Apparatus for the More Cleanly and Expeditious Application of Water, Size, Whitewash, Paint, Varnish, or anything of this kind to Ceilings, Walls, or other Superficies.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for the More Cleanly and Expeditious Application of
Water, Size, Whitewash, Paint, Varnish, or anything of this
kind to Ceilings, Walls, or other Superficies.
EDWARD ARTHUR SHERRATT, Binfield House, Binfield Road, Stockwell,.
Schoolmaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of an apparatus composed of a pan or well containing the
wash or paint to be applied, the said pan or well being attached to an adjustable
upright or oblique beam moving upon wheels or otherwise as may be desired..
Within the pan or well are the whitewash or paint and a revolving brush movable
by a handle with connections. Behind the brush a smoother may be added. The
shape of the pan as well as of the brush will depend upon the nature of the work to
be done. The object being to prevent the damage done by the old process to
furniture, wall-papers, carpets and other effects and chattels and also to save time-
labour and expense.
Dated this 25th day of April 1893.
EDWARD ARTHUR SHERRATT..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for the More Cleanly and Expeditious Application of
Water, Size, Whitewash, Paint, Varnish, or anything of this
kind to Ceilings, Walls, or other Superfícies.
EDWARD ARTHUR SHERRATT M.A. Schoolmaster Binfield House Binfield
Road Stockwell S.W. 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 :-
The object of this invention is that ceilings walls or other superficies may be
expeditiously painted whitewashed, distempered, cleaned or otherwise dealt with
& in order that my invention may be clearly understood, I illustrate my description
with drawings, yet I do not bind myself to the exact details as set forth & described;
as they may be modified in many & various ways, the apparatus or machine is
composed of a pan or well to contain the wash or paint or other material to be
applied; this pan or well is mounted on a beam or handle which may be connected
to a frame or stand & may be made to run or travel upon wheels or rollers, or the
beam or handle may terminate with attachments capable of being fastened to the
shoulders or other convenient part of the person of the operator; or it may be
formed with a handle to be held in the haud, the upper or brush part of the machine
being kept to its work by the operator; within the pan or well is a revolving
brush, which may consist of either a single rotary brush doing its own mixing &
painting, or it may be made up of two or more rotary brushes, one mixing the wash
or paint & feeding the other which in turn lays on the wash or paint to the surface
worked; or again my brush may be made up of a series of slats or narrow flat
brushes forming an endless chain brush running round two or more rollers, but in
whatever form the brush is made the object is to keep the paint or wash thoroughly
mixed & then evenly distributed on the surface to be worked; a smoother or wiper
is placed & caused to act on the brush so that if the brush or rather that part of
the brush about to lay on the paint or wash should be overfed with paint or wash
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page_text: then the smoother or wiper comes into work & wipes or smooths away the superfluous
wash or paint into the well or pan, the smoother also acts as a splash receiver &
also as a follower to the rotary brush on the work done; the brush is caused to
revolve by means of a crank or handle, & wheel fastened in any convenient position
on the apparatus; connection being made with the rotary brush either by a band,
or chain or gearing, or indeed any convenient method of which there are so many
examples, when the pan or well is mounted on a rollered frame or upon wheels, then
from this crank & wheel there may be attached a system of gearing to the rollers
or wheels on which the frame runs, so that the operator standing upon the frame
& turning the handle or crank not only causes the brush to revolve, but gives a
rolling & feeding motion to the machine whereby great steadiness of work is
ensured; but this feed gearing may be dispensed with & the machine be simply
pushed by the operator; again as I have indicated the machine may be attached
to the person of the operator who simply walks about while turning the handle; or
the beam may terminate with a handle & the machine then would be held & guided
by the hand either up or down or across the work to be done as necessary, the
beam supporting the well or pan is capable of extension & is jointed that it may
take an upright or oblique position at will & the pan or well may rest on a spring
in this beam, so that it may give at inequalities of surface; in order that the fore-
going description may be the more readily understood I will refer to my drawings
Figure 1 being a front view, Figure 2 a side view Figure 3 a sectional view of
chain brush & pan or well & these relate to the self-feeding machine above
mentioned, Figure 4 is a side view of the hand machine as it would be held in
position for painting a wall, Figure 5 is another form of well & arrangement of
rotary brush & smoother, the hand machine Figure 4 is equally applicable to
ceilings as well as to walls or other work.
A is the pan or well BB is the feed or rolling gearing, C is the crank D the
wheel E the rollers, F the stand or frame G a segment with set screw for throwing
the beam from the upright to an oblique position H is the hinge through which the
beam passes, I the beam, J the band K the rotary brush, L the smoother or wiper
M M are rollers for carrying & on which the rotary brush runs, N the slats or
sections of brushes which when joined together form the endless chain brush as
shewn;
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The rotary brush as & for the purpose described.
2. The combination of pan or well & rotary brush substantially as described.
3. The combination of stand or frame, & pan or well & rotary brush substantially
as described & as & for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 25th day of Januar 1801
E. A. SHERRATT.