A NEW AND IMPROVED MACHINE FOR BRUSHING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S HAIR
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frank Neves, of Highgate, in the County of
Middlesex, for the Invention of "A NEW AND IMPROVED MACHINE FOR
BRUSHING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S HAIR."
Sealed the 5th February 1875, and dated the 22nd August 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frank Neves at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd August 1874.
I, FRANK NEVES, of Highgate, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW AND IMPROVED
MACHINE FOR BRUSHING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S HAIR," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object a new and improved machine for
brushing ladies and gentlemen's hair, which is constructed in the
following manner:-The machine is mounted on a pedestal or on
standards, which can be readily fastened to the floor of the apartment

page_text: in which it is to be used. Out of the upper end of the pedestal or
standards a rod or bar rises, which rod or bar is capable of adjustment,
and upon this rod or bar the apparatus is mounted in the following
manner:- -The upper part of the vertical rod or bar just referred to is
fitted with cupped bearings within which a ball freely works. In this
ball is formed a hole or opening through which a rod or bar is passed,
and within which it is free to slide to and fro. At one end of this bar is
carried a rectangular frame consisting of two side links, which are
adjustable, and two rods or axes. These axes carry two rollers, around
which an endless band of brushes is passed and fastened by hooks or
otherwise, so as to be readily detachable. The outer or lower one of these
two brush axes also carries two gut pulleys, by which they as well as the
brushes are driven, as herein-after described, and this last-mentioned
axis is further provided with suitable handles, one at either end thereof,
by which means the operator can guide the brushes while they are at
work, either upwards, or downwards, or sideways in either direction with
perfect freedom, as well as move them forwards or backwards by means
of the sliding to and fro of the bar or rod in the ball, and the working
of the ball in its cupped bearings. At the other end of the sliding bar
is carried another frame, and this frame carries a driving pulley by
which the brushing apparatus is driven either from a band passing
around it from a pulley overhead, or otherwise. On the axis of the
driving pulley carried by the last-mentioned frame are also fixed two
gut pulleys corresponding with those of the first-mentioned or brush
frame. These pulleys each receive around them a gut or cord, by means
of which those on the axis of the driving pulley impart the requisite
motion to those on the brush axis. The driving pulley is so mounted
on its axis that it is capable of being driven in either direction, or by
assuming a central or midway position on its axis it can revolve loosely
on its axis, and the opérator can at will cause it to engage and revolve
with either one or other of the clutch arrangements, and thereby cause
the brushes to work in either direction by means of a lever handle.
The two side links of the brush frame are provided with suitable screws
to tighten up the brush band, and to loosen it for removal when
requisite.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frank Neves in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 22nd February 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANK
NEVES, of Highgate, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in
the thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Frank Neves, Her special
licenso that I, tho said Frank Neves, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Frank Neves, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW AND
IMPROVED MACHINE FOR BRUSHING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S HAIR," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frank Neves, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
'
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frank Neves, 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, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object a new and improved machine for
brushing ladies and gentlemen's hair, which is constructed in the
following manner:-The machine is mounted on a pedestal or on
standards, which can be readily fastened to the floor of the apartment
in which it is to be used. Out of the upper end of the pedestal or
standards a rod or bar rises, which rod or bar is capable of adjustment,
and upon this rod or bar the apparatus is mounted in the following

page_text: manner: The upper part of the vertical rod or bar just referred to is
fitted with cupped bearings within which a ball freely works. In this
ball is formed a hole or opening through which a rod or bar is passed,
and within which it is free to slide to and fro. At one end of this bar is
carried a frame consisting of two links which are adjustable, and two
rods or axes. These axes carry two rollers, around which an endless
band of brushes is passed and fastened by hooks or otherwise, so as to be
readily detachable. One of those two brush axes also carries two gut
pullies, by which they as well as the brushes are driven, as herein-after
described, and the outer or lower axis is provided with suitable handles,
one at either end thereof, by which means the operator can guide the
brushes while they are at work, either upwards, or downwards, or side-
ways in either direction with perfect freedom, as well as move them
forwards or backwards by means of the sliding to and fro of the bar or
rod in the ball, and the working of the ball in its cupped bearings. At
the other end of the sliding bar is carried another frame, and this frame
carries a driving pulley by which the brushing apparatus is driven
either from a band passing around it from a pulley overhead, or other-
wise. On the axis of the driving pulley carried by the last-mentioned
frame are also fixed two gut pulleys corresponding with those of the
first-mentioned or brush frame. These pulleys each receive around
them a gut or cord, by means of which those on the axis of the driving
pulley impart the requisite motion to those on the brush axis. The
driving pulley is so mounted on its axis that it is capable of being driven
in either direction, or by assuming a central or midway position on its
axis it can revolve loosely on its axis, and the operator can at will cause
it to engage and revolve with either one or other of clutch arrangements,
and thereby cause the brushes to work in either direction by means of
a lever handle. The two side links of the brush frame are provided with
suitable screws to tighten up the brush band, and to loosen it for
removal when requisite.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood
and readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying
Drawing, more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation, and Figure 2 is a plan of a machine con-
structed according to my Invention for brushing ladies and gentlemen's
hain

page_text: The links f, ƒ³,
screw or thread
a is the pedestal or standard of the machine, which may be readily
fixed in any desired position on the floor of the apartment in which it is
to be used. In the pedestal or standard a is fitted a rod or bar b, which
rod or bar is capable of adjustment in the pedestal or standard, and of
5 being held at any required height by means of a set screw c. Upon this
rod or bar & the apparatus is mounted in the following manner:-The
upper part of the vertical rod or bar b is fitted with cupped bearings
within which a ball d freely works. In this ball d is formed a hole or
opening through which a rod or bar e is passed, and within which it is
free to slide to and fro. At one end of this bar e is carried a frame
consisting of two links f, f¹, and two rods or axes g, g¹.
are adjustable by means of a nut f2 working on a
formed on the link f. These axes g, g', carry two rollers g*, g³, around
which an endless band of brushes 7 is passed and fastened by hooks or
otherwise, so as to be readily detachable. The axis g also carries two
pullies g², g³, by which the axes g, g', as well as the brushes are driven,
as herein-after described, and the axis g¹ is provided with suitable
handles g; one at either end thereof, by which means the operator can
guide the brushes while they are at work, either upwards, or downwards,
or sideways in either direction with perfect freedom, as well as move
them forwards or backwards by means of the sliding to and fro of the
bar or rod e in the ball d, and the working of the ball d in its cupped
bearings. At the other end of the bar or rod e is carried another
frame h, and this frame carries a driving pulley by which the
brushing apparatus is driven by a band j passing around it from a
pulley overhead, or otherwise, as may be convenient. On the axis i of
the driving pulley are also fixed two pullies &³, ³, corresponding with
the pullies g³, g³. Around the pullies 92, 3, is passed a crossed band k,
and around the pullies 98, ³, is passed a band 7, as shown, in order that
rotary motion may be given to the brushes 9' in either direction, as
herein-after described. On cach side of the driving pulley is fixed a
clutch,, which clutches are capable of engaging with other corre-
sponding clutches 2º, , fixed on the pullies ², ³, which are capable of
being slidden in either direction on the axis i by means of the forked
arms m¹ of the lever arm m; or the pullies 2, 3, may be retained in
their relative positions on the shaft or axis i, and the driving pulley 2¹
may be capable of sliding in either direction, as described in my
Provisional Specification. When the parts are in the position shown in
Figure 2 the driving pulley can revolve loosely on its axis, but by the

page_text: operator moving the lever m to the one side or the other the brushes
can be made to revolve in either direction, as desired. The axis i is by
an adjustable rod n connected to a ring o capable of turning upon the
standard or pedestal a to assist in holding the parts in the desired
position. By screwing the nut f2 in one or the other direction the t
brush band may be readily tightened up or loosened for removal when
requisite.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
mode in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood
that what I claim as my Invention is, the peculiar mode of mounting, 1
arranging, and operating machinery for brushing ladies and gentlemen's
hair, substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frank Neves, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of February, in the
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year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-1
five.