Brushes or Banisters for all Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Brushes or Banisters for all Purposes.
JOHN WORTHINGTON 10 Foxhall Road Blackpool in the County of Lancaster
Plumber Glazier and Painter do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN HOUSEMAIDS HAND OR DUST BRUSHES AND HAND BRUSHES
OR BANISTERS FOR ALL PURPOSES, to be as follows: :-
Hand Brush with moveable handle capable of being applied to either end or
centre of body of Brush and to be attached to (Brush body) either with or without
screw or with a swivel to any part of body of Brush so that the Brush can be
worked with handle from both ends or from center when necessary by dis-
connecting the handle from one position to another In consequence of hand
Brushes at present being only worked from one end with an immovable handle-
When the brush at one end gets done the remainder of the Brush is wasted
I claim as my Invention a moveable or reversible handle by which means the
whole of the lower part of Brush can be utilised or brought into use.
Dated this eighth day of March 1886
JOHN WORTHINGTON.

page_text: ·· improvements in Housemaids' Hand or Dust Brushes, and Hand
Brushes or Banisters for all Purposes.
I, JOHN WORTHINGTON Plumber Glazier and Painter of Blackpool in the County
of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of my invention for HAND BRUSHES OR
BANISTERS FOR ALL PURPOSES and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Now know ye that I the said John Worthington do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof,
reference being made to the accompanying Drawings which shew an arrangement
of apparatus, illustrating my Invention This Invention of improvements in
apparatus for connecting Handles to hand Brushes and is applicable not only for
sweeping with short handles attached but also with long handles attached at
either ends or from centre of body of brush when long handles are required for
cleaning and washing windows &c which according to my Invention I arrange a
loose handle which can be removed from one end to the other or to the centre of
body of brush as the position may be most suited for its use The handle is
connected to body of brush with a coarse or rough cut metal thread a portion of
the end of handle is sunk into the end of the body.of brush drawn in by the screw
against a shoulder to strengthen the handle as seen in section. In the accom-
panying Drawings Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively plan views of an hand brush with
loose handle ready to screw into the end of body of brush. Figs. 3 and 4 are
sections of end and centre of brush shewing where the metal screw enters the body
of brush also the holes for portion of wood handle to be embedded in the body of
brush to strengthen the handle A represents the body of brush made of wood
being provided with holes B for the, reception of screws and holes sunk for the
reception of portion of handle with shoulder for handle to tighten the handle to
brush body. C are the threads cut into wood body made round. D is where
portion-of-bandle is sunk into the body of brush E is the metal screw and at the
opposite end of metal screw it is made tapered and rough as shewn to prevent the
metal being turned round in handle when being screwed to body of brush --F-is
the wood handle which may be made of any length or in one or more lengths for
the purpose of being able to use the brush either at short or long distances by the
hand for all purposes. The hole for handle in centre of body of brush can be
screwed to a hosepipe or waterpipe when necessary so that while the brush is
being used for sweeping windows &c it can be used at the same time for washing
same by simply screwing the brush on end of bosepipe G is the space for bristles
or weed or any other suitable substance required,

page_text: Having now described the nature of my said invention and explained the
manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect I would have it understood that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as my invention is
The constructing and arranging apparatus for connecting handles to brushes for
all purposes substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.