Year: 1898

page_text: I, JOSEPH MILNER TAYLOR, of 1, Raywell Place, Raywell Street, Hull, in the
County of Yorkshire, Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved brush, adapted to serve the double pur-
pose of first removing the heavier portions of the mud, from boots and shoes, and
then distributing the blacking thereon.
My said improved brush consists of a metallic frame adapted to form a handle,
and a circular head for receiving the hairs or bristles.
The said frame has upon its inner surface a pair of lugs, near to the said head,
and adapted to overlap each other and be connected by a rivet, pin, or screw, the
said lugs when brought together serving to lessen the circumferential dimensions
of the said circular head.
The hairs, bristles, or the like employed would be first formed into a circular.
bundle, the ends of which may be dipped in melted pitch before being placed
within the said circular head, when, by bringing together the said lugs and
securing them as stated, the said hairs or bristles would be held in position within
the said head.
The said head has formed thereon a projection, which may conveniently be
used for scraping or otherwise removing the heavier of the mud or dirt from the
boot or shoe, while other projections or points formed upon the said head are
adapted to be closed down upon a metallic plate inserted within the head, and
covering the secured ends of the said bristles or hairs, which said plate may bear
an advertisement.

page_text: An improved Brush for Blacking Boots and Shoes.
I, JOSEPH MILNER TAYLOR, of 1, Raywell Place, Raywell Street, Hull, in the
County of Yorkshire, Commission Agent, 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:-
My invention relates to an improved brush adapted to serve the double pur-
pose of first removing the heavier portions of the mud from boots and shoes, and for
then distributing the blacking thereon.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have hereinafter
referred to the accompanying sheet of drawings of which
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the frame of my said improved brush, showing the
same in a closed position by full lines, and in an open position by dotted lines,
and hereinafter explained.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of same, while Fig. 3
is a section upon the line A B Fig. 1, with the hairs or bristles in position.
My invention consists of a preferably endless ribbon frame, made of any kind
of suitable metal, the shape of which in plan is normally substantially that shewn
by dotted outline in Fig. 1, one end of which is adapted to form a handle or hand
hold A, while the opposite end is of circular formation at B, the latter being for
the reception of the hairs or bristles C forming the brush. The said frame is
provided with a pair of lugs D and E, one connected to or formed upon one side
of the frame and the other opposite thereto, and both close to the ring portion B,
and adapted to overlap each other when brought together by pressure upon the
said frame in the direction shewn by, and at or about the position of the arrows
in Fig. 1, a hole F being formed in each of the said lugs which coincide when
they are brought over each other, as shewn by full lines in Fig. 1, and are then
retained in that position by a screw or pin G, engaging with both the said holes
as in Fig. 3.
The hairs or bristles C employed would be first formed into a circular bundle,
the upper ends of which may be dipped in melted pitch before being placed within
the open circular head B, when, by exercising a sufficient force to bring together
the lugs D and E as described, and then securing them by the screw or pin G
as stated, the said hairs or bristles would be firmly held in this position within
the said head.
The head B has formed upon its upper edge, and preferably in front, a pro-
jection H, of any desired formation capable of being used for the purpose of
scraping off the mud upon the boot or shoe, but which may conveniently be of
the shape or configuration shown. The said head B has also formed upon, and
conveniently disposed around its upper edge any number of projections or lugs J,
the purposes of which are, that when the hairs or bristles C are placed in position
within the head B, a metallic or other plate K is inserted within the said heads
and rests upon the upper ends of the bristles or hairs C, and when the said hairs
or bristles are first dipped in melted pitch as stated, the said plate would be placed
in position while the said pitch P is still plastic, the said projections or lugs J
being then turned down upon the plate K, as shewn in Fig. 3, and serve to retain
the said plate in position. The said plate may have embossed, painted, engraved
or otherwise produced thereon any desired reading or other matter as a means
for advertising.

page_text: 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:-
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In an improved brush for cleaning the mud from, and subsequently blacking
boots and shoes, the combination of a spring frame A, and head B, the latter
being held in its smallest position, and retaining and holding hairs or bristles C,
by the means of lugs D and E held and connected by a pin or screw G, the said
head having a mud removing projection H, said lugs J, the latter for retaining in
position a plate K substantially as herein described and shewn by the appended
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1808
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.
Agent for the Applicant.