Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1886
Complete Left, 29th Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 28th Oct., 1887
THOMAS DRAKE HOLLICK 26 Shore Road Hackney E. Engineer and ROBERT
GREENSHIELDS 8 Shirley Street Tidal Basin Victoria Docks Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present custom in painting at such distances as are inaccessible to a mans reach
is to tie the brush on to the end of a stick, pole or handle, which besides wasting a
mans time in doing it causes loss of time in doing the work and also the brush is
liable to come loose through the string stretching and the work is consequently badly
done and in the case of painting a ship afloat many brushes are lost overboard.
the angle the brush makes with the stick is not readily adjustible.
Also
The object of this invention is to provide a simple metallic head without springs to
hold the brush which can be fixed on the end of the stick or handle arranged so that
the angle the brush makes with the stick or handle may be readily adjustible through
certain limits and not liable to derangement.
The stick or handle may be of convenient length and size-On to one end of it a.
taper or other metal socket is provided preferably with a fork end provided with two
holes at convenient distance apart so that it may be boltod to a plate or quadrant
hereafter described.
For holding the brush a conical or taper socket is formed to a convenient taper,
usually same as ordinary paint brush handle, from the side of the socket a plate
projects which may be fixed to the fork by means of two bolts one of which is up close
to the socket forming a pivot and the other slides when slack in a radial groove in the
plate-It will be seen that this forms a means of setting the socket in which the brush
is at any convenient angle with the stick or handle within certain limits.
This socket and quadrant plate is preferably made of one piece of sheet steel or
other metal, being bent round to form the brush socket and the two ends brought
together to form the quadrant plate which is consequently of double thickness plate.

page_text: It will be seen that when the pivot bolt is slacked a taper brush handle, or whatever
it may be, may be pushed into the socket and when the pivot bolt is tightened up the
handle of the brush will be firmly held-The two bolts are preferably fitted with
butterfly nuts for screwing up with finger and thumb.
Dated this 29th day of November 1886.
Improved Holder for Brushes and the like.
THOMAS DRAKE HOLLICK of 26 Shore Road Hackney Engineer and ROBERT
GREENSHIELDS of 73 Nelson Street Boyd Road Victoria Docks late of 8 Shirley
Street Tidal Basin Victoria Docks London Engineer 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 :-
The present custom in painting at such distances as are inaccessible to a mans
reach, is to tie the brush on to the end of a stick pole or handle which causes waste of
time in doing the work and is liable to come loose through the string stretching and
also the angle the brush makes with the stick is not readily adjustible.
The object of this invention is to provide a simple metallic head without springs to
hold the brush, which can be fixed on the end of a stick or handle and not liable to
derangement. The accompanying drawing shows the holder. Fig. 1 view of holder
with ordinary paint brush Fig. 2 is a view of part of the holder showing how brush
handle is gripped Fig. 3 another form of socket H.
Referring to the drawing A is a stick or handle of suitable size and length, B is one
end of socket of convenient form for fixing on to the end of stick A at its other
end B is provided with a fork C. D and E are holes through the fork () in which
bolts are provided usually fitted with butterfly nuts. For holding the brush Ga
socket H is formed to suit the shape of the brush handle: usually by bending a piece
of sheet steel or other metal to the shape of the brush handle and slightly smaller
than it and bringing the ends together so as to form plate F. The plate F goes
between the fork and the bolt D goes through plate F. The action of slacking nut
at D and pushing a handle into socket H is to slightly open the socket II, the nut D
is now screwed up, this draws the socket together and grips the handle-The bolt E
may be beyond the plate F or pass through it in a slot in the plate as in Fig. 3, so
that the plate F is pivoted at bolt D and may be adjusted to required angle and

page_text: bolt E tightened fixing the plate F between fork C, Fig. 2. This view shows
socket H open and part of plate F and fork C and pivot bolt D.
The socket H would usually be taper as shown in drawing to suit taper handles but
it will do equally well for other shaped handles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1. In holders for brushes and the like the method of gripping the brush handle in
the socket H by closing in the fork C by the pivot bolt D and fixing socket Hat
desired angle by closing in fork C on to the plate F substantially as described and
shown.
2. The arrangement for varying the angle of the socket H with the socket B
substantially as described and shown.
3. The combination of pivot bolt D, the bolt E, the socket H, the plate F the fork
and socket C & B substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 20th A
2 1007
THOMAS DRAKE HOLLICK.
ROBERT GREENSHIELDS.