Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Brushing, Polishing, and Similar Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1896
Complate Concifection Laft 30th Aux 1807 Accented 6th Nov
1897
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Brushing, Polishing,
and Similar Purposes.
A communication from GUILLAUME GIROU-LANAUZE, Manufacturer, and JULES
LAFAURIE, Gentleman, of Castelmoron-s-Lot, (Lot and Garonne).
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 111 Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of the present invention is the construction of a flexible brush on
a belt guided in its course which brush may be used for boot blacking or polishing
purposes or rubbing or polishing any plane, convex or concave or other surface.
The bristles of the brush are secured to the belt which may receive either a
continuous or a reciprocating movement, and which is guided in its travel by
means of a rail.
The brush is attached to or formed on the belt which is placed over the rail
which guides the belt by means of rollers turning loosely on spindles rivetted
to the belt-brush and rolling on the edges of the rail. The rollers being provided
with projecting flanges prevent the belt from moving away from the rail and
cause it to follow the said rail in all curvatures and bends. The rail itself
may be rigid or flexible. If it is desired to make it capable of assuming different
shapes or curves it is made flexible; in such case this rail may be of leather,
rubber a flexible band of metal or of any other elastic or flexible substance and
may be mounted on a rigid frame or support by means of rods passing through
said frame. But in order to make the rods adjustable and to give a certain
elasticity to the action of the brush, the following arrangement has been
adopted: a sleeve in which the rod slides is attached to or formed on the body
of the frame which may be strengthened in this point and a spring acting
on a collar of the rod always tends to press the flexible rail and therefore also
the brush forward or against the surface to be operated upon. By screwing or
unscrewing the sleeve or its cap the rail may be moved in the axial direction
of the rod whereby the position of the brush may be adjusted within certain
limits.
As many rods as desired may be distributed on the surface of the rigid frame,
thus enabling the rail to be caused to take any desired shape or curvature.
These guided belt-brushes have the advantage of rubbing or brushing any
curved or other surface and may be driven in any suitable manner.
Dated this 4th day of December 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Brushing, Polishing,
and Similar Purposes.
A communication from GUILLAUME GIROU-LANAUZE, Manufacturer, and JULES
LAFAURIE, Gentleman, of Castelmoron-s-Lot, (Lot and Garonne).
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 111 Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The object of the present invention is the construction of a flexible brush on
a belt guided in its course which brush may be used for boot blacking or polishing
purposes or rubbing or polishing any plane, convex or concave or other surface.
The bristles of the brush are secured to the belt which may receive either a
continuous or a reciprocating movement and is guided in its travel by means
of a rail.
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing illustrate a portion of the belt-
brush; Fig. 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 a vertical section.
A is the belt, A is the brush. B is the rail guiding the belt by means of
rollers C turning loosely on spindles rivetted to the belt-brush and rolling on
the edges of the rail B. The rollers being provided with projecting, flanges,
prevent the belt from moving away from the rail and' cause it' to 'follow the
said rail in all its curvatures and bends. The rail itself may be rigid or flexible.
If it is desired to make it capable of assuming different shapes or curves it is
made flexible; in such case this tail may be of leather, rubber, a flexible band
of metal or. of any other elastic or flexible substance, and may be mounted on a
rigid frame or support D by means of rods E passing through said frame. But
in order to make the rods adjustable and to give a certain elasticity to the action
of the brush, the following arrangement has been adopted; a sleeve F in which
the rod slides, is attached to or formed on the body of the frame which may be
strengthened in this point, and a spring G acting on a collar of the rod always
tends to press the flexible rail and therefore also the brush forward or against
the surface to be operated upon. By screwing or unscrewing the sleeve or its
cap the rail may be moved in the axial direction of the rtl whereby the
position of, the brush may be adjusted within certain limits.
As many rods as desired may be distributed on the surface of the rigid frame,
thus enabling the rail to be caused to take any, desired shape or curvature.
These guided belt brushes have the advantage of rubbing or brushing any
curved or other surface and may be driven in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:-
A belt-brush provided with rollers guided along a rail from which they cannot
become detached when the belt is set in movement, substantially as described.
Dated this 26th day of August 1897.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.