Improvements in Brushes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Brushes.
HENRY COOMBS of 13 St. Ann's Buildings Westminster Warehouseman and
WALTER CHARLES SEAGER of 43 Buckland Road Leyton in the County of
Essex Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Improvements in brushes by affixing a squeegee to back thereof.
We, HENRY COOMBS, of 13 St. Ann's Buildings, St. Ann's Street, in the City
of Westminster, Warehouseman, and WALTER CHARLES SEAGER, of 43 Buckland
Road, Leyton, in the County of Essex, Manager, 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in brushes, and has for its purpose to
provide the same with a strip of india-rubber or similar material, fixed on the
back thereof preferably in manner as hereinafter described, to be used as a
squeegee or scraper.
We will describe our invention by the aid of the accompanying drawings, in
which we have illustrated several methods in which our invention may be carried
into effect.
Fig. 1 shows a brush, more especially adapted for cleaning cycle and similar
wheels, with our invention applied thereto.
a represents the solid stock of the brush, a' the handle, 6 the bristles and c the
strip of india-rubber or similar material to form the squeegee or scraper.
In applying our invention to this form of brush, we form a groove in the back
of the solid stock a thereof by any suitable means, such groove extending about
half-way through the said stock as shown by the dotted line, and into this groove
we insert the strip c of india-rubber or similar material, the stock a thus forming
a clamp for the said strip c, which latter is then securely fixed in position by
means of the pins or nails d being driven through the combined stock a and strip
or squeegee c.
Fig. 2 represents a side elevation or edge view of a sink brush showing our
invention applied thereto.
In this example a a' represent the solid stock of the brush, a² represents the
handle, b the bristles and c the strip of india-rubber or similar material forming
the squeegee or scraper.

page_text: In applying our invention to this form of brush we cut or saw from the back
of the solid stock a thereof, a portion a¹ in such mauner as to form a block or
wedge as shown. The strip or squeegee c is then fixed in position on the part a
of the stock by pins or nails e (shown in dotted lines), after which the block or
wedge a¹ is reduced in thickness sufficiently to allow of its being replaced on the
part a of the stock and forced tightly against the said strip c, in which position
it is firmly fixed by means of the pins or nails d (shown in dotted lines),
thus clamping the strip or squeegee c securely between the two parts a and a' of
the stock.
If desired we may use, in either of the methods above described, gum solution
or other adhesive, either in lieu of, or in addition to, the pins or nails d and e.
We would here remark that our invention is applicable to other forms of
brushes than those herein referred to, and also that the method of carrying the
same into effect may be varied to suit the character of brush to which it is
applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The improvements in brushes substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The improvements in brushes consisting in grooving the back of the
stock a thereof and fixing in such groove a strip c of india-rubber or similar
material, substantially as herein shown and described with respect to Fig. 1 and
for the purpose stated.
3. The improvements in brushes consisting in cutting or sawing a portion a¹
from the back of the stock a thereof to form a block or wedge, fixing the strip c
of india-rubber or similar material to the stock a, and replacing and securing in
position the said block or wedge a', thus firmly securing the strip c between the
two parts a and a¹ of the stock, substantially as herein shown and described with
respect to Fig. 2 and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 16th day of November 1896.
.
HENRY COOMBS.
WALTER CHARLES SEAGER.