sizes of the brushes,
but I purpose to make them in various sizes to suit the markets.
Having now particulary described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be peformed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. Novelty. Three shoe brushes in one. .
2. A set of three shoe brushes that can be used with an handle, and to require
one handle only for the set of three shoe brushes.
3. The general arrangement and construction of the shoe brushes and their
various parts in the manner herin described, whereby the complete set of three
shoe brushes can be made to revolve round to any one of set required for use.
Dated this 13th day of March 1895.
HENRY FOWLER.