and for other Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1887
Specification Accepted, 11th Nov., 1887
and for other Purposes.
I, WILLIAM ENGLAND, of Galveston in the County of Galveston, and State of
Texas, one of the United States of America, 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:-
This my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in blacking and
other brushes so disposed that fluid blacking or other liquid may be used; and to this
end I provide a resevoir in connection with the said brush, and which resevoir is
provided with a suitable tube or nozzle by means of which the fluid blacking or other
liquid is conveyed to the desired place. The said resevoir is provided with a suitable
push-disc which when pressed forces the blacking or other liquid through the afore-
said nozzle upon the boot, all of which I now proceed to describe in detail, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings hereunto annexed, and the figures and
letters marked thereon, similar letters of reference indicating corresponding parts
throughout.
Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view
of an alternative form of my invention. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my invention as
applied to a brush without a handle.
I provide the wood part A of an ordinary blacking-brush at its upper part
rearwardly with a resevoir B, and having on its underpart the usual polishing-
bristles a. This resevoir is provided forwardly with a tube or nozzle, C, secured in
position upon the back of the wooden part of the brush by means of staples, D, or in
any other suitable way. This nozzle is somewhat curved near its forward end, so as
to be disposed laterally and extend past the daubing-bristles E and just beyond the
forward edge of the wooden part. This resevoir B is attached externally upon the
back of the wood part A of the brush by means of screws through lugs F in
the periphery of the said resevoir.
It may however be found more convenient to sink the resevoir B into the back A
of the brush, as shewn in Fig. 2, in which case, the said back A is made somewhat
thicker, and the nozzle C made to pass through the woodwork, as shewn more clearly

page_text: in Fig. 3. When the resevoir is sunk into the woodwork A, it is found practable to
make the push cap H sufficiently long to pass through the handle as shewn, and it is
also convenient to secure the daubing brush E upon the handle as shown.
In fig. 3 I have shewn my device attached to a brush that is made without the
ordinary handle.
In this case the central lower part of the wood A is cut away beneath to receive
therein the resevoir, the device being provided with two nozzles, one forward and
one rearward. When forming the device in this way, it is necessary to provide a
stem K centrally over the resevoir with a button at the upper end projecting through
the handle.
This enables the operator to press down upon the resevoir even if placed below the
wooden part of the brush.
The forward end of the nozzle C is provided with a metal cap C¹ such as shown in
Figs. 2 and 3. to prevent the escape of blacking or other fluid from the resevoir
when using the brush, and also for the purpose of preventing any evaporation of the
blacking or other fluid. The disc G is made somewhat flexible, so that when the
central part of the disc is pressed so as to be concave by pressing down on the cap H
the blacking or other fluid will be ejected through the nozzle C upon the boot or shoe
or other article. This operation is very easily accomplished by merely placing the
the
index-finger of the hand which grasps the handle A¹ upon
H.
cap
Although usually 1 design to simply use a resevoir in combination with a brush
used for polishing boots, shoes, etc., yet it will be readily seen by reference to the
drawings that the said resevoir may be applied to brushes used for other purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
my said
1st. In a blacking or other brush, the combination, of the back A, the daubing
bristles E, a blacking or liquid resevoir B secured externally upon the said back A,
and having a flexible disc cover provided with a push cap H, and attached to it a
tube, C, extending forwardly beyond the wooden part of the brush and properly
secured upon the surface of the back, substantially as, and for the purposes set forth.
2nd. In a blacking or other brush, the resevoir B sunk into the back A, the
nozzle C adapted to pass through the woodwork A, and said nozzle C provided with a
metal cap C, the push cap H adapted to pass through the handle A', and the daubing-
brush secured to the handle A¹, all substantially as, and for the purposes set forth.
3rd. In a blacking or other brush the resevoir B secured underneath the back A,
and the said resevoir provided with the stem K adapted to pass through the back A,
the nozzle C fitted with metal caps and adapted to pass through the woodwork A, all
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the
drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 10th day of October 1887.