Improvements in Rotary Brushes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Aug., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1895
I, REUBEN PHILLIPS, of 60 Blackburn Road, Accrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Brush Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture and construction of
circular or revolving brushes, such as are used by calico printers, furnishers, and
others, which have heretofore been made of wood with axes driven in at the ends,
and the lags containing bristles have been secured to the wooden core by means
of ordinary wood screws.
The object of this invention is to construct a roller which is rigid, solid, and
inore durable than heretofore, the body or core being made of steel with the
axes at the ends fixed permanently to the metal core, and the wooden lags and
bristles fixed to the core by means of double headed screws which cannot be
drawn out without unscrewing.
According to this invention I employ a steel tube (preferably tinned) in the
ends of which are forced the brass axes which are rivetted in the tube, and have
flanges which project beyond the tube or core. The lags of wood containing the
bristles are laid on the metal tube or core and secured thereon by screws having
double heads, one part of the screw being inserted through the lag, and tube at
one side, and the other screw through the lag and tube at the opposite side. One
part of the screw is as ordinary, the other part is a tube with a she thread, and
the he screw is screwed into the she from the opposite side so that the whole are
bound firmly together.
A cap is passed over the end of the axes, and protects the ends of the wooden
lags to which they are secured.
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Improvements in Rotary Brushes.
I, REUBEN PHILLIPS, of 60 Blackburu Road, Accrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Brush 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 improvements in the manufacture and construction of
circular or revolving brushes, such for instance as are used by calico printers, as
brush furnishers i.e. brushes for feeding color to engraved copper rollers used in
calico printing, and for other purposes, and which have heretofore been made of
wood with axes driven in at the ends, and the lags containing bristles have been
secured to the wooden core by means of ordinary wood screws.
The object of this invention is to construct a roller which is rigid, solid, and
more durable than heretofore, the body or core being made of steel with the axes
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page_text: at the ends fixed permanently to the metal core, and the wooden lags and bristles
fixed to the core by means of double headed screws, which cannot be drawn out
without unscrewing.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a rotary brush constructed according to this
invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the body or core of the brush, the lags and bristles
being removed.
Fig. 3 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the improved double headed screw, drawn to an
enlarged scale.
According to this invention, I employ a steel tube 1 (preferably galvanized to
prevent corrosion) for the body of the brush, and in the ends of this body are
forced the brass axes or centres 2. 2, which are then rivetted by rivets 3. 3 into the
tube 1. The axes or centres 2. 2 have flanges 4. 4, which project beyond the tube,
body, or core 1, and prevent lengthwise movement of the lags 5.5 when in position.
The lags of wood 5. 5 containing the bristles, are laid on the metal tube, body, or
core 1, and secured thereon by screws 6 (see Fig. 4) having double heads 7. 7;
one part of the screw 6 being inserted through the lag 5 and tube or body 1 at one
side, and the other part of the screw 6 through the lag 5 and tube or body 1 at the
opposite side. One part of the screw 6 is as ordinary, the other part is a tube
with a she-thread, and the he-screw is screwed into the she 8 from the opposite
side, so that the whole are bound firmly together.
A cap 9 is passed over the end of the centres or axes 2. 2, and protects the ends
of the wooden lags 5. 5 to which they are secured by screws.
The lags 5. 5 are preferably made in four equal sections, and the screw passes
right through the body or core 1, fixing opposite lags. The improved double
headed screw is of great tensile strength, is preferably made of brass, and obviates
the common fault of screws working loose and the lags springing.
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.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts constituting
the improved rotary brush, as herein described, and substantially as illustrated by
Fig. 1 of the annexed drawings.
(2.) The tube or body 1, centres or axes 2. 2, lags 5. 5 secured to the tube or
holy by the improved double screws 6. 6, all in combination, - pnd for the
purpo herein decribed, and substantially as illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
(3.) The double serew, consisting of an ordinary screw 6 combined with an
internally chased tube 8 having a screw head as herein described, and as illustrated
by Fif the annexed drawing.
Duted this 21st day of August 1895.
REUBEN PHILLIPS,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.