IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Hayman, of the Town and County of
Poole, Brush Manufacturer, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN
BRUSHES, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hayman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th June 1872.
I, JOHN HAYMAN, of the Town and County of Poole, Brush Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is the manufacture of brushes which
are particularly applicable for boot and shoe cleaning, although they
may be used for other purposes, of a compact and convenient form, and
they are constructed as follows:-
I will describe the Invention with reference to boot and shoe cleaning
brushes

page_text: The body or part to which the brushes are secured is preferably made
of a cylindrical or partially cylindrical shape, although it may be made
of other shapes as found convenient, and the brushes are arranged on
and around the same either by setting or drawing; to one end or to
both ends of the body a handle is attached, and there is a notch or slot
to receive the blade of a knife or scraper to be used when required for
scraping off mud and other dirt, or the scraper handle may be used as
the second handle if required. The body receives a cleaning brush, a
blacking brush, and a polishing brush or such other brushes as may be
required. In order to easily distinguish one brush from the other I
place labels or a stamp on the handle, stock, or other part bearing the
class or name of the brush opposite or above it, for example opposite
the cleaning brush I place the word "hard," opposite the blacking
brush I place the word "blacking," opposite the polishing brush I place
the word "polishing," or such other equivalent words as may be desired,
or I place distinguishing words below the brushes, say of two of the
brushes, the other then needing no 'indicating mark, and these marks I
place in such positions as may be found most convenient. Sometimes
the brushes may be of varying lengths, for example, the blacking and
cleaning brush may be made shorter than the polishing brush, whereby
more room or greater facility is provided on the stock and handle for
holding the apparatus as well as for placing the label or labels for
indicating the class of brush.
"
Other kinds of brushes than boot cleaning may be applied to the
stock, for example, a hard and soft clothes brush, a hat brush, and velvet
a compo brush," and the brush may be fitted with or without the
scraper as required, the Invention substantially consisting in the con-
struction and formation of brushes, which are particularly applicable
for cleaning boots and shoes, although they may be fitted for other
purposes of a compact and handy form with all the brushes required for
the whole operation or operations on one and the same stock, to which
for convenience of action and cleanliness a handle or handles is or are
connected, the scraper in addition being a useful and convenient means
of removing dirt, being always at hand, and protected in and by the
stock of the brush.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Hayman in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th November 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HAYMAN, of the Town and County of Poole, Brush Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Hayman, Her special licence that
I, the said John Hayman, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said John Hayman, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES,
AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John Hayman, 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 John Hayman, do hereby declare
the nature of my said 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 accompanying
Drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to
say:―
The object of this Invention is the production of brushes which are
particularly applicable for boot and shoe cleaning although they may
be used for other purposes, and which are of a compact and convenient
form.

page_text: I will describe the Invention with reference to boot and shoe cleaning
brushes.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a side elevation, and
Figure 2 is an end elevation of such an arrangement, but with the knife
or scraper removed.
The body a or part to which the brushes c, d, and e are secured is
preferably made of a cylindrical shape or nearly so, a cylindrical shape
being the cheapest to make, but other shapes may be used if found
more advantageous. The brushes are arranged on and around the body,
as shewn, and fastened either by setting or drawing. A handle forms a
continuation of the body at one end or both, or one end may be fitted
with a scraper knife forming its sheath in the stock of the brush, and
this scraper may be used as a second handle if desired. This knife is
intended for scraping off the mud or dirt, and is shewn separately at,
Figure 3. As here shewn the body of the brush is made hollow and of
two parts mounted on the continuation of the handle, thus affording
facility for inserting and fastening the brush tufts. If these are fastened
according to the new or machine process the handle may be turned out of
one solid piece with the body, the tuft brushes being in that case inserted
and fastened from one side. Two of the brushes, viz., the blacking
brush and the dirt brush, are by preference made shorter than the third
or polishing brush in order to compensate for the unequal wear these
three brushes are exposed to, and in order to afford a better hold for the
fingers when taking hold by the handle besides giving a space for a label
or other mark. In order to easily distinguish one brush from another
I place labels or a stamp on the handle or stock to denote the name or
class of the brush opposite or above it; for example, opposite the cleaning
brush I place the word "hard," opposite the blacking brush I place the
word "blacking," and opposite the polishing brush I place the word
polishing," or such other equivalent words as may be desired, or I
place distinguishing words or marks below, say, two of them.
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Other kinds of brushes than boot cleaning may be applied to the
stock, for example, a hard and soft clothes brush, a hat brush, and velvet
brush, and a compo brush, and the brush may be fitted with or without
the scraper as required.
Brushes made as before described may be provided with cases to carry
them in if desired.

page_text: Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my
improvements in brushes and in apparatus connected therewith,―
First. The stock or body a, as described, the handle or handles being
formed at one or both ends, and the brushes being arranged around said
body or stock.
Second. Making the handle or handles in one with a solid stock, or
passing it or them through a hollow stock, all according to the mode of
fastening the brushes on the stock.
Third. The combination of the stock and brushes, as described, with
the knife or scraper e.
Fourth. The particular arrangements of brushes for shoes, substantially
as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hayman, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
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