Improvements in and connected with Brushes, Brooms, and the like Articles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1895-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1395
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Brushes, Brooms, and the like
Articles.
We, EMANUEL HANISCH of Scharkow-bei-Tworog in the German Empire,
Landed Proprietor, and WILHELM REINERT, Brush Manufacturer, and CARL
ADAMY, Merchant, both of Schweidnitz, Silesia in the German Empire, 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 brushes and the like articles manufactured according
to the method hereinafter described whereby a useful and durable product is
obtained at a comparatively small cost.
In carrying out this invention, the bristles or other fibres used in the manufacture
are cut to their proper lengths, and have one end dipped in melted pitch or other
suitable similar material. They are then laid upon small strips or fillets of wood,
leather, card-board, paper or the like, to which the pitch causes them to adhere,
and the strips with the bristles or fibres upon them are then laid closely side by
side and secured together by end strips.
The accompanying drawings illustrate in what manner this invention may be
carried into effect and are hereinafter referred to.
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section through a brush made as hereinafter
described.
Figure 2 is a transverse section, and
Figure 3 is an inverted plan of the same brush.
The bristles a having been cut to the required length and a number of strips or
fillets of wood leather card-board or other suitable material, having been prepared,
one end of the bristles is dipped, in the usual manner, into melted pitch or other
similar and suitable material, and this end of the bristles is stuck upon the side of
each fillet for upon each side of each fillet except the outside of the outer fillets.
The fillets or strips fare formed to the required form and dimensions, and when
a central handle is to be provided, the middle fillet f2 is enlarged at the centre, and
a hole is bored through the enlarged part for the reception of the handle. In other
cases where different handles are to be arranged for, different methods of providing
for their attachment may be employed. The fillets or strips f with the bristles
thereon are arranged side by side and are firmly pressed together, in which
condition they are connected by the end fillets which may be attached by means
of tin plates corner pieces clamps or the like. If desired, supplementary side
fillets, f, may also be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manuer the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The hereinbefore described process for the manufacture of brushes, brooms
and the like articles, and which consists in cementing the bristles or fibres upon
the sides of suitable fillets, compressing the fillets side by side, and connecting them
by means of end strips, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2. As new articles of manufacture, brushes brooms and the like constructed
according to the process described in the preceding claiming clause and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of August, A.D. 1895.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.