Improvements in Liquid and Powder Containing and Feed Brushes and like Distributors.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 24th July, 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 24th July, 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
SIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Liquid and Powder Containing and Feed Brushes
and like Distributors.
I, HENRY CHALK WEBB, of 130, l'utney Road, Handsworth, in the County of
Stafford, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to feed brushes and like distributors in which the liquid
or powder material to be used is stored, the feed being regulated by the person
using the same.
The class of brushes to which my invention distinctly relates are boot blacking
supply brushes, black lead brushes, shaving brushes, tooth brushes, and harness
brushes, and as the application in each case is similar I will describe my improve-
ments in connection with a boot blacking supply brush.
The object of my improvements is a cheaply manufactured article capable of
accomodating refills, that is to say, a tin or container of the material to be used,
which can be sold or placed upon the market by manufacturers at a standard
price, and instantly placed in position within the brush when required. The refill
or renewal is made in the form of a hollow cylinder open at one end and partially
closed at the other, a piercing or piercings being left therethrough, which may be
sealed unt the refill is required for use.
The liquid blacking or other material is placed in this hollow cylinder, the open
end being closed afterwards by a plunger cork, and the refill placed within the
hollow interior of the brush case or handle part, which is made separate from the
brush head carrying the bristles.
The case or handle part is preferably cylindrical and fashioned with a hollow
interior to accomodate the refill or renewal, the latter being disposed longitudinally
and centrally therein. The one end of the said case or handle is fitted with a screw
plug or its equivalent, adapted to impinge against the plunger cork at the one end
of the refill, whilst the other end has a circular or other shaped flange adapted to
fit into a like shaped recess in the face of the brush head adjacent to the bristles.
The connection of this handle or case part to the head I make detachable, to allow
of the refill or renewal being placed within the hollow interior of the former.
Centrally and longitudinally disposed through the brush head and nestling in
the centre of the bristles, and extending to within a quarter of an inch of the
surfaces of the same, is a flexible supply piece, consisting for the most part of a
tubular or part tubular passage contracting towards its feed end, the inner or other
end coming opposite the hole or piercing or piercings before mentioned in the
closed end of the refill or renewal. The flexible part adjacent to the renewal is
constructed with thickened walls, and constitutes a cushion seating to the end of
the renewal, and through it to the case or handle, which effectively increases the
rigid attachment of the latter to the brush head.
The plug or its equivalent, as aforesaid, forces the liquid material by means of
the plunger cork through the hole or holes in the refill' and flexible supply piece

page_text: to the end of the brush but, in the case of fine powder, the plug will take the form
of a stirring or displacing agent.
As a modified form of my invention the refill, which may be constructed from
metal, is spirally fluted, and the plunger cork may be applied as a screwed plug,
which may be rotated by any suitable means.
As another modified form of my invention I may use the refill or renewal
separately from the brush or distributor and, in this case, the permanently closed
end would be perforated so that, on pressure being applied to the plunger-like
cork, the liquid or other material will be forced through the perforations on to the
surface of the refill, where it can be wiped off on to an independent brush, cloth,
or the like, and applied in the ordinary course. This method would be applicable
in une case of enamel solutions and the like.
The details of my improvements may be varied to suit the various grades, shapes
and varieties of brushes, and the supply of material may be effected at two or
more points within the bristle surfaces."
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W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Liquid and Powder Containing and Feed Brushes
and like Distributors.
I, HENRY CHALK WEBB, of "Woodside," Lightwoods Road, Up
Upper Hagley
Road, (late of 130, Putney Road, Handsworth), in the City of Birmingham.
Builder, 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 that class of brushes known as self-feed brushes, or, in
other words, to brushes in which a material is stored to be fed to the bristle end
when required by a person using the same. The class of brushes to which the
invention particularly relates are shaving brushes, boot blacking and black lead
brushes and harness brushes; the arrangement in each case of the principal
features being practically identical.
The object of the invention is a cheaply manufactured article, capable of
accommodating refills or renewals in the shape of a tin or container of the material to
be used; the latter being able to be purchased by the user at a standard price, and
to be capable of being placed within the brush easily and quickly. A distinct
feature of the invention is a flexible supply tube, leading from the outlet of the
renewal to the central part of the bristles of the brush; the end thereof nestling
within the centre of the bristles so as not to be viewed.
To clearly illustrate the invention the annexed sheet of drawings shows its appli-
cation to a shaving and a blacking brush. Fig. 1 represents an elevation, Fig. 2
a longitudinal section, Figs. 3, 4, and 5 sections, respectively upon the lines A, B,
and C, Fig. 2, of the invention as applied to a shaving brush; separate views of
the component parts being shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. In Fig. 11 a boot
blacking or blacklead brush is set forth with the identical improvements shown in
the previous figures, only their dispositions are horizontal. In Fig. 12 a slight
modification is illustrated, the refill or renewal taking the form of a collapsible

page_text: tube, similar to those now universally used for containing liquid paints and the
like.
In Figs. 1 to 10 the case or handle nart a of the brush F, within which the refill
and feed mechanism is located, is made up of two parts a a³, the interiors of which
are hollow. These parts, which collectively form the body or handle to the brush,
are connected by a screw connection a', so that they may be disconnected at will,
for placing within the hollow interior of the brush a refill or renewal or for any
other purpose.
Within the hollow interior a5 of the head portion as of the part a³,
as aforesaid, the bristles are securely and suitably fixed, a metallic ferrule 63
with a sleeve part 3 being also rigidly attached within the interior of the said
head, upon the bristle surface, to form a seating for flexible supply tube or
passage e, having an open end c and an enlarged end e³, the latter to form a
seating for the refill or renewal, and a yielding flange to the flexible tube. The
said flexible supply tube c and the ferrule ba supporting it are centrally disposed in
respect of the part a³ and the bristles b, and the open end of the said supply tube
projects some distance into the central part of the bristles' surface and nestles
there; the reason for its extension being to bring the material supplied therethrough
to the acting surface of the bristles. The flexible supply tube c is preferably
tapered, so as to contract the open end wherethrough the material is fed to the
bristles and is loosely fitted within the socket part of the ferrule 2, to enable it,
when worn out, to be taken out and a new one substituted.
The part of the brush body or handle, which constitutes the base to the
brush, has a hollow interior d, one end of which is left open, the other end
being closed by a screw cap d. Within this hollow part d and with the tip of
its nozzle e seating itself upon the yielding flange 3 of the supply tube c, as afore-
said, is located a renewal or refill e, consisting for the most part of a hollow
cylinder or container, fully open at its back end e, and considerably contracted at
its front end, the same being adapted to be filled with the semi-liquid soap or other
material to be used; a sectional view of the cylinder as it would be sold with its
ends closed by caps, being clearly shown in Fig. 10. This refill or renewal which
is made from non-oxidizing material such, for example, as lead or composition lead,
has a number of longitudinal ribs e formed upon its inner walls for the purpose
of preventing the rotation of a traversing plug or plunger y disposed within the
hollow interior of the cylinder, and adapted to work upon a rotating screw g
mounted within the screw cap d', as aforesaid, as a bearing; a disc head g³,
with a flat surface g' and a milled edge g5, (the latter of a slightly larger diameter
than that of the screw cap) being formed in one piece or made rigid with the said
screw for the purpose of rotating it. The plug or plunger g is preferably com-
posed of non-oxidising material, and is fitted with a screwed hub or centre piece h,
and notches 2 are formed upon its periphery; the former to engage the screw
and the latter to fit the ribs of the cylinder.
The screw g is a left handed one, so that a right handed rotation of its milled
head will traverse forward the plug or plunger g, and force a portion of the semi-
liquid soap through the nozzle and down the supply tube c to its feed end.
The soap or material m within the cylinder or container is of a pasty consistency
and is sufficiently solid to prevent its own gravitation to the supply tube; a
rotation of the feed screw being always requisite to force to the end c³ of the
tube ca quantity of the material.
In Fig. 11 a brush with a horizontally disposed handle part is shown, having
the same improvements applied thereto as the shaving brush previously described,
the refill in this case having a side piercing e³, (instead of a central end one)
wherethrough the material is forced to the supply tube c, but the action is identical
with that of a shaving brush.
In Fig. 12 the inner end of the flexible supply tube c is formed with an
internally screwed part n, to accommodate the screwed shank e of a collapsible non-
oxidising tube e containing the material to be supplied, the feeding action in this
case being accomplished by disconnecting the rear a² of the handle from the

page_text: body as, and squeezing the said tube e with the fingers, after which the parts a
and a³ are again connected. In this arrangement the refill e is intended to be
screwed in position within the brush handle, the contents used, and afterwards
another reful substituted.
When the material supplied is in the form of a powder the feed screw would be
made to carry a stirring or displacing agent as well as the traversing plug 9, such
a form being shown at Fig. 13 by a bifurcated piece f rigidly but detachably fixed
to the screwed shank g.
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:-
First. In liquid and powder containing and feed brushes a flexible supply tube
or passage c arranged within the brush head a, and extending into the bristles for
the purpose of feeding a material contained within the brush to the bristle surfaces,
substantially as set forth.
Second. In liquid and powder containing and feed brushes the combination with
a brush having a hollow handle part a, and a feed supply tube located in its bristle
and head end, and in communication with the said hollow part, of a refill, renewal,
or supply cylinder e, containing the material to be used, and adapted to fit within
the hollow handle part as aforesaid, substantially as described and set forth.
Third. In feed brushes the combination with the hollow case or handle part a
and the open ended flexible supply tube c extending therefrom to the bristle end,
of a hollow cylinder or refill e, having an outlet nozzle e, and an open end et, and
a traversing plug or plunger 9 working within the said cylinder operated by a
rotable screw g arranged within the base end of the brush, as set forth.
Fourth. In feed brushes the combination of a handle part made in two parts, a
supporting ferrule &, a refill e having a nozzle end e, an open end et, and ribs e,
a traversing but non-rotating plug g having notches in its periphery, and a rotating
screw carried by a screw cap d', and having a milled disc head, as set forth.
Fifth. The combination with a feed brush having a hollow handle made in two
parts a, a, of a flexible supply tube c, having an open end 3, and a screwed end n,
and a collapsible material supply tube e, having a screwed end e, as set forth in
Fig. 12.
DL: 001 1
1000
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Agents for Applicant.