Year: 1898

page_text: · Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 29th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1899
I, HUBERT HANMAN, of Ivy House, Rivershill, Ashton-on-Mersey, in the County
of Chester, Draughtsman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows;-
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This invention relates to an improvement applicable to brushes such as are
used for cleaning bottles and formed with a handle of twisted wire with a
cylindrical head of bristles at the extremity of which is a projecting central
tuft of bristles for cleansing the bottom of the bottle.
This kind of bottle brush is extensively used for washing and cleaning the
interior of bottles either by machines or by hand, and, as ordinarily constructed,
as soon as the end tuft of bristles has been worn away the brush becomes useless
although the cylindrical bristles may be comparatively little worn. My inven-
tion is intended to remedy this defect by providing the brush with removable
end tufts, so that the same when worn may be removed and a new tuft put in
place thereof, whereby the life of the bottle brush may be considerably extended.
For this purpose I leave an open curl or twist at the ends of the wire which
project beyond the cylindrical head of bristles, and I provide removable tufts
of bristles each made with a short twisted wire, the ends of which project from.
the base of the tuft, and these ends are so twisted or curled as to interlock with
the twisted or curled ends of the main wire projecting from the cylindrical head
of the brush, so that when one end tuft has become worn it can easily be
unscrewed from the end of the brush and a new tuft be screwed in its place.
By forming the screwed ends or curls of the wires in such a way that a certain
amount of force (say for example the use of a pair of pincers) is required to attach
the removable tuft, there will be no danger of their becoming loose in which-
ever direction the brushes may be turned round when in use.
Dated this 28th day of March 1898
I, HUBERT HANMAN, of Ivy House, Rivershill, Ashton-on-Mersey, in the County
of Chester, Draughtsman, 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;-
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page_text: used for cleaning bottles and formed with a handle of twisted wire with a
cylindrical head of bristles at the extremity of which is a projecting central
tuft of bristles for cleansing the bottom of the bottle.
This kind of bottle brush is extensively used for washing and cleaning the
interior of bottles either by machines or by hand, and, as ordinarily constructed,
as soon as the end tuft of bristles has been worn away the brush becomes useless
although the cylindrical bristles may be comparatively little worn. My inven-
tion is intended to remedy this defect by providing the brush with removable
end tufts, so that the same when worn may be removed and a new tuft put in
place thereof, whereby the life of the bottle brush may be considerably extended.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have annexed hereto
a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof.
Fig. 1 is a view of one end of a bottle cleaning brush made according to my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a view of one part of the twisted wire with the bristles omitted, and
Fig. 3 is a view of the end of the brush with the bristles omitted.
I leave an open curl or twist a at the ends of the wire a in which the bristles
are fixed; this curl or twist or projects beyond the cylindrical head of
bristles b, and I provide removable tufts of bristles b* made with a short twisted
wire c, which I prefer also to provide with a few tufts 6** similar to b; the
ends c of this twisted wire project from the base of the tuft, and are so twisted
or curled (see Fig. 3) as to interlock with the twisted or curled ends a (see Fig. 2)
of the main wire a projecting from the cylindrical head 6 of the brush, so that
when one end tuft has become worn it can easily be unscrewed from the
end a of the brush and a new tuft be screwed in its place.
By forming the screwed ends or curls a, c of the wires in such a way that
a certain amount of force (say for example the use of a pair of pincers) is
required to attach the removable tuft, there will be no danger of their becoming
loose in whichever direction the brushes may be turned round when in use, but
if the curls ac or twists are made as shewn on the drawings there will be little
danger of the parts becoming separated.
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:-
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The combination with brushes made with twistel wire foundations of
removable end pieces substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by
the drawings annexed.
ated this 28th day of December 1898.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.