Paste Box and Brush for Pasting Cop Bottoms in Cotton Spinning.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 9th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Paste Box and Brush for Pasting Cop Bottoms in Cotton Spinning.
JOHN DEWHIRST 57 Burnley Road New Church Lancashire Mule Overlooker
GEORGE DEWHIRST No. 1 Co-operation Street New Church near Manchester
Cotton Spinner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In the preasant form of paste box the paste comes out of the box on the top
side of the brush over the brush to the cop bottoms wasting a great deal of paste
in the operation. In our paste box and brush we form a slot or oapening through
the back of the brush and by means of a tin lip or tongue the paste is guided
straight into the middle of the bristles and is held there till used on the cop
bottoms thereby saving a great amount of paste and making superior cop
bottoms.
Dated this 5th day of July 1895
JOHN DEWHIRST.
GEORGE DEWHIRST.
DI MOLTIVATION.
Paste Box and Brush for Pasting Cop Bottoms in Cotton Spinning.
JOHN DEWHIRST, Mule Overlooker, of 57 Burnley Road, and GEORGE
DEWHIRST, Cotton Spinner, of 1 Co-operation Street, both in Newchurch,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, 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 :-
In the form of paste box and brush commonly used for pasting cop bottoms at
the present-time, the paste flows out of the box on the top side of the brush, and
over it to the cop bottoms; this arrangement is open to the objection that it
causes a great waste of paste in the operation. In the paste box and brush which
forms the subject of this invention we avoid all this waste by employing a brush
which has a slot or opening through its back, and by means of a tiu or other lip
or tongue which forms part of the paste box and protrudes into the brush slot, the
paste is guided directly into the middle of the bristles, and is held there until
used on the cop bottoms. In addition to the saving, a superior cop bottom is
produced.
In order that our invention may be fully understood we append a sheet of
drawings in which :—
Fig. 1 is a plan of a paste box and brush according to our invention.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, and
Fig. 3 an end view of same.
Fig. 4 is a transverse section of same, on an enlarged scale.
Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the brush.
A indicates the paste box which is of the shape shewn, and consists of two parts,
a which forms the paste receptacle, and a' which is of a greater depth than a, and
of such a size as to fit closely over and hold the wood stock 6 of the paste brush B.

page_text: The paste box A is made of any suitable material preferably metallic, and its
lower part a' has a lip or flange a2 which projects outwards underneath the bristles
and serves to prevent the paste dropping from the brush. It also has attached to
the floor or bottom of the part a a tin or other metallic lip or tongue a³ which is
about three fourths of the length of the brush; and when the latter is fitted into
the part a¹ of the box, the lip a³ projects through the slot in the wood stock of the
brush and into the bristles. The upper side of the paste box A has an opening a*
through which the paste can be introduced, and this opening has a sliding cover a
by means of which the box can be closed.
The brush B is formed as shewn in Fig. 5, the stock b having two rows b² of
bristles inserted into it the whole length, and fixed in any convenient manner.
Between the two rows the wood stock b is cut away about three fourths of its
length to form a slot b' of such a length that the lip or tongue a³ can enter it.
When the brush is placed in its position in the edge of the box as shewn, the lip
or tongue a³ touches the lower side of the slot of the brush stock b, but does not
touch the upper side of such slot, a space being left between the two through which
the paste may flow into the bristles of the brush.
The paste box and brush are used as follows;—
The paste box being supposed to be empty, the wood stock 6 of the brush is
inserted into the part a' of the box A, and closes the open side of the same in such
manner as to prevent any paste flowing out except through the slot 6 of the brush
stock b. The cover as is then caused to slide back so as to expose the opening a',
and through this the paste is poured or placed. The cover being then closed the
brush is ready for use; as the paste flowing over the lip or tongue a³ and out
through the slot b₁ is distributed in the body of the bristles, and gradually finding
its way through the same exudes upon the cop bottoms as they are brought into
contact with the outer ends of the bristles. The lip or flange a² prevents any
dropping of the paste from the bottom; and the slot being cut through only
about three fourths of the length of the brush the paste is prevented from reaching
the extreme ends of the brush. By this distribution not only is a great saving of
paste obtained, but the most perfect pasting also, thus securing superior cop
bottoms.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A combined paste box and brush for use in pasting cop bottoms as used in
cotton spinning, substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying
drawings.
2. A combined paste box and brush for use in pasting cop bottoms as used in
cotton spinning, consisting essentially of a box one side of which is closed by the
stock of the paste brush employed, and having a lip or tongue which projects into
a slot in the brush stock in such manner as to lead the paste into the centre of the
bristles of the paste brush, substantially as shewn and described.
3. In a paste box and brush for pasting cop bottoms as used in cotton spinning,
the combination of the box A comprising a receptacle a, a deeper part a', an
opening a closed by a sliding cover a³, and a projecting lip or tongue a³, with a
brush B having a slot in the stock b of such a size that the tongue a³ can enter
the same, and project into the bristles, substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 4th day of April 1896.
JOHN DEWHIRST.
GEORGE DEWHIRST.