A Fitting or Appliance for Use with Paint and like Brushes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 5th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 31st Mar., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Fitting or Appliance for Use with Paint and like Brushes.
We, OTTO HENRY STANLEY, Gas-worker, of 30, Emma Street, and JOHN
STORMONT, Gas-stoker, of 6, Albany Terrace, both in Sunderland, in the County
of Durham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention. relates to a fitting or appliance for use with paint and like
brushes, which, when new, require to have their bristles or hairs bound together
for a convenient distance from the head, so as to prevent sputtering or splashing
in use.
At present, for effecting the binding, a wrapping of string or the like is
employed, the string being secured by tacks to the brush-head. This plan,
however, is troublesome and clumsy and the object of our invention is to provide
a means that will attain. the required purpose simply and efficiently.
To this end, we employ a sleeve or tubular part of resilient material that is
fitted for use over the brush with one end gripping the head and the other the
bristles or hairs.
According to one form of this sleeve or tubular part, we make it of rubber
tapering from the end intended to fit the brush-head to the other fitting the
bristles or hairs, and we thicken each of these ends for a suitable distance.
These thick portions increase the strength and the ability to grip or hold, while
the intervening thin part permits the appliance to "give" as the brush is used.
Thus it will be evident that our fitting or appliance accomplishes the required
binding effectually, while it can be placed upon, and displaced from, the brush
with ease and expedition.
CUALI ULIE DIEUITIVATION.
A Fitting or Appliance for Use with Paint and like Brushes.
We, OTTO HENRY STANLEY, Gas-worker, of 30, Emma Street, and JOHN
STORMONT, Gas-stoker, of 6, Albany Terrace, both in Sunderland, in the County
of Durham, 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 a fitting or appliance for use with paint and like

page_text: brushes, which, when new, require to have their bristles or hairs bound, together
for a convenient distance from the head, so as to prevent sputtering or splashing
in use.
At present, for effecting the binding, a wrapping of string or the like is
employed, the string being secured by tacks to the brush-head. This plan,
however, is troublesome and clumsy and the object of our invention is to provide
a means that will attain the required purpose simply and efficiently.
To this end, we employ, as a substitute for the usual binding, a sleeve or
tubular part of resilient material that is fitted for use over the brush with one
end gripping the head and the other the bristles or hairs; this sleeve or tubular
part constitutes our fitting or appliance.
According to one form of this sleeve or tubular part, we make it of rubber
tapering from the end intended to fit the brush-head to the other fitting the
bristles or hairs, and we thicken each of these ends for a suitable distance.
These thick portions increase the strength and the ability to grip or hold, while
the intervening thin part permits the appliance to "give" as the brush is used.
They further prevent the paint passing to the bound part of the bristles or
hairs, thereby preserving the brush and rendering it more elastic in use.
We recommend making the sleeve of rubber. as we find it most effective,
besides rendering the manufacture easy and cheap.
The formation and mode of using the fitting, appliance or sleeve will be.
understood from the annexed drawings, whereof Fig. 1 is an elevation represent-
ing it fitted on a brush ready for use; and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a
longitudinal central section and an end view of it detached from the brush.
Fig. 1 is drawn to a smaller scale than the other figures.
A is the sleeve whose opposite ends are made of different diameters so as to
fit the brush-head B and the bristles or hairs C respectively. A¹, A¹ are the
thick portions formed at the ends of the sleeve by rings integral therewith.
To fit the sleeve, the bristles or hairs Care first bound by a piece of string,
then the sleeve, with its larger end towards the head B, is slipped over the
bristles or hairs and drawn up until the said end encloses the head for a suitable
distance, as shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the string is withdrawn and the brush
is ready for use.
Thus it will be evident that our fitting or appliance accomplishes the required
binding effectually, while it can be placed upon, and displaced from, the brush
with ease and expedition, as compared with the ordinary binding, consequently
it saves time and labour. Again, as compared with string binding, our fitting
or appliance is most economical, for it may be used many times over, whereas the
string can only be used once in a general way. Further, its adjustability admits.
of the working length of the bristles or hairs being readily varied at will.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is:-
The fitting or appliance, constituted by the sleeve or tubular part herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, for use with paint and
like brushes for the purpose specified...