Certain Improvements in or connected with Brushes used by Painters and others.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 26th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 31st May, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in or connected with Brushes used by
Painters and others.
I, JAMES OATES, of West Parade, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Painter, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with brushes used for
painting, varnishing, and other purposes, and consists in providing means whereby
the brushes, when not in use, may be suspended in cans containing water, oil, or
other liquids or substances; the object of such said improvements being to prevent
injury to the brushes, which results from the present system of allowing them to
stand and bear their own weight when in cans. In the case of varnish brushes,
which, when not in use, are placed into vessels containing oil, the sediment lodging
at the bottom thereof attaches itself to the bristles and is difficult to remove. In
order to avoid these evils, I form on or attach to the head or handle of the brush,
a suitable form of hook or fringe, which projects from one side of the brush, so that
when said brush is placed into the can of water or oil, the hook or fringe engages
with the upper edge of the can, and is supported thereby in the liquid without the
lower points of the bristles touching the bottom of the can.
By the application of a hook or fringe to brushes in the manner and for the
purposes above set forth, the bristles are not bent or twisted, and in the case of
varnish brushes the bristles thereof are kept clear of the sediment lodging at the
bottom of the oil vessel. A further advantage resulting from the use of a supporting
hook or fringe is that the brushes can be suspended in the cans containing the
paint or varnish, and the handles of said brushes thus kept clear of the paint or
varnish, by which means they do not become daubed or messed with paint or
varnish.
Dated this 21st day of Amanot 1880
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in or connected with Brushes used by
Painters and others.
I, JAMES OATES, of West Parade, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Painter, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with brushes used for
painting, varnishing, and other purposes, and consists in providing means whereby
the brushes, when not in use, may be suspended in cans containing water, oil, or
other liquids or substances; the object of such said improvements being to prevent
injury to the brushes, which results from the present system of allowing them to
stand and bear their own weight when in cans. In the case of varnish brushes,
which, when not in use, are placed into vessels containing oil, the sediment lodging
at the bottom thereof attaches itself to the bristles, and is difficult to remove.
order to avoid these evils, I form on or attach to the head or handle of the brush, a
suitable form of hook or fringe, which projects from one side of the brush, so that
when said brush is placed into the can of water or oil, the hook or fringe engages
with the upper edge of the can, and is supported thereby in the liquid without the
lower points of the bristles touching the bottom of the can.
In

page_text: Such being the nature and object of my invention, I will now make reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein A represents an
ordinary paint or varnish brush having attached to it a hook B which comprises my
invention. It will be observed that when the brush is not in use it can be suspended
to the paint or varnish can D either on the inside or outside of the can as thought
desirable. This hook may be held in position by the wire or cord C, and if the brush
be bound with wire like one end of the sail wire may be bent in the form of a
hook instead of using a separate and detached hook for the purpose.
By the application of a hook or fringe to brushes in the manner and for the purposes
above set forth, the bristles are not bent or twisted, and in the case of varnish brushes,
the bristles thereof are kept clear of the sediment lodging at the bottom of the oil
vessel. A further advantage resulting from the use of a supporting hook or fringe is
that the brushes can be suspended in the cans containing the paint or varnish, and the
bandies of said brushes thus kept clear of the paint or varnish, by which means they
do not become daubed or messed with paint or varnish.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The application to or combination with paint or varnish brushes of a hook such
as B, employed in the manner and for purposes described and shewn.
Dated this 25th day of April 1890
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield & Halifax, Agents.