IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES OF BRUSHES
Year: 1884

page_text: I HYPPOLITE BESSON & I ERNEST NEILD KENT Brushmakers of 46 Bonner
Road Bethnal Green in the county of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES OF BRUSHES to be as
follows:-
The object of our invention is to manufacture nail brushes or fleshbrushes or
such like brushes with handles made of two pieces of metal or stout wire fixed by
means of two pairs of hinges to the back of the brush so that when open they form
a handle and when closed they form a stand which at the same time will protect
the bristle and allow the water etc to drain out. The handles are bent round to
the required form of the outline of the brush and when opened they touch' back to
back and form a convenient & firm handle; when half-closed they form a kind of
brush rack & when folded round the brush they slightly project beyond the length
of the bristle & form the said stand to allow the water to drain as before mentioned
and by this arrangement it is rendered more portable and compact than ordinary
handled nail brushes.

page_text: I, HYPPOLITE BESSON, and I, ERNEST NEILD KENT Brushmakers of 46 Bonner
Road, Bethnal Green, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES FOR BRUSHES and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The object of this Invention is to manufacture nail, flesh brushes, or such like
brushes with handles made of two pieces of metal, or stout wire fixed by means of
two pairs of hinges to the back of the brush, so that, when opened, they form a
handle, and when closed, they form a stand which, at the same time will protect
the bristle, and allow the water etc, to drain out. The handles are bent round to
the required form of the outline of the brush, and when opened, they touch back to
back and form a convenient and firm handle, when half closed, they form a kind of
brush rack, and when folded round the brush, they slightly project beyond the
length of the bristle, and form the said stand to allow the said bristle to drain, as
before mentioned, and by this arrangement, the brush is rendered more portable
and compact, than ordinary nail or flesh brushes with handle.
In order that our Invention may be fully understood, we shall now proceed more
particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose, we shall refer to the
accompanying drawings in which similar letters of reference indicate similar or
corresponding parts.
Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 drawn the full size, are views of a nail brush with our
improved handle or handles, and illustrate the manner in which our Invention is
applied, and fixed to nail brushes.
Fig. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are end views of wire handles showing, when opened, their
point of contact, and the means employed to secure, or guide them together. Fig. 8
is a section of the point of contact g. of Fig. 7.
In order to carry our Invention practically, the metal handles B, B, Fig 1 to 8
are made of. brass wire, or any other suitable metal, either nickel silvered, japanned,
or enamelled, or we may have the said handles cast to the form and shape required
in brass, or any suitable metal, then nickel silvered, japanned or enamelled; When
the handles are made of wire, we bend the wire to the form, and shape of the
outline of the brush, either round fixed steel pins, or in a press having dies, shaped
to the form of the required handles, which, any good mechanic acquainted with the
mode of stamping metal can easily make without further instructions.
The handles B. B. are fixed together to the plates or hinges H. H, by riveting
the end of the pivot e, e, e, e, of the hinges H. H.
Sometimes to secure the parts of the handles which come in contact, when
opened, we provide either small teeth t, t, Fig. 6, engaging in one another,
small grooves or half rings g, Fig 7 and 8. on each side of one handle or small
projections P. P, Fig. 9, striking against the hinges or block A. when opened, by
which the handles are either guided or secured to one another.
The handles B. B, and the hinges H, H, are fixed to the back of the brushes by
screwing or riveting the hinges or plates H. H. to the block of the brush A.
It is understood that the metal handles may be of any other form, or shape, so
as to suit the form, and shape of the brush, to which they are to be fixed.

page_text: Now, having described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention, and
having explained in what manner the same may be carried into practice, we wish
it to be understood that we claim:
The manufacture and use of brushes mounted with hinged metal handles,
secured at the back of brushes, substantially, as described, and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
Data LL 1
HYPPOLITE BESSON.
ERNEST NEILD KENT.