Improvements in Brushes for Applying Blacking, Paint and other Liquids.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brushes for Applying Blacking, Paint and other
Liquids.
I, ALFRED WALTER POWELL, of Brierley, Harrow-on-the-Hill, in the County of
Middlesex, Boot Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:
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This invention relates to improvements in brushes for applying blacking, paint
and other liquids, and is designed with the object of providing such brushes
with reservoirs or containers for holding the liquid blacking or the like to be
applied to the article being treated, such reservoirs or containers having means
whereby the supply of liquid therefrom to the bristle portions of the brushes can
be regulated and cut off at will.
In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1, is a side elevational view, partly in section, of a blacking brush con-
structed in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2, a plan, with the top part removed, thereof.
Fig. 3, is an elevational view of a paint brush constructed according to my
said invention.
Fig. 4, a diagrammatic view of the supply regulating device I employ.
Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the handle portion of the paint brush shewn
detached from the bristle portion thereof, while, Fig. 6, is a similar view of the
bristle portion of the paint brush.
Referring to the drawings, a represents the stock of a blacking brush, into
which the bristles a¹ are fixed in the usual manner.
c represents a metal or other reservoir or container which is fixed to the upper
side of the stock a of the brush by means of screws or their equivalent, glue or
any other suitable fixing means.
In the bottom of the said reservoir or container c I provide a number of open-
ings c, such openings preferably arranged in several concentric patterns.
Coinciding with these openings c¹ in the reservoir or container c, are perforations a²
in the brush stock a.
In order to regulate the flow of the liquid contained in the reservoir or con-
tainer 0, I provide discs d having vertical shanks d', upon their upper sides, which
shanks may be screw-threaded if desirable.
The said discs are provided with perforations d² which normally coincide with
the openings in the reservoir or container and the brush stock, and through
which the liquid contained in the said reservoir or container is allowed to flow,
but when it is desired to shut off the supply of the liquid to the bristles of the
brush, the discs d are given a slight turn by means of the shanks d', (which
project through the top of the reservoir or container), which movement causes
the solid portions of the discs d to slide over the openings c¹, in the bottom of

page_text: the reservoir or container c and thereby close same and prevent the outlet of any
of the liquid contained in the said reservoir or container.
An opening 3, closed by a screw-cap or its equivalent, is provided in the
reservoir or container c, for the purpose of constituting a filling inlet and empty-
ing outlet, and also to facilitate the cleansing of the interior of the said reservoir
or container.
If desirable, a portion of the shank d, of each disc d may be threaded to work
in tapped openings in the upper side of the reservoir or container c, or the discs d
may be sunk into recesses (not shewn) in the bottom of the reservoir or container.
Referring to Figs. 3, 5, and 6, of the drawings, in which my invention is
shewn applied to a brush for spreading paint, enamel or the like, e represents
the handle or stock of the brush, which is partially of hollow construction to
constitute the reservoir or container e¹. Into the large end of the said stock or
handle e, a metal cap f is screwed, such cap having perforations f¹ therein. The
cap has a raised and tapered rim f into which screws the upper end of the
bristle portion g of the brush, such end being perforated at g¹. The said perfora-
tions fand g normally coincide, as in the preceding example, but by giving
the bristle portion g a slight turn, communication between the two sets of perfora-
tions is wholly or partially cut off in order to cut off or regulate the supply of
liquid from the reservoir or container to the bristle portion of the brush.
The metal cap f is removable from the stock or handle e for re-filling and
cleaning purposes.
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. The improvements in brushes for applying blacking, paint and
other liquids, consisting in a reservoir or container fixed to the stock
of the brush and having concentrically arranged openings in its base,
which co-incide with openings in the brush-stock communicating with
the bristles thereof, and regulating discs located over the openings
in the bottom of the reservoir or container, said discs having perfora-
tions which normally co-incide with the openings in the reservoir or container,
and shanks passing through openings in the upper side of the said reservoir or
container, and by means of which the discs are turned to shut off or regulate the
supply of liquid from the reservoir or container to the brush, said reservoir
having a filling and emptying orifice, all arranged, combined and operating,
substantially as and for the purpose described, and as illustrated by the drawings.
2. The modified form of liquid applying brush, consisting in a hollow handle
having at its open end a removable metal cap provided with perforations, said
perforations normally co-inciding with perforations in the end of the bristle
portion of the brush, said latter perforations communicating with the bristles,
substantially as and for the purpose described and as illustrated by the drawings.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.