IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BACKS & HANDLES FOR BRUSHES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sidney Chadwick and Thomas William Condron,
of 2, Cottenham Rd., Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BACKS &
HANDLES FOR BRUSHES."
Scaled the 30th April 1875, and dated the 2nd November 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sidney Chadwick and
Thomas William Condron at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 2nd November 1874.
We, SIDNEY CHADWICK and THOMAS WILLIAM CONDRON, of 2,
Cottenham Rd,, Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BACKS & HANDLES FOR BRUSHES," to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in the backs &
handles of brushes, and relates to the employment of a material as a
cheap and efficient substitute for ivory and other materials hitherto
employed in the manufacture and ornamentation of the backs & handles
of brushes. For this purpose we employ thin sheet iron or other

page_text: metal enameled to a colour to imitate that of ivory & other materials,
the enamel being applied to the entire surface thereof, as will be well
understood.
The mode in which we prefer to make and apply the backs &
handles for hair and other brushes is as follows:-We mould or shape
the back & handles to any desired pattern in two or more pieces of
iron or other metal, one piece forming the entire back and the other
piece the front of the handle, such back being provided with a recess
in the face thereof to receive the body or frictional part of the brush.
The bristles are inserted in a suitable foundation, and such foundation
is placed in the recess, where it is held by cement or other suitable
means.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Sidney Chadwick and Thomas William Condron
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st May 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, SYDNEY
CHADWICK and THOMAS WILLIAM CONDRON, of No. 2, Cottenham Road;
Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, Brush Manufacturers, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto us, the said Sydney Chadwick and Thomas William
Condron, Her special licence, that we, the said Sydney Chadwick and
Thomas William Condon, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as we, the said Sydney Chadwick and Thomas William
Condron, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time, and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BACKS AND HANDLES FOR BRUSHES AND MIRRORS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Sydney Chadwick
and Thomas William Condron, our executors or administrators, by an

page_text: instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters.
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Sydney Chadwick and Thomas
William Condron, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof,
that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
backs and handles of brushes and backs and handles of mirrors, and
relates to the employment of a material as a cheap and efficient substi-
tute for ivory and other materials hitherto employed in the manufacture
and ornamentation of the backs and handles of mirrors and brushes of
any description to which the same is applicable. For this purpose we
employ sheet iron or other metal of a certain thickness enamelled in
colour closely to imitate that of ivory and other materials, the enamel
being applied to the entire surface thereof, as will be well understood.
The mode by which we undertake to make and apply the backs and
handles for hair and other brushes, mirrors, &c., is as follows :- -We
press out or shape the back and handle to any desired pattern in two or
more pieces of iron or other metal, one piece forming the entire back
and the other piece the front of the handle, the said front of the handle
being sawdered, riveted, brazed, or lap-whelded in the said back of
handle as desirable, the said back being provided with a recess in the
face thereof to receive the body or frictional part of the brush or glass
of the mirror. The bristles are inserted in a suitable foundation and
fixed in the brush back with cement or other suitable means. The
mirror glass will be held in the back with a bead of metal or any other
suitable means.
It will be seen that we do not confine ourselves to any particular kind
or form of brush or mirror back and handle, or any particular form or
shape of recess, nor do we confine ourselves to any particular quality of
iron or other metal, but what we claim to be new and as of our Inven-
tion consists in the use of sheet iron or other metals pressed or moulded

page_text: into shapes for various kinds of brushes and mirrors, and enamelled on
the surface to imitate ivory or other materials. The said backs and
handles can also be decorated with flowers, birds, views, or any artistic
design in imitation of paintings on ivory.
In witness whereof, we, the said Sydney Chadwick and Thomas 5
William Condron, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
First day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five.
SIDNEY CHADWICK. (L.S.)
THO³. W. CONDRON. (L.S.)