A NEW PORTABLE APPARATUS OR MACHINE FOR BRUSHING THE HAIR, ALSO APPLICABLE TO FLESH BRUSHING
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Henry Aggio, of Colchester, in the County of
Essex, and Thomas Frederick Stidolph, of Woodbridge, in the County of
Suffolk, for the Invention of "A NEW PORTABLE APPARATUS OR MACHINE
FOR BRUSHING THE HAIR, ALSO APPLICABLE TO FLESH BRUSHING."
Sealed the 9th May 1879, and dated the 13th November 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Henry Aggio
and Thomas Frederick Stidolph at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents on the 13th November 1878.
"A NEW
GEORGE HENRY AGGIO, of Colchester, in the County of Essex, and THOMAS
FREDERICK STIDOLPH, of Woodbridge, in the County of Suffolk.
PORTABLE APPARATUS OR MACHINE FOR BRUSHING THE HAIR, ALSO APPLICABLE TO
FLESH BRUSHING."
This Invention consists of certain arrangements of apparatus and mechanism
whereby the operation of hair or flesh brushing can be performed by hand with
great facility and economy of labour, either with or without an attendant.
Our principal object is to produce a small, light, portable, and long-needed com-
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pound machine at a much less cost than the expensive apparatus now in use.
apparatus consists of a cylindrical brush made with hair, prepared wire, or any
suitable material adapted for hair or flesh brushing. The frame and driving wheels
are so arranged as to admit of their being used without the appliance of the expen-
sive gear and driving power now in use. We mount the brush in a suitable frame,
baving on one side thereof a driving wheel with handle attached; the driving
wheel is connected with a small wheel on the end of the brush spindle, and is made
to revolve by means of a pulley, cord, cog, or friction multiplying wheel.

page_text: On the end of the pillar we adapt a universal joint so as to use the machine at
any angle required. We fix the end of the pillar with the necessary suitable
appliances to a chair, table, ceiling, or any convenient place so that it can be used
without having a second person to work it. We accomplish this by fixing the
machine at a suitable angle, so that the person using it either for a hair or flesh
brush can readily turn the handle without any difficulty or inconvenience. We
sometimes use a guard that can easily be fixed to the frame of apparatus made of
gauze or any suitable material, so as to protect the operator from any matter that
might be thrown over the brush.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Henry Aggio & Thomas Frederick Stidolph in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 13th May 1879.
GEORGE HENRY AGGIO, of Colchester, in the County of Essex, and THOMAS
FREDERICK STIDOLPH, of Woodbridge, in the County of Suffolk. "A NEW
PORTABLE APPARATUS OR MACHINE FOR BRUSHING THE HAIR, ALSO APPLICABLE TO
FLESH BRUSHING."
This Invention consists of certain arrangements of apparatus and mechanism
whereby the operation of hair or flesh brushing can be performed by hand with
great facility and economy of labour, either with or without an attendant.
Our principal object is to produce a small, light, portable, and long-needed
machine at a much less cost than the expensive apparatus now in use. And in
order that our said Invention may be readily understood and carried into effect, we
will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the annexed Drawings,
wherein similar letters of reference refer to like parts in both Figures.
Figure 1 is an end view of my improved revolving portable brush, with the upper
part of the frame over the brush, vertical.
Figure 2 is a side view of the same, with the part of the before alluded hori-
zontal or at right angles to the pillar.
The apparatus consists of a cylindrical brush A made with hair, prepared wire,
or any suitable material adapted for hair or flesh brushing. The frame and driving
wheels are so arranged as to admit of their being used without the appliance of the
expensive gear and driving power now in use for rotary brushes. We mount the
brush in a suitable frame B having on one side thereof a driving wheel or grooved
pulley C with handle D attached for actuating the same; the driving wheel is
connected with a small wheel C¹ on the end of the brush spindle E, made to revolve
by means of the pulley cord F connecting them, or, if preferred, toothed or friction
gearing may be used.
The machine is held in position by a fixed handle G on the pillar H; on the end
of this pillar H we adapt a universal or other joint so as to use the machine at any
angle required. We sometimes fix by the necessary suitable apparatus or appliances
the end of the pillar to a chair, table, ceiling, or any convenient place, so that it can
be used without having a second person to work it. This we accomplish by fixing
the machine at a suitable angle, so that the person using it either for a hair or flesh
brush can readily turn the handle. We sometimes use a guard made of gauze or
other suitable material, which can be readily fixed to the frame of the apparatus so
as to protect the operator from any particles of hair or foreign substances that
might be thrown over by the brush.
Sometimes we place the frame as shewn in Figure 1.
Also, for convenience, we sometimes fix a treadle, which can easily be worked
by the foot, thus saving the help of an assistant.
Having thus described the nature and object of our said Invention, we would
observe in conclusion, that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details herein
given, as they may be altered, or varied, and modified to suit the particular case or
the circumstances under which our said Invention may be used, but what we claim,
and desire to be secured to us by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent
is,-
The general arrangement and combination of apparatus and mechanism for
brushing the hair, and the application of the said apparatus to flesh brushing, sub-

page_text: stantially as and for the purposes herein-before described, and shewn on the
Drawings, or any mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Henry Aggio, on behalf of myself and
the said Thomas Frederick Stidolph, have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this Twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy nine.
GEORGE HENRY AGGIO. (L.S.)