US1219196A - Brush. - Google Patents

Description

1. TIMKO'.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6| 1916.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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j 7 INVI/ENTOR. BY Ag? ATTORNEY JOSEPH TIMK, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRUSH.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed November 6, 1916. Serial No. 129,726.

To all whom t may concern.'

lle it known that I, JosErii TIMK. a citizen ot' the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lrushes. of which the following is a specification.

'lhe present invention relates to brushes, and more particularly to that class which is used for scrubbing and cleaning floors, walls. ceilings. a-utoinobilcand other carriage-bodies. etc. The invention pertains to that type of scrubbing brushes which may be called fountain-brushes, that is to say, which are so constructed and connected with a water spout that a supply of water is furnished through the brush to the object being scrubbed. i

The main object of the invention is to provide a fountain brush of great simplicity of construction, in which the fountain att'achlnents are of such character as to interfere in the least possible degree .with the ordinary modes of use of the brush, in which the fountain attachment can be readily inserted or withdrawn, and in which the fountain attachment securing means serves at the same time to fasten the brush body or back to the handle thereof.

Another object of the invention is to devise a brush of the character specified which can he manufactured on a commercial scale, or, in other words, one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

lith these and other objects in view, which -will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement.v and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out yin the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanyingl drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction Within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Two of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated in theaccom,

panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal central Section taken through a. brush, partly in elevation, constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof; F ig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, on a larger scale; Fig. t is a side elevation of a modification of the invention, partly in sectiong' and Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the numeral 10 indicates the body or back of the brush, which is shown as having substantially the usual and convenient outlines of an ordinary scrubbing brush. In the underface of the back is formed a longitudinal recess or groove 11, extending from the rear end of the back toward its front end, but stopping short of the said front end. In this groove is seated a watei-distributing tube 12, closed at its front end 13 and provided in its lower portion with perforat-ions 14. The lower portion of the tube projects a little'distance below the underface of the brush-back. To the back are fastened, in any preferred manner. bristles 15,` a plurality of rows on each side of the water-distributing tube and one or more rows in front of the same. The brush-back is attached to a handle 16 by clips 17 which serve at the same time to keep the water-distrilniting tube in position upon the back. These clips are made in the form of U-shaped members, which partly embrace the water-distributing tube, and extend through registering holes 18 and 19 in the brush-back and handle, respectively. The ends of the U-shaped clips project beyond the handle 16, and are screw-threaded. as shown at 20. \Vith these threads mesh nuts 21, that abut against the upper face of the lbrush-handle.

'ith the water-distrilniting tube is connected a supply pipe 22. preferably a exible hose, which leads to a water-spout or faucet. For controlling the fiow of the water through the flexible hose. a springpressed throttling means is provided. This means comprises a suitable 4bent strip 23, provided with upwardly extending lugs 24, which are fastened by a pivot pin 25 to the brush-handle. The front end of the strip Q3 is provided with guiding projections 26, which extend substantially at right-angles to the body of the strip and abut against opposite sides of the brushhandle. Upon the rear portion of the strip 23 is provided a spring 27 whichis, in the case illustrated in -the drawings,

shown as being made integral with the lwith the hose, permitting the water to flow lows: l'hen in use, tlie hose 22 is securedfV to a faucet or other sultable water supply,f

'and the flow of the water therethrough may be easily controlled by the strip Q3. TheI operator grasps the brush handle and, by drawing the rear end of the strip 23 against the handle. removes the front end of the strip from clamping engagement into the (listributingitube and out through the perforations thereof onto the object be- Y ing scrubbed or cleaned. A's soon as pressure is released from the strip 23, the spring 217 forces the strip against the handle and closes the passage through the hose. It is to be observed that the operator 'is in a'position to control the amount of" water flowing through the hose.

The. device can be easily assembled, the back, handle and water-distributing tube beinglheld togethereby the clips 17, which can be conveniently put into place for clamping the parts together. If the bristles wear; ol'l, it is necessary to replace the brush-back only, as the other parts of the contrivance do not wear and can be readily applied to a new back.

Attention is called to the fact that the How of the water through the water-distributing tube is unobstructed, for the reason that. the bristles of the brush are located only on the sides and in front of said tube.

A modification of the invention is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. In this ease the brush-back and bristles resemble that oi' an ordinary paint brush, and are to be used at places where with a brush-back of the character above described access cannot be had. The brush body is denoted bythe numeral 28 and its bristles by the numeral Q9. Through the body extends a longitudinal bore 30, within which is disposed a water-distributing tube ,control the flow of water.

31, that provided in its lower end with pcrforations The tube extendsfa substantial distance below the body and is surrounded by the bristles in a manner that the flow of the Ywater therethrough is unobstructed. YThe upper end of the water= distributing tube projects above the brushbody, and is provided 'with a cock 33 to A flexible water supply hose 92 VVis connected with the tube 3l. A liandlesL is attached to the brushbody, and extends at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the said body. The connecting means comprises two ' jaws 35 and 36, which are hinged'ltogether at 37. The jaw 35 stationary, that is to say, it is rigidly connected with the handle, for instance, by means of nails 38. The jaw 36, on the other hand, ismovabie around the hinge 37, and is held clamping posi tion by a bolt 39 and a wing-nut 40. The bolt 35.) extends through the handle and through a slot 4l in the movable jaw. The twojaws partly encircle the brush body, as clearly shown in Fig. 5pt the drawings. Upon the movablejaw is formed'V a' lug 42, which projects, when the movable jaw is in its clamping position, through a slot 43 in the brush body and engages the waterdistributing tube 31. In this manner the water-distributing tube is held in position upon the brush-back. In other Jvords, the body, handle anddistributing tube of the brush are connected by a single means, in theV same manner as the corresponding elements of the device shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive.

The operation of this device is obvious from the Vforegoing.

YlVhat I claim is:

In a. device of the character described, the combination with a brush back having Vva longitudinal groove in its undertace, of

a perforated water distributing tube disposed within said groove, a handle, and l-sh'aped clips partly embracing said tube and extending through said back and handle, the ends of said clips projecting beyond said handle and being screw-threaded, and nuts meshing with the threads or" said clips and abutting against the upper face of said handle.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 17th day of October, A. D. 1916.

JOSEPH TIMKo.

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