IMPROVE- MENTS IN BRUSHES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Felix Armand Maurey-
Deschamps at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th April
1880.
FELIX ARMAND MAUREY-DESCHAMPS, of Paris (France), Manufacturer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BRUSHES."
This Invention relates to a construction of multiple brush whereby the various
brushes ordinarily used are accommodated and packed together so as to form one
portable article, which may itself be protected by a suitable casing. For this
purpose the clothes brush is made with a hollow back sufficiently deep to receivo
within it the hat brush, the nail brush, and a couple of tooth brushes, as well as a
comb. The hollow space in the back of the clothes brusb is divided by partitions
into compartments of form suitable to receive the articles above mentioned, and it is
covered by the hair brush, which is fitted to it as a lid sliding in grooves, and which
may have a mirror on its back. The multiple brush above described may be packed
in a rectangular case, presenting beyond the bristles of the hair brush a clear space
which can be occupied by a soapbox, and the case may be extended to receive other
articles of toilet.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Felix Armand Maurey-Deschamps in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 13th October 1880.
FELIX ARMAND MAUREY-DESCHAMPS, of Paris (France), Manufacturer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BRUSHES."
This Invention relates to a construction of multiple brush whereby the various
brushes ordinarily used are accommodated and packed together so as to form one
portable article, which may itself be protected by a suitable casing. For this purpose
the clothes brush is made with a hollow back sufficiently deep to receive within it
the hat brush, the nail brush, and a couple of tooth brushes, as well as a comb. The
hollow space in the back of the clothes brush is divided by partitions into compart-
ments of form suitable to receive the articles above mentioned, and it is covered by
the hair brush, which is fitted to it as a lid sliding in grooves, and which may have
a mirror on its back. The multiple brush above described may be packed in a
rectangular case, presenting beyond the bristles of the hair brush a clear space
which can be occupied by a soapbox, and the case may be extended to receive other
articles of toilet.
The accompanying Drawings represent the construction and arrangement of a
multiple brush according to my Invention. Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a transverse
section, and Fig. 3 a plan. A is the back of the clothes brush, which is made of
greater than usual depth, and is hollowed out and divided by partitions into com-
partments to contain,-in B a hat brush, in C a nail brush, in D two tooth brushes,
and in E a comb. The hair brush G forms the cover of these compartiments, the
ends of its back being dovetailed to slide in guides F; the dotted lines in Fig. 3
shew it partly withdrawn. It may be backed by a mirror.
The multiple brush may be conveniently packed in a case, as shewn in perspective
at Fig. 4, the spare space in the case being occupied by a soapbox and shaving
brush or other suitable articles; Fig. 5 is a perspective of such a box containing a
shaving brush and other small toilet instruments.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner the same
is to bo performed, I claim,-
The construction and arrangement of multiple brush herein described with
reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Felix Armand Maurey-Deschamps, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of October, in the year of our
Lord Ono thousand eight hundred and eighty.
FELLY ADMAND MADEY DESCHAMPS