Improvements in Brushes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Brushes.
I, FREDERICK GEORGE CAVE, of Fenny Stratford, in the County of Buckingham-
shire, Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved brush, more particularly adapted for use in
the cleaning of the chain, spokes, and other parts of velocipedes, and has for its
objects to provide means by which the said brush may reach all parts of such a
machine, the nature of which necessitate periodical cleaning, and which may not
be comeatable by a spoke or other brush of ordinary construction.
For the purposes of my invention I provide of wood, or other suitable material,
a stock of any convenient size, tapered from end to end, the smallest or pointed end
being the front. The said stock is preferably flat upon its upper surface, and
semicircular or thereabouts in cross section upon its under surface, and in the said
under surface a series of holes are provided, in such positions, that the tufts of
hairs, bristles, fibre or the like used, may stand out from the stock at the angle
desired when fixed in position in the said holes, by drawing or setting in the usual
way.
The said brush has a suitably shaped wooden or other handle, one end of which
only, is connected to the upper surface of the said stock, midway of its length or
thereabouts, by the means of a screw, bolt-and-nut, or other suitable means, about
which the said handle may rotate, and be fixed at any angle relatively to the said
stock, by the tightening of the said screw or nut or its equivalent, or and by
frictional contact between the said stock and handle, effected by the intervention
of one or more washers of rubber or other material, the adjustable position of the
said handle permitting the point or nose of the brush to be inserted in places or
parts of the cycle not reachable by a brush of ordinary construction.
The said handle may be in one piece or adapted to fold within its own or the
length of the stock, or both, when not in use.
Dated this 23rd day of Sentombon 1007

page_text: Improvements in Brushes..
I, FREDERICK GEORGE CAVE, of Fenny Stratford, in the County of Buckingham-
shire, Brewer, 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:-
My invention relates to an improvement in brushes, and is more particularly
adapted for use in connection with velocipedes and the like for cleaning the chain,
hubs, spokes and other parts of same, and has for its objects to provide means by
which the said brush may reach all parts of such or a like machine the con-
struction whereof necessitates periodical cleaning and may not be readily accessible
or comeatable by a spoke or other brush of ordinary construction.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I hereunto append a sheet of
drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved brush, the general configuration of
which is such as I prefer to adopt.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same showing how the handle may be rotated, and
Fig. 3 is a section upon line A B Fig. 1.
For the purposes of my invention I provide of wood or other suitable material a
stock A of any convenient dimensions, tapered from end to end, the smaller of
which a being the front or nose of the brush. The said stock A is preferably
flat upon its upper surface, and semicircular or thereabouts in cross section upon its
under surface, as shewn at Fig. 3, in which said under surface are arranged a
series of holes, in such positions, that the tufts of hairs, bristles, fibres or the like B,
may stand out from the said stock A at such angles as may be desired, when fixed
in position in the said holes by drawing or setting in the usual manner.
Upon the upper surface of the stock A is a preferably tapered wooden or other
handle C, having a widened flattened end D, pivotally connected to the said stock
at or about the centre of its length, by the means of a screw, bolt and nut; or other
suitable means, but preferably by that of a wooden or other screw E, and by means
of the said screw, the said handle C may be rotated and fixed at any angle relatively
to the said stock (as suggested by full and dotted outline in Fig. 2) by means of
the frictional contact between the same and the end of the handle D, brought
about by the intervention of a corrugated or other washer or washers F of rubber
or other suitable material, through which the screw E passes before connection
with the stock A. In order that the screw E when once brought to the desired
degree of tightness in A may not spontaneously shift from that position so as to render
the purposes of the washer or washers F inoperative, I provide in the stock A a laterally
disposed screw G (Fig. 3) adapted to either impinge upon the screw E or pass
wholly or partly through a hole made therein, preferably the latter as shewn in the
said figure, the adjustable position of the said handle permitting the point or nose a
or other part of the brush to be inserted in places or parts of the cycle or other
velocipede or the like not reachable by a brush of ordinary construction.
The said handle C may be in one piece as shewn, or may be arranged to fold
within its own length or that of the stock A or both, when not in use.
. 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:-
1st. The improved brush for velocipedes or the like having a pivotally connected
handle. adapted to be placed and automatically retained at any desired angle

page_text: relatively to the stock of the brush substantially as and for the purposes herein set
forth and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
2nd. In an improved brush for velocipedes or the like, the combination of a stock
such as A, having drawn or set hairs, bristles, or fibres B, and adjustable handle C,
the latter pivotally connected to A by the means of a screw or the like E, with
corrugated rubber or other washer or washers F, and binding screw G, substan-
tially as and for the purposes herein set forth and shewn by the appended drawings.
Dated this 4th da
1000
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
No. 1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
No. 1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.