Year: 1899

page_text: I, JOHN LUCKING, of 104, Leonard Street, in the City of London, Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me by Gustav
Pabst, of 25, Bissenbinderhof, Hamburg, in the German Empire, Manufacturer)
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in brushes for cleaning boots, harness
and the like.
According to this invention I provide the back of the brush with a receptacle
adapted to receive the polishing material, and a sponge, brush or other suitable
device for applying the polishing material to the article to be cleaned.
The said receptacle may be in the form of a box of the shape of the back of the
brush and so formed that, when the brush is not in use, the box can be fitted
over the back of the brush; or receptacles can be formed in the back of the
brush and covered by a hinged lid.
Dated this 29th day of December 1899.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
1, JOHN LUCKING, of 104, Leonard Street, in the County of London, Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me by Gustav
Pabst, of 25, Besenbinderhof, Hamburg, in the German Empire, Manufacturer)
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 brushes for cleaning boots, harness
and the like.
According to this invention I provide the back of the brush with a receptacle
adapted to receive the polishing material, and a sponge, brush or other suitable
device for applying the polishing material to the article to be cleaned.
To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved brush:
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section thereof; and
Figure 3 is a sectional end elevation with the lid open.
a is the back of the brush and 6 is the lid. In the arrangement shewn the

page_text: lid is hinged to the back a and forms the receptacle for the polishing material
and the sponge, brush, or other suitable device for applying the polishing
material to the article to be cleaned.
The back a of the brush is advantageously provided, as shewn, with recesses c
and d, to receive the polishing material or paste e and the sponge f, respec-
tively. In some cases the back of the brush is provided with one recess only
instead of two the said single recess being designed to receive the paste.
The cover b, instead of being hinged to the back as above described can be in
the form of a box of the shape of the back of the brush and so formed that it
can be fitted over the back of the brush similarly to an ordinary box lid.
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. A brush for cleaning boots, harness and the like the back of which is pro-
vided with a receptacle adapted to receive the polishing material and, if desired,
a sponge, brush or other suitable device for applying the polishing material to
the article to be cleaned, substantially as herein before described.
2. In a brush for cleaning boots, harness and the like the combination with
the back of the brush a, of a lid b, and recesses c, d in the brush back substan-
tially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.