Improvements in Paint and other Brushes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
Improvements in Paint and other Brushes.
I, LANCASTER Z. JENKINS, of No. 1938 N. Fifth Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Inventor, 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 of novel means for connecting the bridle of a paint or
other brush with the same. It also comprises a ferrule for a brush consisting of
wire in the form of a coil the ends of which form hooks for the connection of
the bridle of the brush, the said hooks being integral with the remainder of the
ferrule, thus producing a convenient and strong device for the purpose intended.
My said invention also consists in flattening the interior of the coils of the
ferrule, so as to produce an unbroken surface for the contact of the bristles.
In the accompanying drawing:
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Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a brush embodying my invention.
Figure 2 represents a section of a ferrule for a brush bridle embodying my
invention.
Figure 3 represents a perspective view thereof.
Figure 4 represents a partial view of a brush, showing the cord which forms
the bridle, fastened to one of hooks before winding the same the other being
fastened to the hook after the same has been wound.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
A designates a ferrule formed of a coil of wire, one end of which is turned up
from the bottom on the outside to form a hook B, and the other is bent down on
the inside and then up on the outside from the bottom to form the other hook C,
it being noticed that the same hooks are continuous of the body of the ferrule and
integral portion of the same, thus providing convenient and strong means for the
connection of the bridle therewith.
The inner face of the ferrule is flattened, producing an unbroken or right-lined
surface of contact with the bristles, and thus preventing cutting of the latter, and
lodgement of material between the coils. The cord or twine D of which the
bridle is formed, is secured to one of the hooks leaving an end of sufficient
length to reach to the bottom of the bridle and return to the starting hook. The
cord is now passed around the brush from the starting book to the lower edge of
the bridle, looped around the same and connected with the other hook. The
free end of the cord below the bridle is then secured to the starting hook.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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First. A ferrule for a brush provided with hooks for connecting the bridle
therewith the said ferrule being forined of a coil of wire, and said hooks being
continuous of and integral with the body of the ferrule, substantially as described.
Second. A ferrule for a brush formed of a coil of wire, one end being bent
up from the bottom on the outside of the body, and the other end being bent
down from the top on the inside of the body and again turned up on the outside
of the body forming hooks which are integral with the body, the said parts being
combined substantially as described.
Third. A ferrule for a brush formed of wire with hooks on the body thereof
for connecting the bridle of the brush therewith, the inner face of said body
being flat, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Fourth. A brush having a bridle connected therewith by means of hooks

page_text: attached to the head of the brush, the ends of the cords, comprising the bridle
being hitched or otherwise secured to said hook, substantially as described.
Fifth. A brush having a cap a bridle consisting of cords, and hooks having
their shanks between the cap and the bristles of the brush and their hook portion
between the cap and the bridle, the cord of the bridle being fastened at or near
both of its ends to the said hooks, said parts being combined substantially as
described.
Sixth. A brush having a cap, a bridle and hooks having their shanks between
the cap and the bristles of the brush and their hook portions between the cap and
the upper edge of bridle, and the cord of the bridle having an end piece E adapted
to embrace the bridle, the said parts being combined substantially as described.
Seventh. A brush having a flexible bridle consisting of cord secured at both
ends to hooks at the upper end of the bridle, substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of March 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.