An Improvement in Tooth and other Brush Stands or Suspenders.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 2nd Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th Oct., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Tooth and other Brush Stands or Suspenders.
I HENRY BINKO of 2 Peters Lane Cow Cross Street London E.C. Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to he as follows :-
My Invention is for an Improvement in Tooth and other Brush Stands or
Suspenders for keeping Tooth brushes when not in use. There are at present
employed either Brush Trays or Guards in which the Brushes are laid horizontally,
and which as is well known are so constructed as not to allow sufficiently to drain the
moisture left in the Brush after use, or so called Racks or Stands which allow
drainage, but which again have the disadvantage of leaving the Brush exposed and so
allowing dust or dirt to accumulate on the brushes. It is obvious that both methods
as at present employed have the great fault of being injurious to health and also to
the durability of the Brush.
The object of my Improvement is to do away with these faults and to construct a
Stand for Brushes which while allowing perfect drainage of any moisture left in the
Brush after use will at the same time protect the brush from dirt and dust, and this I
obtain in the most simple manner, by combinating a suspension of the Brush in a
closed receptacle.
For the purpose of my Improvement I construct a Stand with an Upright on
which the Brush may be suspended either by means of a hook, ring or clip. Under
this Upright I place a receptacle high and wide enough to enclose the bristle part
of the brush such receptacle being provided with a cover or lid, having a cut out as
for instance, a mustard pot cover, has for its spoon, so as to allow room for the handle
of the brush. Or the cover or lid may be so constructed as to clip the brush firmly
in which case no Upright for suspension is required.

page_text: Such improved Stands may be constructed for one brush only, or to hold two, or
more, at the same time.
The whole Stand may be constructed of any material, or partly of one or the
other; the means of suspending the brush or arranging the cover or lid of the
receptacle or constructing the upright may be varied.
What I claim is the general principle whereby I obtain by means of a combination
of suspension and enclosure of the Brush the object explained previously
Dated this 2nd day of November 1886.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Tooth and other Brush Stands or Suspenders.
1 HENRY BINKO of 2 Peters Lane Cowcross Street in the County of Middlesex
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 :-
For keeping Tooth Brushes when not in use there are at present employed either
Brush Trays or Guards in which the brush is laid horizontally and which as is well
known are so constructed as not to allow sufficiently to drain the moisture left in the
Brush after use, or so called Racks or Stands, which allow drainage, but which again
have the disadvantage of leaving the Brush exposed and thereby allowing dust and
dirt to accumulate on the Brush.
It is obvious that both methods as at present employed have the great fault of
being injurious to health and also to the durability of the Brush.
The object of my improvement is to do away with these faults and to construct
a hand or holder for Brushes which while allowing perfect drainage of any moisture
left in the brush after use will at the same time protect the brush from dirt or dust
and these I obtain in the most simple manner by combinating a suspension of the
Brush in a closed receptacle.
Such Brush holders or stands may be likewise with advantage employed for
Brushes used by Painters and others with Varnish paint gum glue or other substances
and which brushes to be of use again must be kept in a soft state where necessary
turpentine petroleum or other liquid or a powder may be placed in the receptacle to
keep the brush soft.
For the purpose of my improvement I construct stands with an upright on which
the brush can be suspended either by means of a hook ring or clip and under this I
place a receptacle high and wide enough to enclose the bristle part of the brush made
of any suitable shape and material and provided with a lid or cover having a cut out
as for instance a Mustard pot cover has for its spoon so as to allow room for the
handle of the brush to pass through. Or I construct the cover or lid so as to clip
the brush firmly in which case no upright for suspension is required. Such stands
may be constructed to hold one brush only or any number at the same time.
From the annexed Drawing the idea how to carry out my Improvements will be
readily understood.
Fig. 1. shews a stand with brush suspended on the upright over the receptacle,
the loose lid 1 and 1b has a slot or cut out so as to allow the handle of the brush to
pass through.
Fig. 2 shews a duplicate on union stand. The upright is here connected with
the receptacle. In Fig. 2 the lid is made to open by halves.
Fig. 3 shews a stand where the brush is suspended by means of a Clip.
Fig. 4 shews a stand where the Brush is suspended by being clipped and suspended
by means of the hinged lid Fig. 4* only.

page_text: The whole stand or suspender may be constructed in one or more parts the means
of suspending the Brush or arranging the Lid or cover of the receptacle or
constructing the upright may be varied in carrying out my Invention.
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
The general principle whereby I obtain by means of a combination of suspension
of the Brush and enclosure in a receptacle the object explained fully previously.