Improvements in Brushes for Washing or Cleansing Bottles and similar other articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1892-Accept:d, 9th July, 1892
בשניט
DEMTIOA
UN.
Improvements in Brushes for Washing or Cleansing Bottles and
similar other articles.
I, JOSIAH WHALLEY WILLIAMS of the firm of Williams and Company of
Sedgwick and Gracechurch Streets, Bradford in the County of York, Brush
Manufacturers, 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, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in the formation or construction of brushes to be
used manually or in connection with machinery for washing or cleansing bottles
and similar other articles whereby said brushes are enabled to effect said cleansing
more thoroughly than when they are formed or constructed as heretofore.
In order that my said invention may be more readily understood, I have here-
unto appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof to which by letters and
figures reference is made in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a brush constructed in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a detail drawing illustrative of a part hereinafter referred to.
Fig. 3 is side view of a brush formed or constructed in a different manner to
that shewn by Fig. 1 but is for attaining certain advantages. hereinafter
described.
Fig. 4 is edge view of the brush shewn by Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 3 but shews a modification in the construction.
Fig. 6 is a detail drawing shewing a modification hereinafter referred to.
To attain the object of my invention in one case I follow to a certain extent the
well known method of construction wherein the bristles a of the brush are held in
position by being inserted between strips of metal, or threads of wire which are
twisted together to form the stem or handle part c as well as to form the body for
holding said bristles a, however instead of merely inserting all the bristles loosely
between these threads of wire as are those at a, in which manner they form a
cylindrical brush, I tie a portion of them together in tufts or I form them into
what are well known in the trade as "knots as shewn at d by Fig. 2.
These knots dI insert, in such a manner, between the wires or strips b, that they
will extend backwards towards the handle c as shewn at d¹ Fig. 1. The tufts e on
the outer end of the brush are arranged in the well known manner.
By forming or constructing brushes as above described the interior walls of
bottles or like articles having shouldered parts are as efficiently cleansed by these
brushes as are those that are plain or tapering towards the neck part.
In the other case I attain the object of my invention by forming the strips of
metal to be twisted together to form the handle part as shewn at c Figs. 3 and 4,
while that part of each of these strips of metal which is for holding the bristles a,
I arrange to be flat so that one may fit closely against the other as shewn by
Figs. 3, 4 and 5.
Between these parts I insert the bristles a as also the "knots", after which
I rivet (as shewn by Figs. 3 and 4) or otherwise fasten (as by interlacing pieces of
wire as shewn by Fig. 5) these strips together, in this manner I secure the
advantages of a brush formed with backwardly pointing bristles d as well as of
one having a flexible body part to which the bristles are attached, since these
strips may be formed of steel as may also the handle part c in which case they
would be integral, or the strips f may be formed of steel and be rivetted (as
shewn by Fig. 6) while this handle part e' is or may be of any other metal or
substance.

page_text: When forming brushes in the manner, illustrated by Figs. 3, 4 and 5, I attach
thereto the extending tufts e, as is usual.
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 brush for washing bottles or similar articles with its bristles arranged to
extend towards the handle part of said brush substantially as specified.
2. The method of forming or constructing brushes by rivetting or otherwise.
attaching strips of metal together for holding the bristles substantially as set forth
and described.
3. The method herein described of constructing or forming brushes for washing
bottles or like articles substantially as specified.
Dated this 3rd day of June 1892.
JOSIAH WHALLEY WILLIAMS,
Per Samuel Hey,,
Agent.
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JOSIAH WHALLEY WILLIAMS,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.