Improvements in Brushes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1899
Improvements in Brushes.
I, WILHELM STERKEL, of Ravensburg, in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg,
German Empire, Manufacturer, 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:-
The object of the present application relates to an improvement in brushes
consisting in clamping the upper ends of the material of the bundle by means
of wire bands and providing means for taking up the handles.
My invention will be better understood with reference to the accompanying
drawing, in which―
Fig. 1 represents a section through a brush without a handle,
Fig. 2 a section through a brush of same construction, the handle being
pressed into the material.
Fig. 3 shows in elevation a brush having the handle applied to it.
Fig. 4 illustrates a sectional view of a brush provided with a modified handle-
holding device.
Fig. 5 the same brush with handle,
Fig. 6 is an elevation of the brush shown in Fig. 5.
The material somewhat below the top end is clamped by means of the
bands a and a split pin 6 passes through the material and securing the bands.
The top extremity of the bundle again is clamped in a manner
thoroughly pressed together.
as to be
For this purpose I do not employ a band, but two metal plates c and d. These
two metal plates are connected together by means of bolts cand f passing through
the perforated extremities of these small bands.
In the first construction of handle holder I insert between these bands c and d
a wooden socket y provided with a conical recess.
When the handle is to be attached, the pointed extremity of the same is
inserted into this conical recess and the handle as well as the socket is pressed
downwards so that the extremity of the handle and the socket g comes to lie
between the first and second clamp of the brush.
In the modified form represented in Figs. 4, 5 & 6 I do not employ the
socket y which is pressed into the material, but I clamp a tube h between
the plates c and d. The handle can be inserted into this tube and fixed therein
by suitable means, such as nails, screws or the like.
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:
1. Brushes having the material clamped by metal bands and provided with
means for taking up handles, substantially as described.
2. In an improved brush, the combination with a metal band a, clamping
the material below the top extremity, a second attachment cd clamping the

page_text: top extremity of the material, and a socket 9 inserted in the material at the
top extremity of the brush and provided with a conical recess, for the purpose
of taking up the handle, substantially as described.
3. In an improved brush, the combination with a metal band a, clamping
the material below the top extremity, and a second attachment cd clamping the
top extremity of the material, of a hollow tube h fixed to said attachment
and adapted to take up the handle, substantially as described.
Dated this 9th day of November 1899.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
Agent for the Applicant.