Improvements in Brushes for Painting and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1898-Accepted, 4th June, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brushes for Painting and the like.
I, ALFRED HIBBERT, trading as Alfred Hibbert & Co., Brush Manufacturer,
No. 1, Rochdale Road, Manchester, Lancashire, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is a bridle catch, consisting of a metal ring projecting above the
binding at each side of sash tools, varnishing, painting, glueing, pasteing, white-
washing and all other such like brushes that require bridling; the catches being
securely fastened in each brush when it is being made. This handy and practical
attachment holds the bridles in correct position, prevents twisting, enables the
bridling to be easily and expeditiously effected and dispenses with the old fashioned
and clumsy methods hitherto used. A brush fitted with these catches may be
easily unbridled and re-bridled.
ALFRED HIBBERT,
1, Rochdale Road, Manchester.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brushes for Painting and the like.
I, ALFRED HIBBERT, (trading as Alfred Hibbert & Company), of 1, Rochdale
Road, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Painting Brush Manufacturer, 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:-
These improvements relate to what are known in the trade as sash tools and
brushes for varnishing, painting, glueing, pasting, washing and other like pur-
poses, such as required "bridling" that is, confining the bristles by binding twine
round the outside of the same just above the junction with the handle.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference
to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 on the drawings is a section of a sash tool with my invention as applied
thereto, Fig. 1 shows the same with the "bridling" attached, and Figs. 2 and 3
are transverse and longitudinal section of a flat brush for painting and the like.
In all these figs. a is the handle of the brush, and b are the bristles. The inven-
tion consists principally in the application to the tool or brush of two catches or
rings of metal wire c projecting above the binding d which confines the bristles b
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page_text: in place, the said catches or rings being securely fastened in each brush when it
is being made.
The wire catches or rings c may be made in various forms. For example, for
application to a sash tool (Fig. 1) where the handle a is made without a core, the
binding & being in the form of a metal ferrule into which the tuft of bristles b
is fixed by cementing, the wire may be bent as shown at Fig. 1, so that the two
rings c are formed of one piece or two pieces of wire which is bent so as to pass
through the tuft of bristles, and is held in place by the cement employed.
Or, in the case of a flat or other brush in which the handle a is made with a
core a which penetrates into the tuft of bristles, the two wires may be made
separate and pointed so as to be driven into the wood of the core on each side, and
may be either straight or bent as shown at Fig. 3.
Or the metal catches or rings may be otherwise affixed so long as they project
one on each side from the tuft of bristles just above the binding in order that the
twine of which the "bridling" is formed can be conveniently attached thereto.
This handy and convenient method of attachment holds the "bridles" in correct
position, prevents them from twisting or slipping and enables the "bridling" to
be easily and expeditiously effected, and dispenses with the old fashioned and
clumsy methods hitherto used, and a brush fitted with these catches or rings may
easily be unbridled and re-bridled when necessary.
And in the case of brushes bound or tied with string or metal (see Figs. 2 and 3)
the catches will also serve to prevent the binding from slipping and dispense with
any special formation of the handle for this purpose.
It will also be seen on referring to Fig. 1 that as the bristles wear away it will
be easy to untie the "bridling" and after unwinding a few coils from the top
the ends can be passed through the rings to tie the twine again without removing
the whole "bridling."
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:-
The combination with brushes for painting and the like of fixed metal catches
or rings projecting just above the binding of the bristles for convenience of attach-
ing the "bridling" thereto, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings annexed.
2nd day of May 1898.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.