Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 8th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 9th Dec., 1887
I, WILLIAM HENRY SELLWOOD of Melrose Villa Belmont Road Bevois Hill
Southampton Bank Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a brush which shall be specially adapted
for the expeditious and thorough cleansing, of pots, saucepans, and similar vessels or
utensils, but may be used for other purposes; and is designed to obviate the necessity
of immersing the band in the water used in cleansing pots, saucepans, and similar
vessels, or utensils; the said water may be hot or even boiling and may be contained
in the vessel or utensil which is being cleansed without injuring the hand of the person
cleansing the same.
The improved brush may be constructed of any convenient width either with the
back of the brushes screwed on, or in any other way fastened to the handle; or the
handle and brush may be made all in one piece. The brush is constructed with stiff
bristles, fibre or hair down one side and along the bottom, and finished off at the other
end very much like the end of an ordinary broom. The object of this is to enable a
person using the brush by tilting it a little out of the perpendicular, to more
thoroughly cleanse every sharp angle or corner. The brush is further provided with
a handle.
When the brush is inserted into the vessel or utensil the bristles come into contact
with the bottom and sides at once, and thus the cleansing of these parts can be
effected at one operation, and by holding the handle the hand need not be immersed
in the cleansing liquid contained in the said vessel or utensil.
It is obvious that the brush may be used for other purposes than that of cleansing
vessels or utensils; for example it may be used to cleanse two adjacent surfaces which
are at right angles to each other or thereabouts such as the corners of walls or
stairs.

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY SELLWOOD, of Melrose Villa, Belmont Road, Bevois Hill,
Southampton, Bank Clerk 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 :-
My invention is a brush adapted for the expeditious and thorough cleansing of pots,
saucepans and similar articles, and is designed to obviate the necessity of immersing
the hand in the cleansing fluid while using the brush. The brush is also adapted for
sweeping in one operation adjacent surfaces at right angles to each other, or approxi-
mately so, such as the walls of a room.
In making my brush I attach bristles of any kind used for brushes to a back, which
back is in two sections at right angles to each other or approximately so, or in sections
resembling three sides of a rectangle. The back is then secured to a handle in any
convenient way, or the bristles may be attached directly to the handle wholly or
partially. The brush may be constructed of any suitable size and of any material
employed for brushes.
The accompanying drawings are furnished as examples of the way in which the
invention is carried out but I do not limit myself to these forms.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the brush with the bristles A attached to back B,
which may be made in one or more pieces, and is secured to handle
screws D.
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Fig. 2 is another form of the brush in which the bristles A on the side are attached
immediately to the handle C and the bristles at bottom are attached as in Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
1 claim is:
A brush adapted for cleaning the sides and bottoms of saucepans simultaneously
substantially as described in the foregoing specification.
Dated this Sth day of November 1887.
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for the Applicant.