A New or Improved Adjustable Bridle for Paint and other Brushes and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Adjustable Bridle for Paint and other Brushes
and the like.
We, JAMES DICKSON, of 48, Grays Inn Road, London, W.C., Wire Worker, and
ROBERT GEORGE SHAPCOTT, of Sand Pit Lane, St. Albans, Herts. Works Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to fit paint and other brushes and the like with
adjustable bridles, whereby the bristles of the brushes may be compressed at any
distance from their outer ends for securing and maintaining any required
flexibility.
In accordance with our invention we form a ring, preferably consisting of a few
coils of wire soldered or otherwise secured together. This forms a binding ring
surrounding a portion of the bristles. At each side of this ring wires are attached,
or formed integral therewith, in a longitudinal direction, extending to a suitable.
part of the handle of the brush. These wires are clamped on each side of the
handle, by small clamps and screws, or by screws only, inserted in the handle, so
that, on loosening the screws the ring may be shifted to any suitable part of the
bristles forming the brush, and, on again tightening the screws, the ring remains
fixed.
1000
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.
A New or Improved Adjustable Bridle for Paint and other Brushes
and the like.
We, JAMES DICKSON, of 48, Grays Inn Road, London, W.C., Wire Worker, and
ROBERT GEORGE SILAPCOTT, of Sandpit Lane, St. Albans, Herts. Works Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:-
The object of our invention is to fit paint and other brushes and the like with
adjustable bridles, whereby the bristles of the brushes may be compressed at any
distance from their outer ends for securing and maintaining any required
flexibility.
In accordance with our invention we form a ring, preferably consisting of a few
coils of wire soldered or otherwise secured together. This forms a binding ring

page_text: surrounding a portion of the bristles. At each side of this ring wires
(or other suitable materials) are attached, or formed integral therewith, in a
longitudinal direction, extending to a suitable part of the handle of the brush.
These wires are clamped on each side of the handle by small clamps and screws, or
by screws only, inserted in the handle, so that on loosening the screws the ring may
be shifted to any suitable part of the bristles forming the brush, and, on again
tightening the screws, the ring remains fixed.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing illustrating our
invention.
a is the handle of the brush; b the bristles; c is the sliding ring; d is one of
the wires, soldered to the ring or otherwise attached thereto or formed integral
therewith c is a metal clamp laid upon the wire d, and which clamp is caused to
grip and fix the wire d by means of the screw f.
;
On loosening the screw f, the wire d is free to move, and the position of the ring
c may be shifted, as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
The improved method of fitting an adjustable bridle to paint and other brushes
and the like, consisting of a ring e, wires d, and screws f, with or without clamps c,
substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 25th January 1898.
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C, Agents.
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C, Agents.

page_text: The same letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views on both
sheets of drawings.
On the lid, A, of the kettle I form a lug, B, with a hole through it. On the
back of the orifice of the kettle I provide a pin or pivot, C, with a hooked end
fixed to or rising out of a boss or pedestal, D, so formed that I can only enter it
through the hole in the lug of the lid when the lid is held in a vertical position
at right angles to the position it will occupy when closed in the orifice as shewn
in Fig. 4, Sheet 2. Having so entered the hook end of the pin or pivot through
the hole in the lug of the lid, I am then able to turn the lid down in a horizontal
position so that it may swing on either side of and into the orifice. When in this
position the lid can be casily lifted out of the orifice by the application of some
common implement, such as a knife, fork, or spoon, to the underside of the front
portion of the knob or by a quick action of the finger, and swung to one side a
sufficient distance to allow of the kettle being re-filled, the lid remaining partly
over the orifice, forming a guard to protect the hand of the person who may be
holding the kettle, from being scalded by the upward rush of steam which some-
times takes place when re-filling a heated kettle. To facilitate the removal of the
lid, I bevil the internal rim on its under side towards the back as shewn at E,
Fig.46, Sheet 2, and by the outer extremity of the lug bearing upon the boss or
pedestal D formed on the outer surface of the kettle behind the pivot, the lid is
made to rise up the pivot in such a manner as to lift its internal flange clear of
the orifice. It will thus be seen that by this arrangement the lid can be easily
lifted or jerked out of the orifice and swung to one side, either to the right or
left, of the orifice, and afterwards replaced without the necessity of handling it
in such a way as to burn or soil the fingers and without any risk of the lid becom-
ing detached or falling off the kettle. The lid, however, can be easily removed from
the pin or pivot by turning it into the same position as has been described for
fixing it to the kettle.
Sometimes I form a nib or projection, F, on the outer extremity of the lug, B,
of the lid to take up some of the slackness on the pin, C.
As a modification of the above mode of securing the lid by a pin or pivot, I
sometimes employ a stud, set-screw, or bolt, and a nut or nuts. As a further
modification of the above mode of securing the lid, I sometimes attach the pin or
pivot C to the lid of the kettle instead of to the kettle itself, and instead of forming
the hole in the lid, I form the hole in the kettle at the back of the orifice. The
end of the pivot on the lid I make with a double hook somewhat like a T headed
bolt rounded at the angles and I form the hole in the kettle in the form of a slot,
so that the hook end of the pivot can only be entered into the slot when the lid
is swung to either side of the kettle, at right angles to the position it occupies when
in the orifice. In this arrangement I make the shank of the pin long enough
and loose enough to allow of the inner flange of the lid being lifted out of the
orifice so that it may be swung sufficiently to the right or to the left to allow of
the kettle being re-filled, and at the same time, I make the T hook or head a
sufficiently good fit in the slot to prevent the possibility of its working out, except
when the lid is at right angles to the position it occupies when in the orifice.
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:-
1. In hollow vessels such as kettles, pans, and the like utensils and in the lids
or covers for the same, constructing the lid with a lug, B, with a hole through it
and on the back of the orifice of the vessel providing a pin or pivot, C, with a
hooked end fixed to or rising out of a boss or pedestal, D, in the manner and for
the purposes substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2. In hollow vessels such as kettles, pans, and the like utensils and in the lids
or covers for the same, bevilling the internal rim of the lid on its under side

page_text: towards the back in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein
described and illustrated in Fig. 6, Sheet 2, of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of August 1807
R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicant.