Improvements in Devices for Withdrawing and Collecting and, if Required, Sterilizing Dust and other Minute or Light Particles of Matter, applicable to Hairdressers' Shears, Rotary and other Brushes, Carpet Sweepers, Dust Pans, and other Objects
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Withdrawing and Collecting and, if
Required, Sterilizing Dust and other Minute or Light Particles of
Matter, applicable to Hairdressers' Shears, Rotary and other
Brushes, Carpet Sweepers, Dust Pans, and other Objects
I, JAMES EATON-SHORE, of Red Cottage, Angel Road, Thames Ditton, in the
County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide in connection with hairdressers shears,-
rotary and other brushes and brooms carpet sweepers, dust pans and other objects
an attachment or device connected with an exhausting fan or other suitable
exhausting apparatus producing an even continuous flow of air, and with a col-
lecting vessel which in some cases would take the form of a cistern containing.
carbolic acid solution or other disinfecting medium. This device consists of a
hood, shield or cover by preference of light transparent material as celluloid or
mica to which is attached one end of a flexible pipe which is in connection with
the exhausting apparatus; if the latter is a fan I prefer to work it by an electria
motor. As applied for instance to hair dressers shears and rotary and other hair
brushes the object is to withdraw and collect the particles of hair cut off so as to
prevent the present unpleasant scattering of same on the floor and upon the neck.
and clothing of the person having his hair cut and upon the hair dresser. As
applied to hand brushes, carpet sweepers and dust pans for cleaning carpets and
floors the dust raised will by my invention be wholly withdrawn and if necessary
disinfected instead of as now being to a great extent dispersed throughout the
room during the operation of sweeping.
1000
Improvements in Devices for Withdrawing and Collecting and, if
Required, Sterilizing Dust and other Minute or Light Particles of
Matter, applicable to Hairdressers' Shears, Rotary and other
Brushes, Carpet Sweepers, Dust Pans, and other Objects.
I, JAMES EATON-SHORE, of Red Cottage, Angel Road, Thames Ditton, in the
County of Surrey, but now of Victoria Works, Rugby, in the County of Warwick,

page_text: Engineer, 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 to provide in connection with hair dressers
shears, rotary and other brushes and brooms, carpet sweepers, dust pans and
other objects an attachment or device connected with an exhausting fan or other
suitable exhausting apparatus producing an even continuous flow of air, and with
a collecting vessel, which in some cases would take the form of a cistern containing
carbolic acid solution or other disinfecting medium.
This device consists of a hood, shield or cover by preference of light trans-
parent material as celluloid or mica, or of aluminium having a celluloid or mica
side lid. To this hood is attached one end of a flexible noncollapsible pipe
which is in connection with the exhausting apparatus; if the latter is a fan I
prefer to work it by an electric motor. In the accompanying drawings I have
shewn the invention applied to various implements.
Fig. 1 shews it in side elevation applied to hair dressers shears, and Fig. 2
is a section on line A B. The hood a which may be made of celluloid or of
aluminium with a celluloid or mica side lid is attached to one leg 6 of the
shears being formed with a dovetail groove so that it can be pushed on to the
leg from the point of the latter, and be easily detached therefrom when necessary.
C is a tube of flexible noncollapsible material for carrying away the hair cuttings
to the fan or other suitable exhausting apparatus producing an even continuous
draught of air. This tube may conveniently be attached to the back of the
chair, with a sufficient free length of tube to give the operator freedom to operate..
Fig. 3 is a side view and Fig. 4 an end view shewing a rotary hair brush
fitted with a hood a and exhausting tube c. The hood is attached to one of
the handles by a bracket e.
By means of my device applied to barber's shears and rotary hair brushes 1.
am enabled to withdraw and collect the particles of hair cut off so as to prevent
the unpleasant scattering of same upon the floor and upon the neck and clothing
of the person having his hair cut and to improve the conditions under which
the operator works.
Fig. 5 is a part sectional side view of a hand brush fitted with a hood having
a chamber formed between its outer wall a and its inner wall g pipes h leading
from that chamber to the hollow handle f to which the exhausting pipe c is
attached.
Fig. 6 is vertical cross section through a broom fitted with a hood having a
chamber formed between its outer wall a and its inner wall g the exhausting
pipe c attached thereto for carrying away the dust.
Fig. 7 shows a similar arrangement.
Fig. 8 is a sectional side view and Fig. 9 a sectional end view of a broom in
which its tube connection i is of rigid material and forms the handle to work it
by the dust entering it by small pipes k and a chamber l.
The hood is also applicable to a dustpan in a similar manner.
By means of my invention as applied to hand and other brushes and brooms,
carpet sweepers and dust pans for cleaning carpets and floors the dust raised will
be wholly withdrawn and if necessary disinfected instead of as now being to a
great extent dispersed throughout the room during the operation of brushing
or sweeping.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The application and use in connection with barbers shears, rotary brushes,
hand and other brushes, brooms carpet sweepers, dustpans and other implements
for removing particles of hair or dust, of a hood which by a flexible non-collapsible 5

page_text: tube is connected to an exhausting fan or other suitable exhausting apparatus
to which may be connected a cistern containing a disinfectant substantially as
set forth.
2. The construction of the attachment to barbers shears as described with
reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
3. The construction of the attachment to a rotary hair brush as described with
reference to Figs. 3 and 4.
4. The constructions of the attachments to brushes and brooms described with
reference to Figs. 5 to 9.
Dated this Fourteenth day of March 1899
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.