IMPROVED REVERSIBLE AND SWIVEL HANDLED BRUSH
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1886.
Complete Left, 16th Nov., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 15th Feb., 1887.
I ARTHUR WILFRED PRESTON of Kirkburton in the County of York Solicitor do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVED REVERSIBLE AND
SWIVEL HANDLED BRUSH" to be as follows:-
My invention consists in forming a channel or groove along the back or top of the
brush lengthwise either by cutting such groove as aforesaid out of the back or top of
the brush, or making such groove by affixing lengthwise the sides thereof to the back
or top of the brush. In the centre of the said groove I propose to affix the bottom of
the handle which will be separate wood or other material from the brush, which handle
will be made to fit in the said groove either to the right or left of the centre thereof
and shall continue to a convenient distance beyond the length of the back or top of
the brush for the purpose of forming that part of the handle for grasping. The
handle when so arranged along the groove shall be secured by a pin run through the
top or back of the brush groove and handle crosswise as near the centre of the back or
top of the brush as convenient and upon which pin the handle can thus be moved from
the right to the left or vice versa as a swivel and placed along the said groove right or
left of the said centre and before using the brush the handle can be perfectly secured
by another pin or screw affixed in the same manner as the first named pin but at a
convenient distance from that end of the brush intended to be handled, or can be
otherwise secured at such end. In the centre of the said groove a hole will have to be
made at the top or back of the brush so as to allow the bottom of the handle of the
brash through which the centre pin will be placed as aforesaid to be turned or
reversed from the right to the left or vice versa when freed from the other fastener
proposed to be put at the end of the brush when in use, thus the handle will be made
a reversible one by a swivel motion.
ARTHUR WILFRED PRESTON.

page_text: 1 ARTHUR WILFRED PRESTON of Kirkburton in the County of York Solicitor do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED REVERSIBLE AND SWIVEL
HANDLED BRUSH and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists in forming a Channel or groove along the Brush length-
ways either by cutting such Channel or groove as aforesaid out of the top of the brush
or making the same by affixing lengthways the sides thereof to the top of the said
brush. In the centre of the said Channel or groove 1 propose to affix the bottom of
the handle of the brush which handle shall fit in the said groove or Channel either to
the right or left of the centre thereof and shall continue to a convenient length
beyond the back of the Brush for the purpose of forming that part of the handle
for grasping. This handle when so arranged along the Channel or groove shall
be fixed by a pin run through the groove and handle of the Brush crossways as
near the centre of the back of the Brush as convenient and upon which pin the
handle can thus be moved from the right to the left or vice versa as a swivel and
placed along the said groove right or left of the centre and can before use be
perfectly secured by another or second pin or screw run through the groove and
handle of the Brush crossways at a convenient distance from that end of the brush
intended to be handled or otherwise secured at such end. In the centre of the said
groove or Channel a hole will have to be made so as to allow the bottom of the handle
of the Brush through which the centre pin will be placed to be turned either to right
or left when freed from the second pin or screw or other fastener proposed to be put
at the end of the brush when in use and thus the handle can be made reversible by a
swivel motion. Figure 1 elevation and Figure 2 Plan view on the accompanying
sheet of Drawing illustrate my improvements as above set forth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The formation of a Channel or groove along the back or top of a brush length-
ways by cutting such groove out of the back or top of the brush or making the same
by affixing lengthways along the brush pieces of wood or other material so as to form
a Channel or groove for the reception of that portion of the handle not intended for
grasping as next hereinafter described.
2. In placing the end of that portion of the handle not intended for grasping in the
centre of the said Channel or groove and affixing the same by a pin run through the

page_text: Channel or groove and end of the handle in such a manner that the handle can be
turned either to the right or left as a swivel and so formed as to fit in the said Channel
or groove when turned right or left and laid inside the said groove or Channel and
which handle shall continue in length to a convenient distance beyond the said groove
or Channel for the purpose of forming that part of the handle for grasping and when
so arranged the handle to be secured by a screw or pin run through the groove or
channel and handle of the brush crossways.
3. In making a hole in the centre of the said groove so as to allow the handle of the
brush to be turned on the centre pin to the right or left when freed from the before
mentioned pin or screw.
ARTHUR WILFRED PRESTON.