Improvements applicable to Brushes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1896-Accepted, 6th June, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements applicable to Brushes.
I, DAVID WATT CUTHBERT, of 101, St. Vincent Street, in the County of
Glasgow, North Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention.
to be as follows, that is to say :-
My said invention relates to brushes such as are used for brushing clothes, boots,
and shoes, and is applicable to any brush to be used by hand and in connection
with which the operation of scraping may be advantageous or convenient.
My invention consists in fitting to the back of a brush a scraping blade which
can be turned or folded against the brush back so as to be out of the way when.
its use is not required. The precise construction of the appliance is susceptible of
considerable variation; I however prefer a construction such that the scraper is
locked or held firmly in either its opened or closed position. The scraper shaped
somewhat like a knife blade is according to one modification fixed at right angles.
to a spindle fitted in a socket which is fixed to the brush back.
Two notches are formed on the edge of the socket to receive a tooth or
equivalent on the spindle of the blade; and a helical spring is applied inside of
the socket to hold the spindle with its tooth in either notch. In order to change
the position of the blade from close to open or vice versa the blade or. spindle
is moved to draw the tooth out of one notch and is then turned until the tooth can
enter the other notch.
Dated this Sixteenth day of August 895.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
Improvements applicable to Brushes.
I, DAVID WATT CUTHBERT, of 101, St. Vincent Street, in the County of
Glasgow, North Britain, Engineer, 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, that is to say :-
My said invention relates to brushes such as are used for brushing clothes, boots,
and shoes, and is applicable to any brush to be used by hand and in connection with
which the operation of scraping may be advantageous or convenient.
My invention consists in fitting to the back of a brush a scraping blade which
can be turned or folded against the brush back so as to be out of the way when its
use is not required.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings,
to be hereinafter referred to, and showing several modifications of brushes as made
with my improvements.
Figures, 1, and 2, of the drawings are respectively a plan and an elevation of one
modification, Figures, 3, and 4; 5, and 6; 7, and 8, being similar views respectively

page_text: of a second, a third, and a fourth modification. In these drawings the same reference
letters are used to mark the same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
The precise construction of the appliance is susceptible of considerable variation;
I however prefer a construction such that the scraper, A, is locked or held firmly
in either its opened or closed position. The scraper, A, shaped somewhat like a
knife blade is, according to the modification shown in Figures, 1, and 2, of the
drawings, fixed at right angles to a spindle, B, fitted in a socket, C, which is fixed
to the brush back, D. Two notches, E, (one only being clearly shown in the
drawings) are formed on the edge of the socket, C, to receive a tooth or
equivalent, G, on the spindle of the blade, A; and a helical spring, H, is applied
inside of the socket, C, to hold the spindle with its tooth; G, in either notch.
order to change the position of the blade, A; from close to open or vice versa, the
spindle, B, which is formed with a button is moved to draw the tooth, G, of the
blade out of one notch, E, and the blade is then turned until the tooth can
enter the other notch. The operating position of the blade, A, is indicated-by
dotted lines.
In
In Figures, 3, and 4, a second modification of the appliance is shown. In this
case the scraper, A, is hinged to the brush back, D, and on it a square piece, J,
(with rounded corners) is formed or fixed, against which a spring, K, fixed to the
brush back presses. The pressure of the spring, K, on either of two sides of the
square piece, J, is made sufficient to hold the blade, A (against a reasonable
amount of resistance) in the position relative to the side of the square on which the
pressure of the spring is exerted. The operating position of the blade, A, is.
indicated by dotted lines.
In Figures, 5, and 6, a third modification of the appliance is shown. The
appliance in this case closely resembles a single-bladed pocket knife the haft, L,
being fixed to the brush back, D, and the blade or scraper, A, being turned for
use into the position indicated by dotted lines.
In Figures, 7, and 8, a fourth modification of the appliance is shown, the
appliance in this case consisting of a blade, A, of about the same breadth as the
brush back, D, in a rebate in which it is held by a centre, M, fixed by screws.
The blade, A, can be turned for use into the position indicated by the dotted
lines.
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:
Fitting to the back of a brush a scraping blade which can be turned or folded
against the brush back so, as to be out of the way when its use is not required
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this out 1. CM1000
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