Improvements in or relating to Scrubbing and the like Brushes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 7th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Scrubbing and the like Brushes.
I, ADDISON WILLIS, of No. 50, Rue de Pascale, Brussels, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Gentleman, 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:
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My invention relates to an improved construction of brushes of the kind known
as "scrubbing brushes." It is also obviously adapted for other types of brushes in
which a specially effective cleansing surface is desirable.
The improvement consists essentially in the insertion in the brush of a strip of
leather, indiarubber, or the like, flexible solid material. This insertion is placed
among the bristles of the brush preferably at right angles to the direction of
friction, and its friction surface must be exactly on a level with the friction sur-
face of the bristles. It may be secured to the back of the brush in any convenient
manner; the simplest way is to cut a slot or slots in the brush back and clamp the
rubber strip therein, but any other convenient means of holding the same in
place may be made use of. I may make use of one or more strips of rubber or
the like, thus for instance, in some brushes I may have a single strip of rubber
centrally along the longer axis of the brush surface. Or I may have shorter
pieces of rubber placed otherwise than centrally and either over-lapping or other-
wise. Or I may have a rubber strip or strips placed otherwise than centrally,
as for instance, in the shape of a double Y having the points terminating
at the corners of the brush and the main stem arranged along the main axis
as aforesaid,
Thus in the accompanying drawing I have illustrated diagrammatically three
patterns of my improved brush. In all these A represents the bristle plate and
a the inserted rubber strip or strips.
A brush of this construction unites the properties of a brush proper and of the
apparatus known as a squeegee," and is both more durable and more effective
than the ordinary brush.
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. A scrubbing or other brush having a strip or strips of rubber or the like
inserted therein, in such manner that the lower edge of the rubber strip or strips
is level with the scrubbing surface of the bristles.
2. In a scrubbing brush the combination of a bristle plate, a slot or slots
therein in the direction of its longest axis, a rubber strip or strips fixed in the said
slots and having their lower edges level with the scrubbing surface of the bristles,
substantially as described..
3. In a brush of the kind set forth in Claims 1 and 2 the arrangement of the

page_text: rubber strips to form a double Y the points whereof are prolonged to the respec-
tive corners of the brush, and the bases join at the centre of the brush substantially
as described.
Deted the 5th day of March 1898
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.