Improvements in or connected with Brushes and Brooms.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 14th Apr.. 1897-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
Improvements in or connected with Brushes and Brooms.
We, ALBERT WILLIAM SLADE and THOMAS SMITH, trading as Slade and Smith,
of Shaftesbury Street, Fordingbridge, Carpenters, Undertakers, and Van Builders,.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in, or connected with, brushes and brooms,
and has for object to provide means for rendering the backs of brushes and
broom-heads incapable of scratching, chipping, or otherwise damaging painted and
other surfaces with which such brushes or brooms come in contact, a further object
being to minimize the noise caused by the brush-backs or brooms coming in
contact with wooden or other objects in sick-rooms or the like.
It is a well known fact that with the forms of brushes and brooms at present
employed for cleaning carriages, furniture, cycles, and the like, the hard wooden
or similar backs and handles are productive of much damage to the painted,
varnished, polished, or other surfaces with which such backs or handles necessarily
come in contact during the process of cleaning.
Now by our invention we render the backs and handles of such brushes and the
like of a yielding nature, or in cases where the inflexible backs and handles are
employed, provide yielding cases or shields, and by so doing we render such
brushes and the like perfectly harınless to whatever objects they may come in
contact with.
According to our invention we affix to the back of the brush or the like, by glue
or other mucilage or adhesive, nails, wire, or other suitable means, an india-rubber
covering or shield, which acts as a buffer, in the manner before described.
This covering may extend all around the said back and to the lower edges of same,
and in the case of a brush having a handle, the said covering may, if desirable, extend
over that also.
The covering or shield may be separate from the back of the brush and take the
form of a cap which can be placed upon the brush-back and removed therefrom
at will.
The cap or covering may be formed with turned in or flanged edges, for purpose of
more securely gripping the brush-back, or it may have plain edges if desirable.
In some cases it may be found desirable to form the entire back of the brush or the
like, of india-rubber or other yielding material, instead of providing the wooden or
similar back with a covering or shield such as herein before described.
Dated this 14th day of July 1896*
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Brushes and Brooms.
We ALBERT WILLIAM SLADE and THOMAS SMITH, trading as Slade and Smith;.
of Shaftesbury Street, Fordingbridge, Carpenters, Undertakers, and Van Builders,
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 improvements in, or connected with, brushes and brooms,
and has for object to provide means for rendering the backs of brushes and
broom-heads incapable of scratching, chipping or otherwise damaging painted and
other surfaces with which such brushes or brooms come in contact, a further object
being to minimize the noise caused by the brush-backs or brooms coming into contact
with wooden or other objects in sick rooms, or the like.
It is a well known fact that with the forms of brushes and brooms at present
employed for cleaning carriages, furniture, cycles, and the like, the hard wooden
or similar backs and handles are productive of much damage to the painted,
varnished, polished, or other surfaces with which such backs or handles necessarily
come in contact during the process of cleaning.
Now by our invention we render the backs and handles of such brushes and
the like of yielding nature, or in cases where the inflexible backs and handles
are employed, provide yielding cases or shields, and by so doing we render such
brushes and the like perfectly harmless to whatever objects they may come in
contact with.
And in order that this our said invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect, we will proceed to describe same with reference to the
accompanying drawing, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a section of a brush, the wooden back of which has secured thereto an
outer covering or shield of india-rubber.
Fig. 2. perspective views of an ordinary scrubbing-brush and a removable flexible
covering or shield for the back thereof.
Fig. 3 is a cross-section of a spoke brush with our invention applied thereto, and
Fig. 4. a transverse section of a wooden broom-head provided with our yielding
cover or shield.
Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, a is a cleaning brush of ordinary form having
a wooden back a¹, to which is affixed by glue or other mucilage or adhesive, nails,
wire, or other suitable means, an india-rubber covering or shield b, which acts as a
buffer, in the manner before-described..
b
The covering may extend all around the said back a' and to the lower edges a²
of same, and in the case of a brush baving a handle, the said covering may, if desirable,
extend over that also.
In Fig. 2 we have shewn the covering or shield b as being separate from the
back of the brush, the said flexible covering or shield in this case being in the form
of a cap which can be placed upon the brush-back and removed therefrom at will.
Although in this figure the covering is shewn with plain edges, it may be formed
with turned in or flanged edges, for the purpose of more securely gripping the
brush-back.
The examples shewn in Figs. 3 and 3 illustrate the application of the fixed flexible
cover or shield to a spoke-brush and an ordinary sweeping broom, respectively and
do not call for special description.
In some cases it may be found desirable to form the entire back of the brush
or the like, of india-rubber or other yielding material, instead of providing the

page_text: wooden or similar back with a covering or shield such as hereinbefore described.
We wish it to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise forms of
the yielding covering shewn and described, but may modify same in various ways
without departing from the spirit of our invention.
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, or connected with, brushes, and brooms, substantially as
described and illustrated.
2. In combination with a brush back, or a broom-head, a yielding cover or buffer
therefor, secured in any suitable manner, substantially as described and shewn by
Figs. 1, 3 and 4.
3. A flexible, yielding cap or cover having plain or flanged edges, for removably
fixing upon a brush-back or the like, substantially as and for the purpose described
and illustrated by Fig. 2.
Dated this 14th day of Aneil 1897
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicants..