IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of Kensington, Middlesex, for
an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES."
A com-
munication from abroad by William H. Miles, the younger, of New York
City, United States.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Herbert John Haddan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th October 1881.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex. " IMPROVEMENTS IN
HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES." A communication from abroad by William H. Miles,
the younger, of New York City, United States.
The Invention has relation to that class of devices intended for holding brushes
of the various kinds, especially such as hair brushes, whisk brooms, and the like,
and other toilet articles.
In the Drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a brush holder constructed
and arranged in accordance with my Invention, the position of the brush therein
being indicated by dotted lines; Figure 2 is a sectional view and elevation of a
fragment of one side of the holder, indicating the application of a tuft of bristles
for holding the brush, instead of the narrow metallic springs shown in Figure 1;
and Figure 3 is a similar view showing two tufts of bristles applied to the side
walls of the holder; Figure 4 is a vertical section on a plane perpendicular to the
front of the holder; Figure 5 is a sectional elevation showing a modified means of
applying the bristle tufts to the interior of the side walls of the holder; Figure 6,
detail; Figure 7 is a perspective view showing modified forms of the cleaners;
Figures 8, 9, and 10 are vertical sections showing forms of projections upon which
the bristles of the brush may be made to bear; Figure 11 is a horizontal section
through the improved holder; and Figure 12, a plan view of the back, the walls
being detached, showing one means of applying a comb pocket.
Like letters of reference wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts in all
the Figures

page_text: A is the back or foundation of the holder made of any desired material, and of
size and form to suit the requirements of the constructions and the taste of the
manufacturer. It is herein shown somewhat larger than the box which conceals
the brush, as having bevelled edges, being made of wood, and covered with cloth.
All this is a matter of ornamentation and may be changed at will.
The side walls B, B, and the front C are mounted upon the base A, and these
together constitute the walls of the holder, the top and bottom being left open for
the insertion and removal of the brush.
I provide the interior of the holder with some form of narrow springs which
will bear against the sides of the brush proper, leaving the edges of the back free,
and keeping these edges clear of the side walls.
First, the holder or receptacle should be made deep enough and broad enough to
freely admit the brush of the largest size intended to be accommodated. The
holding springs D, D, are shown as made of flat metal, but manifestly they may be
replaced by wires suitably bent. They are securely fastened to the interior of the
Bide walls at one end, and bent inwardly towards each other so as to press against
the bristles of the smaller sized brushes; and they are so located on the side walls
as to come in contact only with the bristles, escaping the back of the brush entirely,
but holding it through the medium of its bristles away from the side walls. These
metallic springs D, D, may be replaced by tufts of bristles D¹, D¹, projecting
inwardly from the side walls, substantially as indicated.
The tufts may be secured in suitable perforations made in the side walls; or if it
be desired to preserve these walls intact, then separate blocks, as d, Figure 6,
may be made to hold the tufts, the blocks being afterwards secured in proper place
by glue or otherwise.
The same construction and arrangement is applicable for whisk broom holders
as well as for brushes in the shape of ordinary hair brushes.
or
Within the receptacle I locate a row of teeth or cleaners as at E, and these are
so arranged as that whenever the brush is withdrawn it is drawn across the
cleaners which catch and hold the accumulated hair, &c., thus preserving the brush
clear for use at any time. The teeth may be made of sheet metal or other material
serrated and upturned, substantially as indicated in Figures 1, 4, and 5, or of a
series of bristle tufts as E' in Figure 7, or of a series of projecting pins as E¹, o
of both these combined. The cleaners being located in the path of the brush and
at or near the lower mouth of the receptacle will also operate as holding projec-
tions for sustaining the brush in its place with or without the side springs. In
Figure 8 such a projection is shown in the form of a trough Es, which will hold
accumulations from the brush. In Figure 9, the projection E³ is made curved at
top and bottom, and in Figure 10 it is inclined gradually. Either of these forms
and many others which might readily be devised will answer the required purposes.
The bristles of the brush being elastic may be easily drawn past the holding
projection.
The cleaners are intended to be secured at the back of the receptacle in any
substantial manner, as by use of the supporting piece F, and they are preferably
located pretty well down towards the lower end of the holder in such position as
to be concealed from view, and yet easily accessible for cleaning off and removing
the accumulations.
For the cleaners and for the holding springs whale-bone or other elastic material
may be employed, as well as the bristles above specified.
The side walls, front, and back of the holder may be made of any suitable
material.
For hanging the holder it may be provided with the screw-eyes m, as indicated
in Figure 1, or with a flat perforated strip, as at n, Figure 5, or the material of the
back may be perforated as at o, Figure 5, and this perforation may be protected by
use of a thin metallic plate. The opening o will admit the head of a projecting
screw or nail, and permit the holder to hang close against the wall.
Suitable pockets (one or more) for the reception of a comb may be advan

page_text: tageously combined with the holder, and these may be located on the side walls or
in the back at pleasure. The preferable manner of constructing the comb-pocket
is to furrow or channel out a portion of the material of the back, as at p, Figures 11
and 12, and to cover this on the interior of the holder by any suitable thin
material, as at p¹.
CLAIMS.
1. In a brush holder of the character herein set forth, interiorly projecting
elastic supporters located and arranged substantially as explained, so as to bear
against the bristles of the brush and prevent wear upon the edges of the brush
back when the brush is inserted or removed, substantially as shown and described.
2. In a brush holder open at top and bottom for the insertion and removal of
the brush, the combination with the brush receptacle of interior projections located
at or near the lower mouth of the receptacle and in the path of the brush, substan-
tially as set forth.
3. In a brush holder the combination with the brush supporting springs, located
and arranged substantially as shown, so as to bear against the bristles of the brush
and the series of cleaners located in the path of the brush, and operating substan-
tially as and for the purposes explained.
4. In a brush holder open at top and bottom and provided with spring supports
for the brush, the cleaners located at or near the lower mouth of the brush
receptacle, for the objects named.
5. The herein described improved brush holder composed of the back side walls
and face, the spring supports for the brush arranged to bear against the bristles
thereof, and the cleaners located at or near the lower mouth of the brush receptacle,
all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.
6. In a brush holder of the character herein set forth, the back A, the side and
front walls B, B, C, and the comb-pocket p cut in the base and covered with the
thin plate p¹, the whole combined and arranged substantially as shown and
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of October, A.D. 1881.