US12182A - Paint-biiush - Google Patents

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UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HICKS, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

Partnr-BRUsH.

spcification Qfnefters Patent No. 12,182, dated January 2, 185,5.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMvI-IICKS, of Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paint Brushes or Pencils for Striping, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specilication, and in which- Figure l represents a side View of my improved brush, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal top View or plan.

The brush represented in the accompany- 1n drawing has its hair or brush proper (a5i secured in or to a detachable holder (b) that fits in a socket piece (c) projecting from the bottom end of the handle (A) on its underside, and in which socket piece the hair holder (b) is held by a set screw (d) from beneath. The handle itself (A) is made hollow so as to form a reservoir for color which is poured into the handle by unscrewing or taking off the cap (e) at the top end of the handle. From this reservoir the color is fed to the hair or brush (a) by a feed pipe or branch (f) which is screwed or otherwise detachably secured into the bottom end of the handle and made of elbow form, or bent downward, to meet, or nearly so, the hair or brush (a) where it emerges from its holder (b).

The feed branch (f), or handle (A) at the junction of the feed branch with the handle, is provided with a faucet (g), or other equivalent valve arrangement, which, when closed, stops the oozing of the color from the reservoir, and'which may be set more or less open to regulate the discharge of color from the reservoir and supply of it to the brush (a).

To produce an even supply of color to the brush and induce a freedom of flow, the cap (e) of the handle has a small perforation (7b) in it, which, by slightly turning or unscrewing the cap, serves to form an air communication with the reservoir, and thereby to bring atmospheric pressure to bear upon the color, by the saidperforation arriving over or in line with a like aperture (i) in the screw portion of the handle over where the 'cap fits. This air communication may be closed, by turning the cap in the opposite direction, to prevent the escape of color from the reservoir when the brush is not in use.

The holder (o) which contains the brush may be made to accommodate various sized brushes, or each brush may have a holder of its own; it may be made of any suitable form or construction and be secured to the handle in any adjustable and detachable manner.

By this specified arrangement of the feed branch (f) and holder (b), it will be observed that, the color is fed to the root of the brush on or over it and not underneath or around it, whereby the run of the color down the brush toward the point is effected, and a better lighter, or more even distribution of it on the work insured.

In stripping or forming border or other lines on painted work, not only is the operation expedited by rendering unnecessary the dip of the brush, from time to time,

in a separate vessel containing the paint,

but the continuous and even supply of the color to the brush, by this self feeding arrangement, serves to insure the formation of a more regular stripe, of uniform thickness and breadth, and does away with unseemly breaks or j oinings in the running of the line.

In thus rapidly forming lines however,'or.

stripping as provided by the continuous feed of color to the brush, and as the supply is uniform when the brush is held in a position inclining downward, it is of the utmost importance that no deviation from the desired course or run of the brush should occur. To prevent such deviation, by nervousness on part of the painter or inability to run the brush, steadily, in a straight line at a speed corresponding to a free end constant supply of color to the brush, and to enable the painter to effect the stripe more rapidly and with greater certainty in a straight course, and more even pressure of the brush on the work. I attach on what may be called the off side of the brush when making two or more parallel stripes, and outside the run of it, to avoid injury to the stripe in painting or going over it a second time, a guide roller (ky, which bears or rests upon the plane or surface being painted, and freely revolves on its aXis to facilitate the run of the brush in a straight line. To suit different angles of operation in the hold or run of the brush, this guide roller (lo) is attached to an inclined adjust-- ing bar (Z), which fits in or through a socket piece (m), fast to the handle (A), and is held thereto or in by a set screw (n) that, byv

being slackened, admits of the inclined bar (Z) being drawn up or down to adjust the position of the guide roller to any required depth below the brush holder (b), according to the angle in which the brush is required to be held or run, or to suit different sized brushes, &c. .Any other means for thus adjusting the position of the guide roller lating valve (g) and branch or feed (f) conveying the color on to the top of the brush essentially as specified. l

2. In Acombination with the self feeding paint brush or pencil, the adjustable guide roller (7c) to facilitate the run of the brush in its desired course and at a speed corresponding with a free flow and the continuous supply of color to and on the brush, and serving to formfa rest lat various angles of operation or hold of the brush; .the said roller being arranged to run on the outside of the lateral spread or splay of the brush and on the off side of it as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WM. HICKS. Vitnesses:

JNO. EDW. COWLAND, i A. GREGORY.

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