Improvements in Covering Articles such as Brushes and Mirrors with Celluloid and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Covering Articles such as Brushes and Mirrors
with Celluloid and the like.
We, ADOLF HUCK and THEODOR GUCKENHEIMER, trading as Adolf Huck & Co.,
of 4, Untere Kieselbergstrasse, Nuremberg, Bavaria, in the German Empire,
Manufacturers, 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 covering brush backs, mirrors and
other articles with celluloid or other similar suitable material.
In such fittings or coverings for brushes and other articles as hitherto usually
made, the wood block or back (to which the bristles are secured in the case of
brushes) is arranged to lie in a shell of suitable material such as celluloid, the
projecting edges of which are then bent over on to the said wood back or the.
like. The wood block can also be covered on the under side and at the edges
with a sheet of celluloid or other suitable material. This method of bending
over the covering does not give sufficient hold as the said cover can be pulled
off and becomes loosened in course of time.
Now, this invention has for its object to obviate these disadvantages and to
this end we cement or otherwise suitably secure a shell or cup of celluloid or
other suitable material to the wood back or the like of the brush, mirror or the
like, the bristles (in the case of a brush) being passed through the cup or shell
and secured to the wood back in the ordinary manner. The back with the
attached cup or shell is then inserted into a second cup or shell of celluloid or
other suitable material and of such a depth that its edges project beyond the
edges of the inner cup or shell. The edge of the outer cup or shell is then
bent inwards over the edge of the inner cup or shell which is also bent inwards
thereby securely fixing the two shells together.
To enable the invention to be fully understood we will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a brush the back or block of which is
covered according to the invention.
Figure 2 is a plan thereof.
Figure 3 is a transverse section of the outer shell.
Figure 4 is a similar view of the block and inner shell.
Figures 5 and 6 are transverse sections illustrating the mode of manufacture,
and
Figure 7 is a plan view of a hand mirror made according to the invention.
a is the wood block or back, are the bristles thereof, and c is the inner cup
or shell of celluloid or other suitable material which is cemented to the wood
block or back, as clearly shewn in Figure 4 and through which the bristles
extend. d is the outer shell or cup which is, as clearly shewn, deeper than the
inner cup so that when the wood block a with the attached shell c is placed
inside the outer shell d the edges of the latter project beyond the edges of the
D

page_text: shell cas illustrated in Figure 5. The edges of the outer shell d are now bent
over the edges of the inner shell c, as shewn in Figure 6, thereby securely
fastening the two shells together.
In Figure 7 we have illustrated a hand mirror which is covered with celluloid
or other suitable material in a similar manner to that in which the brush above
described and illustrated is covered and it will be obvious that our improved
method of covering articles with celluloid or other suitable similar material is
not confined to the brush and mirror shewn but is applicable to all shapes and
kinds of brushes and mirrors and also to other articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. Backs for brushes and other articles consisting of two shells or cups of
celluloid or other similar suitable material, one of which is inserted in the other,
and of a wooden block or the like arranged between the two shells the outer of
which projects beyond the inner and is turned in over the same, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated.
2. The manufacture and use of brushes, mirrors and other articles, covered
with celluloid or other suitable material, substantially in the manner herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 28th day of October 1898
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.