IMPROVEMEnts in BrusheS FOR PAINTING AND SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Augustus Smith, of Marsh Gate Lane, Stratford,
in the County of Essex, Brush Manufacturer, for the Invention of
“IMPROVEMEnts in BrusheS FOR PAINTING AND SIMILAR PURPOSES.”
“IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES FOR PAINTING AND SIMILAR PURPOSES.”
Sealed the 31st August 1875, and dated the 1st March 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Augustus Smith at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st March 1875.
I, AUGUSTUS SMITH, of Marsh Gate Lane, Stratford, in the County of
Essex, Brush Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES FOR PAINTING AND SIMILAR
PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in brushes, chiefly such as
are used by painters and artists; the Invention is however applicable
for other brushes of a similar class.
The Invention consists in flanging the top edge of the metal or other
ferrule within which the hairs, bristles, or other body as fibres are

page_text: enclosed, such flange resting upon the top of the hairs or bristles, upon
a plate or disc fitted within the ferrule, or upon a wood or other collar
or socket.
The flange may be formed on or to the ferrule before the insertion
of the hair or other body or after, as desired, the width of the flange 5
being only a short distance from the edge or of any depth towards the
handle, so as to cover wholly or partially the top surface.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Augustus Smith in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 1st September 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AUGUSTUS
SMITH, of Marsh Gate Lane, Stratford, in the County of Essex, Brush
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-eighth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Augustus Smith, Her special licence that I,
the said Augustus Smith, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Augustus Smith, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES FOR PAINTING
AND SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Augustus Smith, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Augustus Smith, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improvements in brushes, chiefly such as
are used by painters and artists; the Invention is however applicable
for other brushes of a similar class.
The Invention consists in flanging the top edge of the metal or other
ferrule within which the hairs, bristles, or other body as fibres are
enclosed, such flange resting upon the top of the hairs or bristles upon
a plate or disc fitted within the ferrule or upon a wood or other collar
or socket.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represent a sectional
elevation of a brush such as that used by painters with my Invention
applied thereto. a is the ferrule or cap with a flange 6 turned or burred
over inwardly, as in the detailed views Figures 2 and 3, one of which
is an elevation and the other in section. The flange 6 rests upon a disc
of metal or other material capable of resisting the action of water, paint,
or other liquid, such disc forming a water-tight joint between the
exterior of the brush and the hairs or bristles d, upon and against which
it rests, as shown, one being clamped tightly against the other in making
up the brush. The handle e is of tapered form, and when forced home
spreads the hairs or bristles against the outer shell or ferrule in the
manner well known.
Figure 4 represents a sectional view of a painter's brush with my cap
or ferrule flanged to reach the handle itself without the intermediation
of a disc, as is shown in the detailed views, Figures 5 and 6, elevation and
sectional views respectively. In this case the flange rests upon a collar
or socket of wood f arranged between the tops of the hairs or bristles d
and the flange b. The employment of a collar or socket of wood in
brushes is well known, and therefore forms no part of my Invention.
The flange may be formed on or to the ferrule before the insertion of
the hair or other body or after, as described, the width of the flange
being only a short distance from the edge or of any depth towards the
handle, so as to cover wholly or partially the top surface.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
The construction of brushes with an inner top flanged ferrule or cap

page_text: and a disc, as described with reference to Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the
Drawings annexed.
Secondly. I claim the construction of brushes with an inner top
flanged ferrule or cap, substantially as described with reference to
Figures 4, 5, and 6 of the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Augustus Smith, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of August, One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
A SATT