Improvements in or relating to Brushes
Year: 1888

page_text: Plate of Application, 14th Dec.. 1888
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1889-Accepted, 22nd June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Brushes.
A communication from abroad by JEROME RICH, of the City of Jackson, County of
Jackson, State of Michigan, United States of America, Carriage Painter.
1, GEORGE CECIL DYMOND, M. Inst., M.E., of the Agency for Foreign Patent
Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Streut, Manchester, both in the
County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The stock of the brush is made of soap. Tufts of bristles, fibres, or other suitable
material extend into and are firmly held in place by the stock. The ends of the
tufts protrude from the stock and form the scrubbing portion of the brush.
The operation of the improved brush is as follows:
The brush is dipped into water and the protruding ends of the tufts are rubbed
on the surface to be cleansed. The water retained by the brush dissolves a portion of
the soap of which the stock is composed, forming a lather, which aids the brush in
cleansing the surface upon which it is rubbed. The dissolved soap is conducted to the
portion of the bristles which is rubbed upon the surface to be cleansed by the capillary
attraction of the bristles, due to the spaces, necessarily left between them.
A portion of the stock may evidently be made of other material without departing
from the nature of the invention, for example, two layers or slabs of soap might be
provided with a slab or piece of suitablo material between, to which the bristles can
be firmly attached.
Dated this 13th day of December 1888.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Brushes.
A communication from abroad by JEROME RICH, of the City of Jackson, County of
Jackson, State of Michigan, United States of America, Carriage Painter.
I, GEORGE CECIL DYMOND M. Inst. M.E., of the Agency for Foreign Patent
Solicitors, 6 Lord Street Liverpool, and 6 Bank Street, Manchester, both in the
County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent 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:-
Referring to the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a brush embodying this invention.
Figure 2 is a section, in elevation, on the line, Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a sectional view showing a modification of the improved brush.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
A is the stock of the brush and is made of soap. B are tufts of bristles, fibres
or other similar material, which extend into and are firmly held in place by the
stock A. The ends of the tufts B protrude from the stock A and form the
scrubbing portion of the brush. The operation of the improved brush is as follows :-
The brush is dipped into water and the protruding ends of the tufts B are
rubbed on the surface to be cleansed. The water retained by the brush dissolves
a portion of the soap of which the stock is composed, forming a lather, which aids
the brush in cleansing the surface upon which it is rubbed. The dissolved soap is

page_text: conducted to the portion of the bristles which is rubbed upon the surface to he
cleansed by the capillary attraction of the bristles due to the spaces necessarily left
between them.
A portion of the stock A may evidently be made of other material as shown in
Figure 3, without departing from the nature of the invention, for example, two layers
or slabs of soap might be provided with a slab or piece of suitable material between,
to which the bristles can be firmly attached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
ciou, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. As a new article of manufacture, a brush, the stock of which is made of soap,
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
2. The combination with a brush, of a cake of soap surrounding the roots of the
bristles of said brush, substantially as and for the purpose herein before set forth.
day of May 1889.
Dated this
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.