Improved Means for Washing Large Vertical Surfaces.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 9th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Sept., 1887.
RESERVE
Improved Means for Washing Large Vertical Surfaces.
I, NESTOR FRÈRE, of 13, Upper Westbourne Terrace, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It
My invention relates to an improved method of washing large and elevated surfaces,
such as railway carriages, shop fronts, and the like surfaces; and is intended to
facilitate the supply of a regulatable quantity of water to the brush when in use.
consists in the combination of a high pressure water supply with a flexible pipe
therefrom, conveying a controllable supply of water to the brush, the handle and
stock of which are perforated to receive and deliver the same among the knots of the
brush.
In carrying my invention into effect, I take the water supply from any convenient
permanent source or I use a portable water cart charged with water at a sufficient
pressure.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, NESTOR FRÈRE, of 13, Upper Westbourne Terrace, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, 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 an improved method of washing large and elevated surfaces,
such as railway carriages, shop fronts, and the like surfaces, and is intended to
facilitate the supply of a regulatable quantity of water to the brush when in use. It
consists in the combination of a high-pressure water-supply with a flexible pipe
therefrom, conveying a controllable supply of water to the brush, the handle and
stock of which are perforated to receive and deliver the same among the knots of the
brush.
In carrying my invention into effect, I take the water supply from any convenient
permanent source, or I use a portable water cart charged with water at a sufficient
pressure.
In order that my invention, and the means by which the same may be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will proceed to describe the same
in detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying figures, which are to be taken as
part of this specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a sectional plan illustrating the internal construction of the improved
washing brush.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the method of applying the improved
washing brush to the purposes of my invention.
A is the water supply, illustrated as an elevated tank. I do not confine myself to
this type of water supply; as the necessary pressure and water may be taken from a
water main; or from any fixed or portable reservoir, the contents of which can be
subjected to the pressure necessary to forcibly eject the water through the brush on to
the surface to be washed.
B is a length of flexible tube connecting the water supply and the brush.
C is the head of the brush; and c, its shaft.
The flexible tube B is connected to the end of the shaft c by means of an union
furnished with a tap. The shaft c may be hollow as shown in Fig. 1, or the water
supply may be led into the cavity in the head of the brush by a pipe laid on the
outside of the shaft.
The cavity c¹ receives the water under pressure, and delivers it through ducts e
through the knots e³ on to the surface to be washed.
I do not confine myself to the precise details of construction illustrated in the
figures, inasmuch as these may be varied without departing from the principle of the
invention.

page_text: 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 :-
The combination of hollow brush head; a series of ducts between the cavity in the
brush head and the several knots; means by which water can be delivered into the
said cavity; and a water supply under pressure; substantially as and for the purpose
described with reference to the accompanying figures.
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