Improvements in Brushes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1891-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1892
Improvements in Brushes.
I, CASTLE SMITH, of 54 Fleet Street, in the City and County of London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention as communicated to me
from abroad by Axel V. Bruun of Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark,
Brush Manufacturer, to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to manufacture brushes of ordinary cheap and
soft bristles which shall be as effectual as brushes made from the most expensive
hard brush wire.
In brushes made in accordance with this invention, the brush wires or bristles
are fixed in a sloping direction in the back. The advantage of brushes so made is
that they can be used as very hard brushes or as very soft ones according to the
direction in which they are moved over the surface of the object or material being
operated upon.
Dated this 3rd day of Fahmu 1901
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brushes.
I, CASTLE SMITH, of 54 Fleet Street, in the City and County of London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, as communicated to me from abroad by Axel V. Bruun
of Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark, Brush Manufacturer, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention has for its object to manufacture brushes of ordinary cheap and
soft bristles which shall be as effectual as brushes made from the most expensive
hard brush wire.
In brushes made in accordance with this invention, the brush wires or bristles
are fixed in a sloping direction in the back. The advantage of brushes so made is
that they can be used as very hard brushes, or as very soft ones according to the
direction in which they are moved over the surface of the object or material being
operated upon.
And in order that the invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings, and to the reference-letters marked thereon. As shewn
in the said drawing, which represents a sectional elevation of a brush constructed
according to this invention, the back A is bored in an inclined direction to its
face, the brush wires or bristles B, C, planted and fixed in the back being similarly
inclined.
Brushes constructed in this manner are so hard that they may be substituted for
curry combs for horses whose hair is not very thick with great advantage as a
great many horses cannot bear the application of a curry comb. When moved in
the contrary direction, the brushes may be employed for brushing clothes, which
they will clean as well as an ordinary brush will, and that without wearing them
so much.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) The plang of the brush wire or bristles of brushes in a sloping or
inclined direction to the face of the back, such back being bored in a similarly
inclined direction, to receive the said brush wire or bristles, substantially as and
for the purpose hereinbefore described and set forth, and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1891
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.