Improvements in and connected with Brushes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Brushes.
We, WILHELM LÜNSER, Manufacturer, and Hugo PISCHON. Merchant, both
of 17 Cuxhavener Strasse, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, do hereby
declare the nature of our invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Our invention relates to a brush with which a suitable frame is combined in such
a manner as to hold and strengthen the bottom of the brush and at the same time
to constitute a receptacle or box in which different articles may be placed. This
frame forms the essential part of our invention. In the preferred form of our
improved brush, we provide a partition dividing the said frame into two compart-
ments, one of which serves to receive the bottom or wood of the brush, and the
other, on the opposite side of the partition, constitutes a box which may be closed
by a lid or cover and is adapted to contain articles of toilet or other suitable
objects.
Our invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the brush and the frame, without a
partition to form a bottom to the box.
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a view, similar to Fig. 1, of a modification, in which the frame is
provided with a partition.
Fig. 4 is transverse sectional elevation of the same.
Like letters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.
In carrying our invention into effect, we employ a frame r¹ made of a suitable
rigid material, such as sheet-metal, and of an appropriate shape to fit around the
bottom 6 of the brush. The upper portion of this frame or case forms the side
wall of a receptacle or box which may be closed by a cover or lid of any suitable
construction, the bottom of this box being constituted by the bottom of the brush,
which is inserted into the lower part of the frame.
In the modification illustrated by Figs. 3 & 4, this being the preferred form of
our invention, we add a partition a parallel to the bottom of the brush, when this
bottom is inserted into the lower coinpartment of the case r; it will be obvious
that when employing this partition it is not necessary to remove the contents of
the box each time a new brush is inserted, but the box may be filled with small
articles of any description.
The advantages secured by the before described construction are, first, that a
considerable space is available for the box to receive various articles, and secondly,
that the wooden or other bottom of the brush may be very thin, as the frame or
case increases the solidity of the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. In combination with a brush, a frame or case the lower portion of which holds
and strengthens the bottom of the brush, and the upper portion of which forms a
box above the bottom of the brush, this box serving to receive various articles
and being provided with a lid or cover, substantially as described with reference to
Figs. 1 & 2 in the accompanying drawings, for the purpose set forth.
2. The modification shown in Figs. 3 & 4 of the accompanying drawings and
described with reference thereto, in which the frame is divided by a partition a

page_text: into two compartments, one of which serves to receive the bottom of the brush,
and the other, which is closed by a lid or cover, constitutes a box in which various
articles may be placed, for the purpose set forth.
Da li aul
1000
WILHELM LÜNSER,
HUGO PISCHON,
By F. Bosshardt & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.