Improvements in Means and Apparatus for Driving Revolving Hair- brushes, applicable to Hairdressers' Chairs and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Aug., 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means and Apparatus for Driving Revolving Hair-
brushes, applicable to Hairdressers' Chairs and the like.
I, JOHN ROBERT TAYLOR, Butler, of 8 Neville Park, Tunbridge Wells, in the
County of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in means and apparatus for driving revolving
hairbrushes, applicable to hairdressers chairs and the like.
This invention consists of a grooved driving wheel placed beneath the seat of
the chair, and fitted in such a manner so as to revolve by the action of a treadle
situated at the back part of the chair near the floor line. To the treadle I fix a
metallic arm or lever and to the said lever 1 connect the driving wheel by a crank,
or by any other means. On one of the legs at the back of the chair just below the
seat I place a shaft with a small grooved pulley on the inside, and one on the outside
of the leg. At the top of one of the back arms I place a shaft with two grooved
pulleys on the outside, and from this top arm to or near the floor line I carry
down a tube, this said tube being securely attached to the leg and arm of the
chair. Inside the aforesaid tube 1 place a shaft to carry the over-head motion
above the person who is seated in the chair, the said shaft being telescopic and
adjustable by means of a set screw. At the top of the shaft I fix a arm at right
angles to the shaft and projecting over the seat, and at the end of this said arm
in a bearing I place the over-head motion, which consists of the shaft and a grooved
pulley on either side.
From the driver or fly wheel to the small grooved pulley beneath the seat I
attach an endless band, and from the small pulley on the outside to the inner pulley
at the top of the back arm of the chair I place another endless belt, and from the
pulley on the same shaft on the outside to the pulley on the over-head motion I
place a similar belt, and from the other pulley in the over-head motion I place an
india rubber belt and in this said india rubber belt I place an ordinary hairdressers
revolving hairbrush so as to operate on the persons hair who is seated in the chair.
The brush being revolved by the action of the operator working the treadle by his
foot.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration only, and
that the shapes, materials, attachments, 'and proportions of the various parts may be
varied in many ways within the scope of my invention.
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J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means and Apparatus for Driving Revolving Hair-
brushes, applicable to Hairdressers' Chairs and the like.
I, JOHN ROBERT TAYLOR, Butler, of 8 Neville Park, Tunbridge Wells, in the
County of Kent, 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 improvements in means and apparatus for driving revolving
hairbrushes, applicable to hairdressers chairs and the like.
An in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof reference being had to letters and figures
marked thereon.

page_text: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the apparatus fitted to a chair h. Figure 2
is a back elevation of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a vertical section of the chair h, with
the driving device beneath the seat.
This invention consists of a grooved driving wheel i placed beneath the seat of
the chair h, and fitted in such a manner so as to revolve by the action of a treadle m
working on a centre shaft 7 between two cross stays k, k, situated at the back part of
the chair near the floor line. To the treadle m I fix a metallic arm o with joints p,
and to the said lever I connect the driving wheel by a crank n, or by any other
means. On one of the legs at the back of the chair just below the seat I place a
shaft with a small grooved pulley a on the inside, and one on the outside of the leg. At the
top of one of the back arms I place a shaft with two grooved pulleys a on the outside,
and from this top arm to or near the floor line I carry down a tube g, this said tube
being securely attached to the leg and arm of the chair. Inside the aforesaid tube
I place a shaft e to carry the over-head motion above the person who is seated in
the chair, the said shaft being telescopic and adjustable by means of a set screw q.
At the top of the shaft e I fix a arm bat right angles to the shaft e and projecting
over the seat, and at the end of this said arm in a bearing 1 place the over-head-
motion, which consists of the shaft and a grooved pulley a on either side.
From the driver or fly wheel i to the small grooved pulley a, beneath the seat. I
attach an endless band c, and from the small pulley a on the outside to the inner
pulley a at the top of the back arm of the chair I place another endless belt c, and
from the pulley a on the same shaft on the outside to the pulley a on the over-head
motion I place a similar belt, and from the other pulley in the over-head motion I
place an india rubber belt d, and in this said india rubber belt I place an ordinary
hairdressers revolving hairbrush ƒ so as to operate on the persons hair who is
seated in the chair. The brush being revolved by the action of the operator working
the treadle m by his foot.
The driving wheel is centered to the cross rod j of the chair.
The object of my invention is to permit the hairdresser to drive his own hair-
brush without requiring assistance to revolve the brush, as is in the case with revolving
hairbrushes now in common use.
The advantage of my invention is that by removing the shaft e with the over-head
motion, away from the telescopic tube g, the apparatus may be used for grinding
purposes, by fixing a circular stone, or leather wheel on a taper screw, or parallel
screw r.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration only, and
that the shapes, materials, attachments, and proportions of the various parts may be
varied in many ways within the scope of my invention.
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 combination of the apparatus for driving revolving hairbrushes by the
treadle m, fitted to hairdressers chairs, or other furniture, for the purpose of the
operator producing his own driving power from the fly wheel to the hairbrush f,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of the mechanism to drive the revolving hairbrush by endless
belts, cords, or india rubber bands, substantially as herein described and according
to the accompanying drawings.
3. To construct the apparatus of any material, size, shape, or with any modification
of the various parts, for the purpose herein set forth.
Dated this 1st day of August 1890
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.