An Improved Brush or Beater for Use in Killing Insects, or for other purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: being date ΟΙ
Foreign Applicatio
United States of Americ),
TOLIT
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 12th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1596
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 12th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1896-Acceptéd, 18th Apr., 1596
An Improved Brush or Beater for Use in Killing Insects, or for
other purposes.
I, EDWARD THOMAS BURROWES, of the City of Portland, in the County of
Cumberland, State of Maine, United States of America, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improvement in insect-destroyers; and it is embodied
in the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter
described.
The invention consists in a peculiarly formed metal brush of the class known as
"fly" or "insect" destroyers; and the object of the invention is to provide a
brush having a flexible section at a point back from the striking-section, and also
to provide a striking-section which will permit the passage of air therethrough
and present an extended flat striking surface incapable of spreading or
separating.
A further object is to provide a brush with a permanent flat section and extended
free ends, and, further to provide a light, inexpensive and durable device of the
nature indicated.
While I intend the brush to be used as an insect-destroyer, I wish it understood
that it may be employed for other purposes-as, for instance, by dispensing with
the free ends the same may be used advantageously for a duster or beater.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters.
of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views, and in which-
Figure 1 represents in elevation the invention in its preferred form.
Fig. 2 is an edge view.
Fig. 3 is a modified form.
In the drawings the destroyer is represented as consisting of a brush-head
composed of the longitudinal steel wires A, closely arranged, and at a point
intermediate their ends they are connected by the cross-wires B, interwoven there-
with, and forming the woof of a wire-netting C, the longitudinal wires forming the
warp. This netted section extends across the entire brush and constitutes what I
term the "striking-section," which, briefly stated, consists of a flat-wire netting.
The outer ends of the wires A are free, constituting flexible fingers, and serve to
kill or destroy the insects when struck while on or near the irregular surfaces, such
as near the bars of windows or screens.
The opposite ends of the wires A are gathered and united in a suitable manner,
preferable by winding them spirally and binding them together by braiding or

page_text: twisting to form the handle or handle-section D, which may be covered by any
suitable material.
The space E between the handle and the netting is composed wholly of the
wires A, and thereby forms a very elastic flexible section, so that a switching
action or movement may be given to the netted section.
In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form of brush, wherein the free ends are
omitted and a handle D formed of wood, the gathered ends of the handle-section
of the wires A being secured in a suitable bore formed in the end of the wooden
handle.
By the construction above described it will be seen that a brush is formed
of but a single thickness of material, as distinguished from a collected series of
bunches.
The effect of the construction is that a very light device is formed, offering but
slight resistance to the air and presenting an extended-striking section which will
effectively destroy the insect when the latter is struck thereby. The woven
section prevents the wires from separating and forms a permanent flat striking-
section, which retains its shape irrespective of the force used in handling.
I desire it understood that I do not limit myself to the form of brush shown and
described, as many variations and changes can be made therein without in the least
departing from the nature and principle of the 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:
1. An insect-destroying brush consisting of a brush head having its outer section
formed of a wire netting and constituting the striking portion, its intermediate
section formed of continuations of the warp wires of the netting, gathered at their
inner ends, extending beyond the woof wires, and secured together, and a handle
section, substantially as shown and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this Twelfth day of February 1896.
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.