Improvements in and relating to Hand Brushes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Hand Brushes.
I, ANNA MARIA WEST of 110 Uttoxeter New Road, Derby in the County of
Derby, Married, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to that particular class of hand brush in which the handle
is a continuation of the back or body of the brush and generally projects from one
end thereof, this class of brush is used very much for sweeping out corners and
other awkward places, the result of which is that the bristles, or other material,
which form the sweeping or cleaning portion of the brush become worn away
much more quickly at the end than in any other part, the brush having to be
discarded or thrown away while there is still a deal of wear to be had out of the
bristles or the like in or about the middle and near to the handle thereof.
My invention is designed to obtain the greatest possible amount of wear out of
such brushes and in carrying the said invention into effect 1 form each end of the
said brush with the bristles hairs or the like in any of the well known forms for
sweeping or cleaning out corners and other awkward places and make the handle
thereof interchangeable and reversible, that is to say that the said handle may be
fixed at either end of the brush as desired by the user, so that when one end of the
same has become too much worn for use the handle may be reversed and the other
and of the brush used. I may use any suitable means for fixing the handle to the
ends of the brush such as a socket or dovetail joint or I may form the back of the
brush and the handle in one piece if desired so that it may be taken off, reversed
and re-fixed with screws or in any suitable manner to the body of the brush. It
will however be understood that I do not bind myself to any particular method
of fixing the said handle to the body of the brush so long as it will admit of its
being reversed when one end has become worn.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1895.
W. SWINDELL,
Agent for the Applicant.
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I, ANNA MARIA WEST of 110 Uttoxeter New Road, Derby in the County of
Derby, Married, 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:-
My invention relates to that particular class of hand brush in which the handle
is a continuation of the back or body of the brush and generally projects from one
end thereof, this class of brush is used very much for sweeping out corners and
other awkward places, the result of which is that the bristles, or other material,
which form the sweeping or cleaning portion of the brush become worn away much
more quickly at the end than in any other part, the brush having to be discarded

page_text: or thrown away while there is still a deal of wear to be had out of the bristles or
the like in or about the middle and near to the handle thereof.
In describing my invention reference will be had to the sheet of drawings which
form a part of this Specification.
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Figure 1 is a vertical section on line " a.' "a." of Figure 2 shewing the
application of my invention to such a hand brush a3 herein mentioned. Figure 2
is a plan of same looking down.
My said invention is designed to obtain the greatest possible amount of wear
out of such brushes and in carrying the said invention into effect 1 form each end
of the said brush with the bristles, hairs or the like in any of the well known forms
such as A, A, for sweeping or cleaning out corners and other awkward places and
make the handle thereof interchangeable and reversible, that is to say that the
said handle may be fixed at either end of the brush as desired by the user, so that
when one end of the same has become too much worn for use the handle may be
reversed and the other end of the brush used to effect this I form the back of
the brush B and the handle B₁ in one picce so that it may be taken off, reversed
and refixed with screws or their equivalent C to the body of the brush D. The
handle when reversed taking the position shewn by dotted lines on the left hand
side of Figure 1, the screw holes in the back and body of the brush being made
concentric for this purpose.
It will be understood that I do not limit myself to the adaptation of my
invention to the particular form of hand brush shewn on the drawings, it being
evident that it may be applied to hand brushes of various shapes and for various
uses.
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 :-
The improvements in and relating to hand brushes consisting of a reversible
back B and handle B' adapted to be secured to the body D of the brush in either
positions by means of screws C or their equivalent, substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 30th day of September 1895
W. SWINDELL,
Agent for the Applicant.