Year: 1894

page_text: THOMAS GADDES, M.D. 104, Station Parade, Harrogate, Yorkshire, Dentist,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of a brush, of suitable form & dimensions, closely fitted to a box, but
so as to be readily removable.
The cover of the box has a removable or hinged lid or false bottom, & this
provides a second box.
The hair pins for immediate use are placed in the brush, in the meshes of which
they are retained in an upright position, so that any individual pin may be readily
picked up. The brush being removable is easily cleansed. Thus there is provided
a hair-pin holder more efficient & cleanly than any hitherto introduced.
The second box, formed in the lid or cover, provides a receptacle in which hair
pins may be stored, instead of having another utensil for that purpose.
The combination of a removable brush, contained within a suitable box, the lid
or cover of which forms a second box, for the purposes herein named, are the
features of the hair-pin holder & box.
Dated this 17th day of November 1894.
THOMAS GADDES, M.D., 104, Station Parade, Harrogate, Yorkshire, Dentist,
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 :-
It consists of a brush of suitable form & dimensions, closely fitting within a box,
but so as to be readily removable. The length of bristles may be about 1 inch.
The free surface of the bristles should be inch, or thereabouts, below the upper
edge of the box, so that the margin thus provided will prevent the hair-pins, when
placed in the midst of the bristles, falling out laterally. The brush in that manner
forms the hair-pin holder.
A convenient size of box is 5 inches long, 3 inches broad & 2 inches deep-
external dimensions. The box may be made of wood, card board, metal, or other
suitable material.
The cover of the box is of the same external dimensions as the box itself, & to
which it is hinged. When opened back, the cover reaches the same base line as
that of the box, & the whole stands steadily. The depth of the cover is such as to
permit its being closed upon the box without disturbing any hair-pins that may be
erect in the holder or brush; &, at the same time, provide space for a second box.
The top of the cover is hinged & forms the lid of a second box, the bottom of
which is fixed in the cover so as to provide a space of about inch in depth. In
this receptacle hair-pins may be kept in store.

page_text: To elucidate the foregoing description, I shall now refer to the accompanying
drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a view of the box closed up.
Fig. 2 presents a sectional view through A B Fig. 1., with the top or lid e of
cover c partly open.
a is the removable brush, & a the bristles of the brush, in
the midst of which a hair pin p is held. is the box which contains the brush.
c is the cover of the box, & in the upper part of it is the shallow second box d, with
its lid & the bottom f.
e,
Fig. 3 is also a sectional view through A B Fig. 1., showing, the cover c of the
box opened back, the lid e reaching the same base line as that of the box b. The
second box or store d has its floor f now presented uppermost. The bristles a¹ of
the brush a are shown about of an inch below the level of the margin of the
box ; while the hair pin p stands higher than the margin or upper edge of
the box.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The combination of a removable brush contained within a suitable box, the lid
or cover of which forms a second box; the several parts being arranged as set
forth herein.
Dated this 1st day of August. 1895
THOMAS GADDES.