IMPROVEMENTS IN MUCILAGE BRUSHES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MUCILAGE BRUSHES." A communication from
abroad by Charles Albert Hussey, of the City, County, and State
A
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Alexander Melville Clark
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition.
and Declaration, on the 7th October 1874, pursuant to the 9th.
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MUCILAGE BRUSHES," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto
me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters:
Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that it has been a

page_text: communicated to me from abroad by Charles Albert Hussey, of the City,
County, and State of New York, United States of America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet
of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say) :-
:
This Invention relates to improvements in mucilage brushes for
artists, travellers, and others, and it consists in a brush having a flexible
handle or tube for containing the mucilage, with a discharging tube
through the neck of the handle, and a metallic shield or cover over the
brush, which screws tightly to the neck.
In the accompanying Drawing, Figure 1 is an outside view showing 1
the handle closed for confining the mucilage.
Figure 2 is a view of the brush having the shield removed, with the
handle compressed as when forcing the mucilage into the brush.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of Figure 1 taken on the line x, x.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
A is the brush proper, which is attached to the neck B of the hollow
flexible handle C. The handle C is made of any flexible metal (as
thick foil) which is readily closed at the end after it has been filled or
nearly filled with mucilage by doubling it over with one or more foils to
make it air-tight. The wooden follower E is simply to keep the flexible 2
handle in shape before it has been filled with mucilage, and to prevent
its being crushed out of shape. When the brush is in use the contained
mucilage will preserve the shape of the handle; D is a small tapering
tube in the neck B, through which the mucilage is pressed into the
brush A; G is a shield or covering for the brush A made of suitable 3
thickness to screw on the neck B air-tight. This covering or shield
keeps the brush moist and ready for use at all times, and prevents all
leakage, and allows the article to be carried in the pocket with perfect
safety.

page_text: 1st. A self-supplying mucilage brush consisting of a flexible handle C,
having a tube D in the neck thereof, and shield or covering G arranged
in connection with the brush proper A, as shown and described.
2ndly. The follower E in combination with the handle C, substantially
as and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of October in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
Witness,
HY. SWALES,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
A. M. CLARK. (L.S.)