Improvements in Brushes.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brushes.
I, OLIVER MOREHOUSE FARRAND, of No. 3 Maiden Lane, City and County and
State of New York, United States of America, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provi le a brush which can be conformed to the
shapes of different surfaces, such as bicycle tires and like articles for the purpose of
cleaning them, and to this end, this my invention consists in a certain arrangement
of individual strips, provided with bristles, or the like, and secured in such open-
relation to each other, by means of strips of spring material fastened to said strips, as
to permit the dirt to pass between said brush strips, and the spring strips so secured
to the individual brush pieces as to allow the bending of the brush as a whole, to any
desirable degree, by the operator's hand, and so that the spring strips will cause the
brush to return to its original shape when released from the hand. The arrangement
of parts which make up the apparatus constitute an open hack-brush; the brush
strips running in one direction and the spring strips which secure them in open
relation to each other running in a direction at substantial right angles to the said
brush strips.
When organized specially for a bicycle brush, the original shape of the brush is
somewhat curved, and the spring strips are secured to the brush strips so that the
springs and strips of material to which the bristles are attached, can operate together
without straining the fastenings.
Dated this Oth day of Santamber 1896
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant..
Improvements in Brushes.
I, OLIVER MOREHOUSE FARRAND, of No. 3 Maiden Lane, City and County and
State of New York, United States of America, Jeweller, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a brush which can be conformed to the
shapes of different surfaces, such as bicycle tires and like articles for the purpose of
cleaning them, and to this end, this my invention consists in a certain arrangement
of individual strips, provided with bristles, or the like, and secured in such open
relation to each other, by means of strips of spring material fastened to said strips, as
to permit the dirt to pass between said brush strips, and the spring strips so secured
to the individual brush pieces as to allow the bending of the brush as a whole, to any
desirable degree, by the operator's hand, and so that the spring strips will cause the
brush to return to its original shape when released from the hand. The arrangement

page_text: of parts which make up the apparatus constitute an open back-brush; the brush
strips running in one direction and the 'spring strips which secure them in open
relation to each other running in a direction at substantial right angles to the said
brush strips.
When organized especially for a bicycle brush, the original shape of the brush is
somewhat curved, and the spring strips are secured to the brush strips so that the
springs and strips of material to which the bristles are attached, can operate together
without straining the fastenings.
In order that persons skilled in the art may understand, construct and use my
invention, I will proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings in
which Fig. 1 is an end view of my invention and Fig. 2 is a back view. Fig. 3 a
section.
A are strips of wood or suitable material, secured by screws D to strips of spring
metal B preferably of brass and normally curved as shown. C are bunches of bristle
secured in holes in the inner faces of the strips A. It will be readily seen that the
brush as constructed when held in one's hand can easily be curved to conform to any
shape of surface which a bicycle tire assumes and that it is capable of meeting all the
requirements of such use. The strips A are shown set apart a distance from each
other, both for the purpose of permitting a large range of curvature to be made
without bringing the strips into contact with each other, and also to permit
the dust and dirt to be easily freed from bristles between the strips A and the
springs B.
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 :
1st. A flexible brush, composed of strips as A provided with bristles C or their
equivalent, and the flexible back piece or pieces as B all constructed and combined
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore specified.
2nd. A brush for bicycle tires, consisting of the following elements in combination,
a flexible spring back and suitable cross strips provided with tufts of brush material,
substantially as specified.
Dated this 24th day of M. 1907
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.