Improvements in Feed Brushes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1899-Accepted, 6th May, 1899
Improvements in Feed Brushes.
I, FRIEDRICH GRÜNEWALD, of 11, Grunewaldstrasse, Berlin, Empire of Germany,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The present invention relates to feed brushes for all sorts of purposes and con-
sists of the details of construction herein after set forth and particularly pointed
out in the claims.
And in order to render the present specification more easily intelligible reference
is had to the accompanying drawing which shows a vertical section through a brush
constructed according to the present invention:-
The brush consists of a brush board suitably bored to receive the bristles a,
said board being designated by the letter A. This board may be circular in shape
or of any other desired shape, but the circular form is preferred. To the upper part
of the board is affixed the reservoir B for containing the liquid to be fed to the
brush, said reservoir being of dome or other shape and affixed to the brush board
by means of a groove in the latter into which the metal of the reservoir is beaded.
At or near the centre of the brush board is provided a hole in which a tube C is
fixed, said tube being advantageously tapered towards the outlet outside the board
and having a funnel shaped end extending nearly to the crown of the reservoir
dome. Over the funnel shaped end of the tube C is arranged a loosely fitting
cover D having its edges turned down over the ends of the tube C, the said edges
being turned down far enough to prevent the cover from falling off the tube when
the brush is reversed. At the upper part of B a bush ring d is provided into which
a closing screw E is screwed said screw serving as filling opening for the reservoir.
The operation of the device will be obvious from the foregoing description:-
The screw E is taken off and the reservoir filled with the liquid which is to be
used in the brush, the screw is then replaced and the brush turned upside down,
when the cover will fall against the wall of the reservoir and the liquid will rise
in the tube C until it has attained the level of the liquid outside the tube. The
brush is then again turned over so that the liquid in the tube will flow out of the
same on to the object to be brushed the cover falling back on to the end of the tube.
The illustration shows a concave brush for hair dresser's purposes such for
instance as washing the head, but it is obvious that the brush may used for any
desired purpose.
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: In combination with a brush and brush board, a reservoir affixed to the
said brush board and having inlet opening for a fluid, a tube extending through
said brush board and having its end slightly below the working side of said board,
a funnel at the interior end of said tube and a cap having downwardly turned edgo

page_text: to rest loosely on said funnel, the edges being turned down far enough to prevent
the cap from falling off the funnel when the brush is reversed substantially as
described.
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M1 1900
· MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester, Agents.