A MACHINE FOR BRUSHING LAWN TENNIS AND OTHER BALLS
Year: 1885

page_text: I ARTHUR STANLEY MORRISON trading as Stanley Morrison & Co. of 9 Grace-
church St in the City of London Lawn Tennis Manufacturers do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for A MACHINE FOR BRUSHING LAWN TENNIS AND
OTHER BALLS to be as follows:-
Whereas the spherical shape of Lawn Tennis and other balls makes the labour
of brushing them with ordinary flat brushes, long, and tedious and it has been
found that if two flat brushes placed parallel are used, the ball merely revolves
round and round with the brushes without being cleaned-I have invented a new
brush made in the following form-I take a piece of wood and turn it hollow in
the shape of a cup, so as to be a hollow hemisphere, in the inside of which
I perforate holes to take the bundles of hair, fibre, or other material forming the
brush, all bundles of which material are previously cut to one length, so that when
finished there will be a hollow hemisphere in the centre of the hair or other
material used, the size of which is regulated by the length of the hair or other
material used-The wooden shell of the brush may vary in thickness, and on the
outside in shape, but I prefer an uniform thickness of half an inch (") The
holes may be bored through the shell if the hair or other material is to be wired in
or only part way through if it is to be stuck in--The Brushes may be of any size,
but for Tennis Balls I prefer the following-
I make the hollow of the cup five inches (5") across, and being a hemisphere it
is evident that at its deepest point it will be two and a half inches (21"). I cut
the hair or other material to an uniform length to protrude from the holes one and
three eighths inches (1"), it is evident that when finished there must be a hollow
hemisphere formed by the hair &c of (24") two and a quater inches i.e. two and a
quater inches across by one and one eighths deep (1")-Two of these brushes
of the same size placed together, hair to hair, will have a round hollow space in the
centre of two and a quater (24") inches, which will hold a ball tightly, all parts
of the ball, being in contact with the hair &c at the same time-The ball is then
brushed by either turning the brushes different ways, or by allowing one to remain
stationery and by turning the other, this may be done either by hand or
machinery.

page_text: MERCEDES W1 other bas.
I, ARTHUR STANLEY MORRISON of 9, Gracechurch St. in the City of London
Lawn Tennis Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
A MACHINE FOR BRUSHING LAWN TENNIS AND OTHER BALLS and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
Whereas the spherical shape of Lawn Tennis and other balls, makes the labour
of brushing them with ordinary flat brushes long and tedious and it has been
found that if two flat brushes placed parallel are used, the balls merely revolve
round with the brushes without being cleaned, I have invented a brush made in
the following form, I take a piece of wood or other material, and turn it hollow in
the form of a cup, so as to be a hollow hemisphere; in the inside of which
I perforate holes, to take the hair, fibre or other material forming the brush, all
bundles of which material are previously cut to one length so that when finished
there will be a hollow hemisphere in the centre of the hair or other material used,
the size of which is regulated by the length of the hair &c. used-The wooden
shell of the brush may vary in thickness and on the outside in shape, but I prefer
an uniform thickness of about a half inch (") The holes may be bored
through the shell if the hair &c is to be wired in, or only part way through if it is
to be stuck in The brushes may be of any size, but for lawn tennis balls I prefer
the following I make the hollow of the cup (5") five inches in diameter across, 2
and being a hemisphere it is evident that at its deepest point it will be (24") two
and a half inches-I cut the hair &c to an uniform length to protrude from the
holes (1) one and three eighth inches-It is evident that when finished there must
be a hollow hemisphere left by the hair &c of (24") two and a quater inches, that
is (2) two and a quater inches across by (1") one and one eighth inch deep - 2
Two of these brushes of the same size placed together hair to hair will have a
round hollow space in the centre of (2") two and a quater inches, which will
hold a ball tightly all parts of the ball being in contact with the hair &c at the
same time-The ball is then brushed by either turning the brushes different ways,
or by allowing one to remain stationary and turning the other; this may be done 3
either by hand or machinery.
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
The manufacture of a brush of a hollow hemispherical or spherical shape, so 3
that when a ball is put into it, it will brush the ball at all points at once.
Dated this 10th day of July 1886.