An Improved Adaptable Ferrule or Collar for Painters' Brushes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 20th Dec.. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Adaptable Ferrule or Collar for Painters' Brushes.
1. WALTER NEVILLE GALE, of 40 Calmer Terrace, South Streatham, in the
County of Surrey, Painter and Grainer, do hereby declare the nature of this said
invention to be as follows:-
Whereas much inconvenience and delay is occasioned by the ordinary methods of
stringing painters' brushes, and the necessity of removing and rearranging the
string, as the bristles wear away; and the metallic substitutes therefor now some-
times used cause the bristles to break away.
Now the object of my invention is to fit painters' brushes with improved adapt-
able ferrules or collars, by the use of which the above mentioned defects are entirely
obviated.
My improved ferrule consists of a cylinder of oil-resisting rubber, of sufficient
tensile strength to compress the bristles firmly with an elastic pressure, and also to
prevent the paint accumulating above the exposed portions of the bristles.
A rib is sometimes formed at the onter end of the ferrule to furnish additional
tensile force to the bristles, and suitably keep them in form.
The ferrule is placed round the bristles at a suitable distance from the point of
the brush, and, as the bristles wear away, the ferrule is moved farther back towards
the handle.
The ferrules may be plain, ribbed, corrugated, or of other suitable sectional form.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Adaptable Ferrule or Collar for Painters' Brushes.
I WALTER NEVILLE GALE, of 40 Calmer Terrace, South Streatham, in the
County of Surrey, Painter and Grainer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Whereas much inconvenience and delay is occasioned by the ordinary methods
of stringing painters brushes, and the necessity of removing and rearrangng the
string, as the bristles wear away; and the metallic substitutes therefor now some-
times used cause the bristles to break away.
Now the object of my invention is to fit painters' brushes with improved adapt-
able ferrules or collars, by the use of which the above mentioned defects are entirely
obviated.
My improved ferrule consists of oil-resisting rubber, of sufficient substance
elasticity and tensile strength to compress the bristles firmly with a sufficient
amount of pressure to prevent the paint accumulating above the exposed portions
of the bristles, such pressure being also of such an elastic nature that the natural
I find it advantageous
elasticity of the bristles is not materially interfered with.
to form a rib at the outer end of the ferrule, in order to provide additional tensile
strength and retain the bristles in form.
The ferrule surrounds a portion of the bristles at a suitable distance from the
point of the brush, and, as the bristles wear away, the ferrule is removed farther
back towards the handle.

page_text: The ferrules may be plain, ribbed, corrugated, or of other suitable sectional form.
And in order that my said invention may be. particularly described and ascer-
tained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 an elevation partly in section, illustrating the
application of my invention to an ordinary painter's brush.
a is the handle, the bristles, and c the rubber cylinder. d is the rib, which
affords an extra amount of compression, just where it is required, and effectually
prevents the ascent and accumulation of the paint above the rib, by capillary action
or otherwise.
The cylinder c may be placed in any suitable position on the brush, according
to the nature of the work to be performed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
The application and use of oil-resisting rubber ferrules or collars, in combination
with, and as an adjustable addition to painters' brushes, substantially as and for
the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 19th November 1890
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.