An Improved Cycle Cleaning Brush.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cycle Cleaning Brush.
I, THEODOR FRIES, 7, Schamstrasse, Schweinfurt, Germany, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
My invention is designed to supply a convenient device for cleaning cycles which
shall be easily accessible to all the parts of such machines.
My improved device consists of two brushes similar in shape to plate brushes,
but having a small portion at one end of each without bristles through which plain
portion a hole is bored. An ordinary round handle is formed with a squared end
through which is a hole corresponding to those in the brushes. A clamping pin
or screw and winged nut complete the contrivance.
To put the device together, the brushes are placed on each side of the squared
portion of the handle, so that the holes in the brushes and that in the handle
exactly coincide, the clamping screw is then inserted and the whole tightened up
by means of the winged thumb-nut.
Usually the brushes would be set face to face but it is obvious that they could
also be set either back to back and at any angle with one another and when desired
one brush only could be clamped to the handle. My device when used as a double
brush will rapidly and conveniently serve to clean the axles and inside parts of the
hub, whilst when used as a single brush it will permit of the thorough cleaning of
such inner and outer parts of the wheel as are inaccessible by hand.
Dated this 1st day of July 1895.
I, THEODOR FRIES, 7, Schamstrasse, Schweinfurt, Germany Merchant, 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, reference being also had to the accompanying explanatory drawing:-
My invention is designed to supply a convenient device for cleaning cycles which
shall be easily accessible to all the parts of such machines.
My improved device consists of two brushes A. B. similar in shape to plate
brushes, but having a small portion at one end of each without bristles through
which plain portion a hole is bored. An ordinary round handle is formed with a
squared end through which is a hole corresponding to those in the brushes.
A clamping pin or screw and winged nut completes the contrivance.
To put the device together, the brushes are placed on each side of the squared
portion of the handle, so that the holes in the brushes and that in the handle
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page_text: exactly coincide, the clamping screw is then inserted and the whole tightened up
by means of the winged thumb-nut.
Usually the brushes would be set face to face but it is obvious that they could
also be set either back to back and at any angle with one another and when desired
one brush only could be clamped to the handle. My device when used as a double
brush will rapidly and conveniently serve to clean the axles and inside parts of the
hub, whilst when used as a single brush it will perinit of the thorough cleaning of
such inner and outer parts of the wheel as are inaccessible by hand.
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 improved cycle cleaning brush substantially as herein described and shown
in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 13th day of March 1896.
T. B. BROWNE, LIMITED,
Agents,
By Benj. T. King,
Registered Patent Agent.