Improvements in Means for Cleaning Railway Carriage and other Windows, and like purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Cleaning Railway Carriage and other
Windows, and like purposes.
I, JOSEPH CLARE of 368, Waterloo Road, Burslem, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the brushes commonly employed in
cleaning railway carriage and other windows, and has for its object to provide an
arrangement by which a spray of water is applied at the same time as the brush,
greatly lessening the labour of cleaning.
According to my invention, on the end of the brush commonly employed is fitted
a pipe, widening at the end so as to extend for the greater part of the width of the
brush. It is also flattened out so that when water is supplied it will be thrown out
in a thin continuous stream or spray, above or at the level of the brush; a rubber
or other suitable tube is connected to the end of the pipe, and leads from a water
tap or water supply, conveying it to the end of the brush. A groove is formed in
the upper part of the handle for the tube to lie in, or it may pass through the
handle, and the spray pipe be inserted in the head and direct the water through
the middle of the brush.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a rear and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the device,
Fig. 3 is a cross section of the handle and tube, and
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a slightly modified arrangement.
A is the head of the brush with the ordinary handle B fixed to it in the usual
manner. On the back of the head is fixed the spray pipe C fitted to it by the
lugs c or by any other convenient means. This is tubular at its lower end to
receive the rubber or other tube D which is fitted over it, or the tube D may if
desired be made continuous with C as far as the end of the handle, and the rubber tube
be attached there. This serves to supply the water, which owing to the flattened
upper part of the pipe C which is made very wide, and shallow, is thrown out over
or through the bristles of the brush in a wide stream or spray. As shown in
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the tube D rests in a groove b in the upper side of the handle B,
but as illustrated in Fig. 4 the handle may be perforated through the centre and
the tube inserted, the sprays being within or between the bristles of the brush.
By this arrangement water will be supplied automatically during the cleaning,
thereby greatly lessening the labour and time required.
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. A brush for window cleaning and like purposes, having a spray pipe fitted to
it and a supply tube conveying water to be thrown onto the window, while the
brush is in use, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
2. A brush for window cleaning and like purposes, having a spray pipe fitted on
the head, flattened at the end or wide mouthed and connected to a supply pipe
resting in a groove in the upper side of the handle, substantially as and for the
purposes specified.
3. A brush for window cleaning and like purposes, having a spray pipe in the
head with flattened end or wide mouth opening through the bristles, and a supply

page_text: tube connected to the spray pipe, passing through the handle substantially as
described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 7th day of November 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.