Improvements in and connected with Hair Brushes and Apparatus for Rotating the same.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Hair Brushes and Apparatus
for Rotating the same.
We, JOHN NICHOLSON, of 55, Grove Road, Brush Manufacturer, and WALTER
DENNEY, of 83, Lamprell Street, Brush Maker, both in Bow, in the County of
London, 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:-
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This invention relates to hair brushes which are rotated by mechanical means
and the object thereof is to enable such brushes to be used as ordinary hand
brushes.
Now according to this invention instead of making the backs of the ordinary
so called "military brushes" oval or elliptical in shape we make the said backs in
the form of a flat circular disc having a hole or aperture in the centre thereof and
we provide a suitable holder wherein the said brushes may be gripped and rotated
by hand or by means of a belt.
And in order that our said invention may be fully understood we will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings in
which:-
Fig. 1 represents front view of a hair brush constructed according to this
invention.
Fig. 2 is section of same.
Fig. 3 is section of brush attached to an apparatus for rotating the same by
hand.
Fig. 4 is elevation of said apparatus and brush complete.
Fig. 5 is elevation of apparatus and brush adapted to be driven by a belt.
Fig. 6. is a section of same.
Fig. 7 is plan of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
a is the back of a brush consisting of a circular disc of wood or other suitable
material having bristles at right angles thereto the said bristles being prefer-
ably longest at the outside of the brush and shorter as they approach the centre
as shewn by Figs. 2 and 3.
c is a flanged dise rotating in a suitable bearing formed in or attached to a piece
of metal d which is secured in a handle e.
f is a crank secured to the portion c¹ of the disc c and by means of which the
disc c may be rotated.
The brush is secured to the disc c by means of a bolt g which is provided at one
end with a flanged head h which fits the aperture i in the disc c and at the other
end with a wing nut which rotates in a recess j in the disc c.
The back a of the brush is placed in the disc c and secured thereto by means
of the bolt the flanged head of which presses the back of the brush against the
disc when the nut is screwed up. kk are pins secured in the said disc which
enter holes in the back a of the brush and compel the brush and disc to rotate
together

page_text: The handle e is held in one hand and the crank f rotated with the other hand.
When our improved hair brushes are to be driven by means of belting instead
of by hand we attach a grooved pulley / to the disc c and form the piece of metal d
in which the disc rotates long enough to project beyond the said disc on each side
thereof a handle e being fitted to each end of the piece d.
Guide rollers mm mm are also provided to prevent the belt from leaving the
pulley when the brush is passed over the head of the person whose hair is being
brushed.
These rollers rotate on studs n, n, o, o, of which the studs n n are secured by
rivetting or otherwise in the portion of the pieced and the studs oo are similarly
secured to a bar p which is supported by the studs nn.
kk are pins secured to the disc d and which enter holes in the back of the
brush to compel the brush and disc to rotate together.
Brushes constructed as herein before specified may when removed from the
disc be used as ordinary hand brushes.
In conclusion we would remark that we do not bind ourselves to the precise
details of the rotating apparatus herein before described and shewn by the accom-
panying drawings as the same may be varied without departing from the spirit
of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;-
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1. A hair brush consisting of a circular disc having bristles at right angles to
the face thereof the said bristles being preferably longest at the outside of the
disc and shortest at the centre thereof the said brush being adapted for use either
as a mechanically rotated or as a hand brush as specified.
2. The combination of a hair brush having a back in the form of a circular
disc and bristles at right angles to the face of the said disc with a means for
rotating the said brush either by hand or power substantially as specified.
3. In apparatus for rotating hair brushes the combination of a flanged disc c
or the equivalent thereof adapted to receive a brush having a circular back, a
piece of metal or other suitable material d provided with a bearing in which the
said disc rotates, a crank f to enable the dise to be rotated, a handle e by,which
the apparatus is held while the disc is rotated and a means for securing the brush
to the said disc or equivalent thereof so as to rotate therewith all substantially as
hereinbefore specified.
4. In apparatus for rotating hair brushes the combination of a flanged disc c
or the equivalent thereof rotating in a bearing in a piece of metal or other suitable
material provided with handles e e at the ends thereof, a pulley secured to the
said disc, guide rollers m m m m rotating on studs #oo secured to the portion d
of the piece d, and to a bar respectively and means for attaching a hair brush
having a circular back to the said disc or its equivalent so as to rotate therewith
all substantially as herein before specified.
5. Hair brushes and apparatus for rotating the same constructed as shewn by
the accompanying drawings.
Dated thi 011
1000
T. E. HALFORD,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C., Agent for Applicant.