IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES FOR PERSONAL USE to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: ·I, REGINALD BLACKWELL BREIDENBACH of 46 Strawberry Hill Road, Twickenham,
in the County of Middlesex, Perfumer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES FOR PERSONAL USE to be as follows:-
"
This my Invention appertains to that class of brushes of superior manufacturo
and chiefly used for toilet purposes.
The brushes which are generally contained in a gentleman's or lady's dressing
case or which form part of a lady's toilet service are usually of a superior
manufacture having a stock or butt into which the bristles are fixed, the said stock
being firmly and permanently secured to a valuable material such as silver inlaid
with gold, tortoise-shell inlaid with gold or silver, &c., or ivory inlaid with gold,
silver or other valuable material or substance, or as is frequently the case of solid
ivory or of ornamental wood.
When that part of the brush composed of bristles, and which said bristles adhere
to the stock or butt of the brush, requires cleaning, the whole of the stock and
bristles are usually wetted by the liquid in which the brush is being cleansed and
it is often the case that the material or substance forming the butt of the brush is
found after cleansing to be soiled or injured by the soap powder or liquid with
which it is washed, and after being washed several times the butt of the brush is
found to be so soiled and injured that it is necessary to provide a new brush. To
overcome the above objection of injury to the ornamental back or butt of the brush
is the object of this my Invention which may be described as follows:-
Instead of fixing the bristles into the stock of the brush itself and securing the
ornamental back thereon, I form the stock of the brush (including the handle) of a
separate part, so that the part into which the bristles are fixed may be detached
from the butt or stock by first undoing a clasp, spring or other fastening, by means
of which the separate parts are held together. The butt of the brush has formed
on its upper surface, and on part of its periphery as the shape of the brush may
require an overhanging ledge or lip pointing inwards forming a frame and at a
distance above the main surface of the butt equal to the thickness of the bed or
plate in which the bristles are fixed, so that the said bed or plate may be slid in
or taken out of the said frame or lip at pleasure, by first undoing the clasp spring
or other fastening by which the parts are held together as hereinbefore mentioned,
Pasice S1

page_text: Or the stock or butt may be recessed in order that its periphery may form a frame
to admit of the brush plate or bed being placed therein, and in order to prevent
the said plate or bed from falling out of the stock a groove is made in the recess or
frame of the stock and into said groove a tongue attached to the periphery of the
brush plate fits and on the side of the recess or frame of the stock opposite to the
groove a clasp snap bolt or fastening is secured the said clasp or fastening fitting
into a corresponding groove in the brush plate. Or two pins may be substituted
for the tongue hereinbefore described. Pins may if desired be fitted to the surface
of the brush plate and made to enter corresponding apertures in the stock, or
vice versa, to hold the brush plate more securely in the stock, but the said pins do
not pass through the stock. Another method of effecting the object of this my
invention is to dispense with the fixed tongue previously described and to substitute
for said tongue a spring snap bolt or clasp which takes into a groove in stock
frame, or springs snap bolts or clasps may be fitted to two or more sides of frame
of the stock so as to take into grooves in the periphery of the brush plate. Or, if
preferred a bolt or pin or bolts or pins or a spring bolt may be inserted in the frame
of the stock and passed through the brush plate laterally and secured at the opposite
side of the frame of the stock.

page_text: I, REGINALD BLACKWELL BREIDENBACH, of 46 Strawberry Hill Road, Twickenham,.
in the county of Middlesex, Perfumer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS: IN BRUSHES FOR PERSONAL USE," and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the:
following statement:-
This my invention relates to a method by which the bristles of a brush may be
cleansed without injuring the ornamental or valuable part of those brushes of a
The brushes
superior manufacture chiefly. used for toilet purposes. For example:
which are contained in a lady's or gentleman's dressing case, or which form part of
a lady's toilet. These consist usually of a stock or butt to which the bristles are
fixed, or the bristles are attached to a base or plate which is permanently fixed to
the stock or butt, the said stock or butt being made of a valuable material or
materials such as silver inlaid with gold, tortoise shell inlaid with gold or silver, &c.,
or ivory inlaid with gold, silver or other valuable material or substance, or, as is
very frequently the case,, of solid ivory, rare and valuable wood, plain,, ornamented
or carved.
When the bristles of a brush, which is made of a valuable material as enumerated
above, require to be cleansed, the greater part of the valuable material referred to
becomes moistened or saturated by the liquid in which the same is being cleansed,
and. after being cleansed a few times the aforesaid stock or butt becomes stained,
soiled or otherwise injured, rendering it necessary to provide another brush-Again
when the bristles are very much spoiled or worn, it is absolutely necessary to obtain
another brush.
To overcome the above objections of injury to the valuable stock or butt of the
brush, I cause the brush to be made of two distinct parts which may be readily
attached and detached in order that the bristles may be cleansed independently of
the ornamental part of brush in the following manner :-
The bristles of my brush are permanently fixed in a base or plate which I terin
the bristle plate, and this plate: I adjust to the ornamental butt of brush.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood and explained in
detail, I have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings on which.letters of reference are
marked.
Fig. 1 is a view of the back of a brush with an ornamental back in which the
bristles are shewn in their usual place.
Fig. 2. is a plan view of the front of a stock. or butt. having a recessed bed
prepared for bristle plate, shewing the spring bolt.or catch at the top or handle end
of the butt or stock; and also shewing, the spring sunk or let into the stock or butt
for raising the part in which the. bristles are fixed (when the spring, bolt is pushed
back) to facilitate removal of bristle plate.
Fig. 3. is a section of the butt or stock through the line x-x of Fig. 2), shewing
more clearly the spring catch or bolt recessed into the stock. or butt at the top, or

page_text: handle end of the butt and a recess e at the bottom end to keep the bristle plate
firmly in position.
Fig. 4. is a sectional view of the base or plate in which the bristles are fixed,
showing the bevelled end of the base or plate and the recess or slot (at the top or
handle end) into which the spring catch or bolt enters.
Fig. 5. is an end view of the base or plate shewing more clearly the position of
the slot (into which the spring catch or bolt enters).
Fig. 6. is a plan view of the front of a stock or butt with a spring catch or bolt,
and having a slot at its bottom end instead of a recessed portion (as in Figs. 2
and 3).
Fig. 7. is a sectional view of the stock or butt shewing more clearly the slot at
the bottom end.
Fig. 8. is a side elevation of the base or plate (in which the bristles are
permanently fixed) shewing more clearly the tongue e¹ which fits into the slot at
the bottom end of the butt or stock.
Fig. 9. is an inverted plan of the base or plate (in which the bristles are fixed)
shewing more clearly how the aforesaid tongue may be made to form a part or
portion (in full lines) of the base or plate, and how it may be made of a piece of
metal (in dotted lines) and recessed into the base or plate on its underside.
In these Figs. a is the stock, butt and handle of brush, b represents the bristles
permanently fixed in a base or plate c independent of the stock or butt. a¹ is the
recessed bed (on which the plate c in which the bristles are fixed) rests.
e Figs. 2
and 3 is the recessed portion into which. the bevelled end c¹ (Fig. 4) of the plate c
fits. is the knob of the spring bolt g which enters and fits into the slot h at the
top or fore end of the plate c; the spring i lifts the base c from the butt or stock ¹
when the spring catch g is forced back, and facilitates the removal of bristle plate.
In Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 the same letters of reference apply with the exception
that e¹ is a tongue (instead of a bevelled edge as shewn in Fig. 4) and e is a slot
(instead of a recessed portion as shewn in Figs. 2 and 3) at the bottom end of the
stock or butt a into which a tongue e¹ fits and holds with the spring bolt g the
plate c (in which the bristles are fixed) on to its bed a¹ of the stock or butt. / is
the slot at the fore end of the plate c into which the spring bolt g fits. Fig. 10 is
an enlarged view partly in section of a small portion of a butt or stock shewing
more clearly the form of spring catch which I prefer to use.
It is obvious that by these my improvements I have entirely overcome the
objections hereinbefore enumerated. For instance, when the bristles have become
worn, the plate c containing the bristles can be instantly removed from its bed a
formed in the stock or butt a and a new set of bristles substituted; and when the
bristles require cleansing it is only necessary to force back the spring bolt g by means
of the knob f and lift the plate c with the bristles from its recessed bed a when they
(the bristles and plate c) can be cleansed without the necessity of wetting and soiling
the stock a. Again when the said plate c with the bristles is detached from the
stock or butt a it is obvious the same can be used as a Military brush.
In this invention there are no small parts or contrivances to be mislaid or lost.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st Constructing brushes for personal use in two parts in such a way that the
butt, stock and handle a may be a separate and distinct portion from that part of a
brush in which the bristles bare fixed substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described, set forth and fully illustrated in the drawings annexed.
2nd Connecting the separate parts of the brush, namely the stock and handle a
to the base or plate e (in which the bristles are fixed) by means of a recessed bed
in stock or butt so that when the said separate parts shall be fitted together they
shall be held firmly and securely together in the recessed bed aforesaid by means of

page_text: the bevelled edge e¹ Fig. 4. which takes into recess e Fig. 3, or by means of
tongue el Figs. 8 and 9 which takes into slot é Figs. 6 and 7, and by means of the
spring bolt or catch which takes into recess h Figs. 5, 8, and 9 substantially as
and for the purposes herein before described, set forth and fully illustrated in
the drawings annexed.
3rd Inserting in a recess of the bed a¹ of the stock a a spring i for the purpose
of raising the base or plate c with the bristles b (after the spring bolt g is forced
back by means of the knob f see Fig. 10) from the stock or butt a so that it may
be instantly removed when required substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described, set forth and fully illustrated in the drawings annexed.