Improvements in the Means of Rotating Circular Brushes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr.. 1895
Improvements in the Means of Rotating Circular Brushes.
I, HERBERT LINSKILL JOY, of 98 Heywood Street, Moss Side, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a means whereby circular brushes such as are employed
by hairdressers may be rotated by electricity.
The objects of this invention are to dispense with pulleys and belts such as are
required when turbine or other power is employed, and in lieu thereof to utilize the
electricity supplied for lighting or other purposes by corporate bodies or private
enterprise.
In this invention in place of the pulley which is affixed to the spindle at or near
the end of a circular brush that is carried by said spindle, I place an electric motor
of any ordinary or preferred construction, and connect said electric motor by a wire
cord to the electric supply, the electric current being connected or disconnected by
means of a switch in the manner ordinarily employed for lighting purposes.
At one end of said electric motor 1.place either a fork or a clutch or other
equivalent whereby the brush may be readily connected to or disconnected
therefrom.
The spindle carrying the aforesaid electric motor and any parts having contact
with the brush, or the hands of the operator, are insulated to avoid any of the
electric current passing or affecting the user.
By these means, circular brushes such as are at present in use, or especially
constructed circular brushes employed for other purposes, may be rotated by
switching on the electric current in the same manner as for illuminating, and
increased rapidity of action may be obtained.
Dated this 31st day of May 1894.
THOS.
PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means of Rotating Circular Brushes.
I, HERBERT LINSKILL JOY, of 98 Heywood Street, Moss Side, Manchester,. in
the County of Lancaster, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this 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 relates to a means whereby circular brushes such as are employed
by hair dressers, may be rotated by electricity.
The objects of this invention are to dispense with pulleys and belts such as are
required when turbine or other power is employed, and in lieu thereof to utilize the
electricity supplied for lighting or other purposes, by corporate bodies, or private
enterprise, or from a battery.

page_text: I attain these objects by the means hereinafter described and as shown in the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view, Fig. 2 a side
view, and Fig. 3 an end view of an electric motor in conibination with a circular
brush in these drawings similar letters refer to similar parts.
The several portions of electric motor which are shown on the drawings are not
new, but are illustrated for the purpose of showing the combination of an electric
motor with a circular brush for the purpose of revolving said brush: a is a bracket
carrying the field magnets, and through which passes the spindle m on which the
circular brush j revolves; the field magnets: c is the armature, d the commutator,
e the rocker bar, f the case, in section, which encloses the electric motor, g the
connecting tube between the motor and the brush; h is the clutch for connecting
the revolving brush with the electric motor; K, K¹ are the handles which are
attached to the ends of the rod m, and by which the brush and the motor are held
by the operator. I is the connecting wire to electric current.
In this invention, in place of the pulley which is affixed to the spindle at or near
the end of a circular brush that is carried by said spindle, 1 place a an electric motor
either such as is shown on the drawing, or of any ordinary or preferred construction,
and connect said electric motor by a wire cord I to the electric supply, the electric
current being connected or disconnected by means of a switch in the manner
ordinarily employed for lighting purposes.
At one end of said electric motor I place either a fork or a clutch as h, or other
equivalent, whereby the brush may be readily connected to, or disconnected from
the motor.
The spindle carrying the aforesaid electric motor, and any parts having contact
with the brush, or the hands of the operator, are insulated to avoid any of the
electric current passing or affecting the user. By these means circular brushes such
as are at present in use, or especially constructed circular brushes employed for
other purposes may be rotated by switching on the electric current in the same
manner as for illuminating purposes, and increased rapidity of action may be
obtained.
In a modification of my invention I construct the revolving brush of a suitable
internal diameter to place an electric motor within said brush and thereby reduce
the distance between the handles K and K'.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The combination of a circular brush and an electric motor substantially as
herein before described.
2nd. The combination of a circular brush and an electric motor whose motive
force is obtained by means of a connecting wire as that is attached to the ordinary
source of domestic or other electric supply, substantially in the manner and for the
purpose hereinbefore described.
3rd. The combination of a circular brush and an electric motor that may be
placed either in proximity to,, or contained within said brush, in the manner and for
the purpose substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 27th day of February 1895.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.