Year: 1885

page_text: I HOWARD WILLIAM GRAHAM of 26 Bristol Road Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved portable tooth brush which packs
into a very small compass and is protected from damaging any adjacent article by
its dampness and it may thus be put into the pocket or a bag amongst other things
without any fear of damage either to itself or its surroundings.
In making tooth brushes according to my invention the handle is made hollow by
boring out a solid piece of bone or ivory or other suitable material or it may be
formed out of thin plate metal which will not rust or corrode. Then instead of
making the handle of the brush in one piece I form a screw or friction or other
joint therein so that the brush part and a piece of the shank may be severed from
the other and placed in the handle from the bottom in the recess formed by boring
or otherwise. When this is done an outside cap of metal or other suitable material
is screwed or slided on to keep the whole together or there may be a hinged lid
or door.
The handle may be made of any desired shape externally according to taste and
cost of article.

page_text: I, HOWARD WILLIAM GRAHAM, of 26 Bristol Road Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object an improved portable tooth brush which packs
into a very small compass and is protected from damaging any adjacent article by
its dampness and it may thus be put into the pocket or a bag amongst other things
without any fear of damage either to itself or its surroundings.
In making tooth brushes according to my invention the handle is made hollow by
boring out a solid piece of bone or ivory or other suitable material or it may be
formed out of thin plate metal which will not rust or corrode. Then instead of
making the handle of the brush in one piece I form a screw or friction or other
joint therein so that the brush part and a piece of the shank may be severed from
the other and placed in the handle from the bottom in the recess formed by boring
or otherwise. When this is done an outside cap of metal or other suitable material
is screwed or slided on to keep the whole together or there may be a hinged lid or
door. The handle may be made of any desired shape externally according to taste
and cost of the article.
In order that may invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which is illustrated
one example of my portable tooth brush and from which other modifications of form
in the whole and in the various parts will be easily understood.
Figure 1 is a side view of one of my tooth brushes put together and ready for
use and from which it will be noticed that there is but little difference in the
outward shape or appearance of the whole.
Figure 2 is a view of the right hand of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan of Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows the three parts A, B and C drawn apart from each other a little
distance.
Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of the part B when the part A has been placed
inside the handle B and with the cap C replaced in its position as seen in the
Figures 1 and 3.
Figure 6 is a view of the left hand with the cap C removed so as to show the
brush part A being snugly in its case B.
Figure 7 is an inside elevation of the cap C.
It will be clearly seen that this brush is constructed so as to be very graceful in
its general appearance when in its useable from as seen at Figures 1 and 3 and it
will be further seen that the parts a² and a³ are so formed that when reversed the
front or small end is just level and the two fit together in either position very
accurately indeed which is an important matter in the portability and success of
the article with the public.
It will be evident to anyone that the parts may be made of many kinds of
material and that ornamentation may be introduced and slight modifications of

page_text: shape without departing from the general formation of the parts constituting the
success of the whole when in use or when closed up such for instance as the opening
of necessity at the base of the handle which permits the gradual reduction of size
to the centre or shank part which is important when the brush is in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The improved portable tooth brush having a handle B with its opening E at the
base of the said handle for receiving the brush when separated at the junction a¹, a³
substantially as herein set forth.