Improvements in Hair Brushes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
Improvements in Hair Brushes.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM GLOVER, of 45 Peck Slip, New York, in the United
States of America, Importer, 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, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My present invention relates to improvements in hair brushes of the class known
as "military hair brushes" which are not provided with handles, for economy of
space. These hair brushes may, by reason of the little space they occupy, be easily
carried by a traveller in a hand-bag, valise, or satchel; and this is quite an
advantage, as many persons prefer to use their own hair brushes rather than depend
upon those of an hotel, or other resort.
My invention has for its object to provide a hair brush of this class having in its
back a receptacle for a comb, and a slidable cover piece fitting the edges of the
receptacle to cover the same and confine the comb, and which will not, in any
manner, detract from the neat and smooth appearance of the article, and will not
mar the nice rounded surface of the brush back.
To this end, the invention consists in the novel features of construction herein set
forth and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a military hair brush embodying my invention,
the sliding cover being closed to confine the comb in its receptacle and illustrating
the ordinary appearance of the brush when not in use.
Fig. 2 is a similar view, the sliding cover being partly withdrawn exposing the
comb in its receptacle and from which, when the slide is in this position, the comb
may be withdrawn for use.
Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the brush and the sliding cover separated; and
Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the brush back and cover.
Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the means for securing the sliding receptacle cover
in place.
In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates the brush back which is of the
military kind; in other words, it is without a handle and is elliptical or round in
plan view. The brush is provided with bristles 2 as usual, and affixed in any
known manner. In the top of the brush back I provide a recess or receptacle 3 by
hollowing the same out. This receptacle is adapted to contain a suitable comb 4
as shewn in the drawing.
The side walls 5 and one end wall 5 of the receptacle 3, are undercut for the
purpose of providing a continuous groove 6 below the top surface of the brush back.
At the opposite end, the material of the brush back 10 is cut away between the side
walls 5 of the receptacle 3 from the edge of the end wall of said receptacle to the
edge of the brush back, and to a plane in line with the base line of the continuous
groove 6, to provide an entrance way for the sliding cover 7. Said cover is beveled
as at 8 continuously along its two side edges and one end to provide a tongue to
fit the continuous groove 6 of the brush back, whereby said cover is guided in its
movement and when in place to cover the receptacle 4 is held against upward
displacement. By cutting away the material at one end of the brush back, as at 10,
a passage way is afforded through which the sliding cover is moved in opening, or
closing, the receptacle. At the end of the brush back, opposite the cut away

page_text: portion 10, I secure a small spring finger 11, which projects in the path of the
underside of the sliding cover, and when said cover is in closed position the spring
finger engages a seat 14 provided therefor in the underside of said cover and retains
said cover firmly in its closed position. The arrangement of this spring finger is
such that it is concealed from view when the cover is closed and thus does not mar
the neat outward appearance of the brush.
The surface of the brush back and of the sliding cover, are perfectly flush, and
the end of the cover 12 is rounded in conformity with the configuration of the brush
back.
The brush back and the comb receptacle cover may be of wood, or of any
suitable composition, and the bottom of the comb receptacle may be provided with
a mirror 13.
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The completed article presents a very useful military hair brush having
receptacle to receive a comb and a sliding cover for the receptacle, all so arranged
that the neat symmetrical appearance, which is very desirable in such articles, is
not departed from.
It is evident that within the scope of my invention the receptacle may extend
from side to side of the brush, and the sliding cover be correspondingly movable
from side to side of the brush instead of longitudinal thereof, as shewn in the
drawing.
A brush constructed in accordance with this invention takes up but very little
space and can be conveniently carried by a traveller in his handbag, valise, or
satchel, so that he may not be compelled to use the brushes supplied by hotels, or
the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The herein described military hair brush, consisting of a handleless brush back
back hollowed out to provide a comb receptacle in its top portion, the side walls
and one end wall of said receptacle being undercut to provide a continuous groove 6,
below the top surface of the brush back, the opposite end of the brush back being
cut away between the side walls 5 of the receptacle 3 from the edge of the end wall
of said receptacle to the edge of the brush back and to a plane in line with the base
of the continuous groove 6, a sliding cover 7 adapted to enter and be removed from
the brush back through the passage way provided by the cut away portion of the
brush back, said cover being beveled, as at 8, continuously along its two side edges
and one end to provide a tongue to fit the continuous groove 6 of the brush back, a
spring finger secured to the brush back at the end opposite the cut away portion
and arranged in the path of the underside of the cover, and a seat in the underside
of the sliding cover to receive said spring finger and retain the cover in closed
position, substantially as described.
2. My improved military hair brush, substantially as hereinbefore described and
as shewn in the drawings.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78 Fleet Street, London, and 5 Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.