MENTS IN SHOE AND OTHER BRUSHES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
I ELI WILSON of 46 and 48 Manchester Road Bradford in the County of York
Brush Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN SHOE AND OTHER BRUSHES" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in shoe and other similar brushes for
hand use and consists in constructing them so that one brush is arranged to serve
the same purpose as a set of brushes usually employed for cleaning boots and shoes
applicable also for black lead brushes and harness brushes or where a set of two or
more brushes are required for one purpose.
In the application of my improvements to shoe brushes I form a brush surface on
one side of the stock suitable for serving as the polishing brush. On the back of
this I form a harder brush and at or near the end of the stock another brush
surface is formed suitable for receiving and applying the blacking.
These combined brush surfaces are attached to a handle which is curved upwards
and outwards from the back of the polishing brush and is so shaped that a firm
hold is given to the combined brushes which can be reversed as each separate
operation of cleaning-applying the blacking and polishing is performed.
By this means great facility is afforded in cleaning boots and shoes as no time is
lost in changing the several brushes required.
Black lead and harness brushes are constructed in like manner the combined
brush surfaces in each case being arranged so as to adapt them to the purpose for
which they are required.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I ELI WILSON of 46 and 48 Manchester Road Bradford in the County of York
Brush Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SHOE AND OTHER BRUSHES" and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention relates to improvements in shoe and other similar brushes for
-hand-use.and.consists in constructing them-so-that one brush is arranged to serve.
the same purpose as a set of brushes usually employed for cleaning boots and shoes-
applicable also for black lead brushes and harness brushes or where a set-of-two-
or more brushes are required for one purpose.
In the application of my improvements to shoe brushes as illustrated by Figures 1
and-2-of-the-Drawings bereto-annexed. I form a brush surface a on one side of the
stock a suitable for serving as the polishing brush. On the back of_this_I-form a
harder brush b, and at-or-near-tho-end of the stock another brush surface 16
formed suitable for receiving and applying the blacking.
These combined brush surfaces-are-attached_to_a_handle a³, which is curved
upwards and outwards from the back of the polishing brush a and is-so-shaped
that a firm hold is given to the combined brushes which can be reversed as each
separate operation of cleaning, applying the blacking and polishing is performed.
Figures 3 and 4 show similar views of a brush arranged with brush surfaces in
accordance with my invention having a straight in place of a curved handle.
By this means great facility is afforded in cleaning boots and shoes as no time is
lost in changing the several brushes required.
Brushes suitable for other purposes may be constructed in like manner the
combined brush surfaces in each case being arranged so as to adapt them to the
purpose for which they are required.
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
I claim is
The improved construction of shoe and other brushes by forming them with
combined brush surfaces on each side suitable for the several operations required
for cleaning boots and shoos or for other purposes substantially as hereinbefore
described and represented in the drawings annexed.