Improvements in Handled Hand-brushes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1895
'Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
Improvements in Handled Hand-brushes.
I, KATHERINE FRANCES WHITE of Manor Hill, Marple, in the County of
Chester, Married Woman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In hand-brushes which are constructed or provided with a handle at one end, the
brush becomes worn down at the point farthest from the handle much more rapidly
that at the end next the handle, and the brush has consequently to be discarded
before it is uniformly worn out.
My invention relates to such brushes, and its object to to provide for their more
uniform wear, and therefore, to increase their durability.
For the purpose of my invention I construct the stock or head of the brush into
which the bristles or fibres are inserted, separate from the handle, and provide
means for attaching the handle to and removing it from either end of the stock.
In such a brush, when one end becomes worn, the handle is removed to that end of
the brush, and this is repeated as often as may be desired until the brush is entirely
worn out.
Dated this 11th day of June A.D. 1895
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, KATHERINE FRANCES WHITE of Manor Hill, Marple, in the County of
Chester, Married Woman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
In band brushes which are constructed or provided with a handle at one end, the
brush becomes worn down at the point farthest from the handle much more rapidly
than at the end next to the handle, and the brush has consequently to be discarded
before it is uniformly worn out."
My invention relates to such brushes, and its object is to provide for their more
uniform wear, and therefore, to increase their durability.
For the purpose of my invention I construct the stock or head of the brush into
which the bristles or fibres are inserted, separate from the handle, and provide
means for attaching the handle to, and removing it from, either end of the brush.
In such a brush when one end becomes worn, the handle is removed to that end of
the brush, and this is repeated as often as may be desired until the brush is entirely
worn out.
I will further describe my said invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings which illustrate my improvements as applied to an ordinary Banister
brush, it being understood that they would be applied to other similar brushes in a
similar manner.

page_text: A is the stock or head of the brush. In each end of this there is a circular
hole, in or parallel with the axis of the stock. B is the separate handle, one end
of which is shaped to fit the holes in the ends of the stock. In the simplest form
the holes and the end of the handles may be slightly tapered correspondingly.
Or, the holes may be internally screwed and the end of the handle may be corre-
spondingly screwed to fit therein.
In any case the handle and stock are respectively so constructed that the handle
may be readily removed from one end of the brush and be attached to the other
end.
The arrangement may of course be reversed, that is to say there may be a
projection, plain or screwed, on each end of the brush, and a corresponding hole
in the end of the handle, but this is not so convenient an arrangement in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In hand brushes, constructing the stock or head and the handle respectively in
separate parts in such a manner that the handle may be attached to either end of
the brush, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of March A.D. 1896.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.