Improvements in Brushes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1895-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brushes.
We, JAMES BIDWELL, ARTHUR BIDWELL and THOMAS ALEXANDER YOUNG,
trading as Bidwell, Bidwell & Co., of Axminster, in the County of Devon, Brush
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in brushes and particularly to brushes.
which are used in water such as nail brushes, tooth brushes, scrubbing brushes and
the like and has for object to enable the bristles of such brushes to drain and dry
quickly by allowing air to circulate over the ends or knots of the bristles.
According to our invention we so. construct the brush that a space is left between
the block and the back of the same thereby-enabling air to circulate over the ends
or knots of the bristles, which are drawn through the block, and causing the
bristles to drain and dry more readily than is the case with brushes of ordinary.
construction.
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SM-1 100K
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants..
Improvements in Brushes.
We, JAMES BIDWELL, ARTHUR BIDWELL and THOMAS ALEXANDER YOUNG,.
trading as Bidwell, Bidwell & Co., of Axminster, in the County of Devon, Brush
Manufacturers, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in brushes and particularly to brushes.
which are used in water such as nail brushes, tooth brushes, scrubbing brushes and
the like and has for object to enable the bristles of such brushes to drain and dry
quickly by allowing air to circulate over the ends or knots of the bristles.
According to our invention we so construct the brush that a space is left between
the block and the back of the same thereby enabling air to circulate over the ends.
or knots of the bristles, which are drawn through the block, and causing the
bristles to drain and dry more readily than is the case with brushes of ordinary
construction.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a nail brush made according to our invention:
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and,
Figure 3 is a plan of the nail brush.
a is the block of the brush and the bristles which are drawn through the.
same, c is the back of the brush, the said back being attached to the block by
means of the distance pieces d, d thereby leaving a space e between the back and
the block of the brush. With this construction of brush it will be obvious that.
after use the brush can be drained and dried much more easily than brushes of

page_text: ordinary construction owing to the ends or knots of the bristles being directly
exposed to the air in the space between the block a aud back c.
Although we have described our invention with reference to a nail brush it will
be obvious that our improvements are applicable to all kinds of brushes.
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 nail, tooth or other brush wherein a space is left between the block
and the back of the same substantially as, and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
2. The improved nail brush hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated the 23rd day of December 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.