A Protecting Guard or Shield and Float for Paint or other Brushes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 8th July, 1890-Accepted, 9th Aug.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Protecting Guard or Shield and Float for Paint or other
Brushes.
I, JOHN EDWIN PEPPER, of 12 Worcester Farade, Gloucester, in the County of
Gloucester, Mastor Mariner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The objects of my invention are to increase the efficiency and durability of the
brush, to protect the hand, and, in some cases, to give the brush sufficient buoyancy to.
keep it from sinking if accidentally dropped into the water, as when ship or other
marine painting is being done.
The guard or shield is made of wood, of tubular shape with one end closed, and
is screwed onto the handle of the brush, the open end enclosing the brush so as to
leave only as much of it projecting as may be required, and, as the brush wears by
use, the shield is screwed up the shank so as to leave sufficient projection of the
brush.
The shield may form only a guard, or, when required, it may be enlarged by
making a flange on the closed end which will give it sufficient buoyancy to float in
the water and thus save the loss of brushes which frequently happens when dropped
overboard.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Protecting Guard or Shield and Float for Paint or other
Brushes.
I, JOHN EDWIN PEPPER, of 12, Worcester Parade, Gloucester, in the County of
Gloucester, Master Mariner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the saine is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, and accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
My invention relates to a novel form of shield or gnard for brushes, more especially
of the kind used for painting, by the use of which the efficiency and durability of
the brush are increased, and the hand of the person using it is protected; whilst in
some cases, as for instance if the brush is being used for painting ships or in other
situations where it may be liable to fall into the water and be lost, I make the
guard of sufficient buoyancy to prevent the brush to which it is applied from
sinking.
In order to put my invention in operation, supposing that it is to be applied to an
ordinary cylindrical paint brush I make a guard of wood or other suitable material,
of a tubular shape and of such size as to fit over the brush the guard being preferably
slightly conical and its smaller end open so as to fit sufficiently tightly round the
bristles of the brush, whilst its other end is closed with the exception of a central
opening which fits upon the handle of the brush. The conical tube is of sufficient
length to allow it to be adjusted in any desired position upon the brush, leaving only
so much of the latter projecting from it as may be required, whilst as the brush
wears by use the guard can be moved backward exposing an additional length of
brush.
In order to so move and adjust the position of the guard or shield, the handle of
the brush may be screwed and the hole in the end of the guard which fits upon it
correspondingly screwed, so that the position of the latter can be adjusted by turning

page_text: it round in either direction upon the screwed handle. Or the cylindrical handle may
be plain, the guard fitting sufficiently tightly upon it to remain in any position to
which it has been adjusted. Or it may be fixed by a set screw or other equivalent
means.
Where it is required that the guard shall have sufficient buoyancy to prevent the
brush from sinking in water, a flange of sufficient size may be formed upon it to
give the required buoyancy.
Instead of being made of wood, the guard or shield may be made of metal, and it
may be either fixed upon the handle of the brush in the ways already described, or it
may be provided with an elastic ring at its end which fits upon the handle, so as to
allow it to be adjusted to any position but to retain it sufficiently firmly in such
position when so adjusted.
If it be required that the metal guard should be buoyant for the purpose already
referred to, it may have a hollow projecting flange formed upon or attached to it,
by which the necessary buoyancy is obtained.
In the accompanying drawing which is in illustration of my invention, figure 1
represents a wooden guard applied to a brush, and figure 2 a metal guard applied to
a similar brush.
a is the tubular guard or shield, fitted over the brush a sufficient part of the end
of which is shewn exposed at b.
In figure 1 the handle e of the brush is shewn screwed, the end of the guard a
screwing up or down upon it. A flange of sufficient size to give the necessary
buoyancy to prevent the brush from sinking in water, is shewn in dotted lines at d.
In figure 2, the handle c is shewn plain, e being an elastic ring fitting upon it and
carried by the guard a.
d-shews in dotted lines the hollow buoyant flange.
I do not confine myself to the precise shape, and arrangement of the different
parts, which may be varied more or less according to the shape, size, and character,
of the brushes to which the invention is to be applied, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is
1. The shield a, adjustable upon the handle of the brush substantially as described
and shewn.
2. In combination with the shield a, the buoyant part or flange d, operating
substantially in the manner and for the purpose described and shewn.
Dated this 7th day of July 1890.
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Patentee.