Improvements in Distemper and similar Brushes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Distemper and similar Brushes.
I, THOMAS MURPHY of 58 Bromar Road, Denmark Park, Camberwell,
London S.E. Brush Maker. do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement: -
This invention is designed to strengthen distemper and similar brushes and to
improve their appearance.
For this purpose the wide end of the handle which is usually made of wood and
to which the hair or bristle is attached, is shaped to receive a metal shield. This
end I will call the broad end of the handle.
The shield is preferably made of sheet brass or zinc and it is fitted over the broad
end of the handle and a short way down each side.
To strengthen the shield, it is made with one or more folds or corrugations and
the upper edges of it are fitted into grooves or slots made in the wood near the
broad end of the handle.
In brushes in which there are two knots of hair, a slot or hole is cut through the
shield and a corresponding slot through the handle. This slot must be sufficiently
large to pass the wire through, which is used to bind the hair to the handle.
In the cases of brushes in which there are more than two knots of hair or bristle,
an extra slot or slots are cut for the wire.
At the two edges of the broad end of the handle, small flanged side plates or cap
pieces are fitted so as to further protect it and strengthen the shield. Both the
shield and the side plates may be nailed or otherwise secured to the handle.
After the hair or bristle has been fastened to the handle with the wire, the side
plates and wire are preferably soldered together, and to the edges of the shield,
thus making the whole neater and still stronger.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which:
Fig. 1. shews a front elevation of a portion of a two knot distemper brush made
according to my invention.
Fig. 2. shews a side elevation of same.
Fig. 3. shews a front elevation of the handle and shield, detached, one end of
the shield being broken away to shew the end clip underneath.
Fig. 4. shews a side elevation of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5. shews a front elevation of a single knot brush made according to my
invention.
a is the broad end of the brush handle which tapers as shewn in Figs. 2 and 4.
and is centrally slotted at b. The slot & has a narrow opening at its outer end as
shewn in Fig. 3. c, c, are overhanging beads or fillets on each side of the upper end
of the broadened portion a of the handle, beneath which beads are grooves formed
to receive the upper ends of the shield.
d, d are flanged end plates or cap pieces which embrace the edges of the broad
portion a of the handle and are correspondingly tapered to fit same, and are
rivetted or secured in position at e. e¹, e' are bosses formed on the ends of the

page_text: plates d, d to prevent the wire which binds the bristles in place from slipping.
is a metallic shield which tightly fits the broad end a of the handle, and is slotted
to correspond with the slot b, and may be rivetted in place at f', f¹. The lower
edges of the shield f are pressed into the grooves beneath the fillets c, the shield
being provided with projecting shoulders g, made by folding or corrugating the
metal which butt against the ends of the fillets c, c. The said shoulders 9 may be
turned up against the broad part of the handle to present a finished appearance.
g', g are another pair of flanges or shoulders projecting one from either side of
the shield, to keep the knots or bunches of hair in place. The knots are bound up
and held by wire in the usual way, the wire passing through the slot 6 in the
shield and in the broadened end of the handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim
is:
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1. In painters' brushes made with "knots" of hair or other material such as
distemper" brushes and the like, a strengthening shield formed of a metal plate
doubled over the broad tapering end of the handle of such brush, said shield
having suitable slots or holes between the knots to facilitate wiring, as herein.
described and set forth.
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2. In painters' brushes made with "knots" of hair or other material such as
'distemper" brushes and the like, the shield specified in Claim 1. having its upper
edges fitted into grooves or slots in the handle.
3. In painters' brushes and the like, the shield specified in Claims 1 and 2, in
combination with metal end plates fitted to ends of the broad portion of the handle,
said end plates having raised lugs or bosses to keep the wires in position and 2
strengthen said shield, as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 8th day of November 1897.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Patent Agent, 171 Queen Victoria St. London.