Improvements in or in connection with Clothes Brushes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Clothes Brushes.
I, MARCUS ALLEN of 134 Islington in the City of Liverpool, Physician
(retired) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a clothes brush which will be more useful than
those at present in use. In using the clothes brush, dirt, it is often found sticks
so close to the clothing that a knife or other sharp edge has to be used to
dislodge it.
Now this invention consists in forming the end of the handle of the brush of a
pointed edge, or placing on the brush in such position that it can be used for
scratching, a pointed edge. I prefer in fancy brushes to form the end in the
shape of a human hand with the fingers slightly reflexed, and very sharp at the
nail; this part then becomes the sharp edge. I may however place a sharp piece
of iron at the end of the brush, either projecting in the same direction as the
bristles or projecting out at the back, or I may fix it on the handle or even place
a small blade projecting at the side; this is then used to scratch the dirt, after
which the brush brushes it off.
Dated the 13th day of Fohm 1803
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Olothes Brushes.
I, MARCUS ALLEN of 134 Islington in the City of Liverpool, Physician
(retired) 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 :-
This invention has for its object a clothes brush which will be more useful
than those at present in use. In using the clothes brush, dirt it is often found,
sticks so close to the clothing that a knife or other sharp edge has to be used to
dislodge it.
The manner in which I prefer to carry out my invention will be best understood
from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
in which,
Figure 1 is a back view of the brush;
Figure 2 a perspective view; and,
Figure 3 a slight modification.
The invention consists in fixing, to the brush, a scratching device, or forming
part of the handle in such manner as to form a scratching device. Two scratching
devices are shown on the brush herein set forth, at A and B, A being the end of
the handle curved up to a sharp irregular edge, so as to form a scratching surface.
In this particular instance it is made in the shape of a human arm and hand, but
either serrated or even smooth edges can be used. At B the handle is made
plain and a metal edge or scraper attached to it by screws. When the material
is very hard, the blade can be fashioned out of the material of the handle, if
desired.
The mode of action is as follows:-
Where dirt will not quickly brush off, the scratching portion of the brush is used
to loosen it. It is then brushed off.

page_text: My invention has the advantage of limiting the application of the scraper to
the exact spot where the mud is situated, and thus saves the fabric from undue
friction. The scraper also, being on the same side as the bristles, economises time
and labour.
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. A clothes brush having the handle formed in the shape of a human arm and
hand with sharp curved end for the purposes described.
2. A clothes brush having the extremity of its handle curved up to a sharp
irregular or serrated edge, substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. The combination with a clothes brush of a projecting metal edge or scraper
at the extremity of the handle, whereby hard dirt can be loosened prior to being
brushed off, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 7th day of Sentember 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.