US1297233A - Guard for brushes. - Google Patents

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V. PASTORE. GUARD FOR BRUSHES. APPLICATION Flu-3n MAY 10, ms.

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VINCEN PASTORE, or NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

GUARD FOR BRUSHES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lVIaI'. 11 1919.

Application filed May 10, 1918. Serial No. 233,636.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINCENT .PASTORE, a subject of the King of Italy, residing in the city and county of New London, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Guards for Brushes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

y invention consists of a guard which is preferably made of a single piece of sheet material, such as brass, celluloid or the like, that may be readilyconformed to slip onto the brush, said guard being provided with an elongated opening adjacent to the free ends of the bristles of the brush; my chief object being to confine the bristle ends Within certain prescribed limits so that the brush may b strips of textile material such as, for exam ple, the white tape arranged in more or less fanciful and ornamental designs on the broad collars of the shirts or blouses of marine It is a common practice at the pres-. ent time for the wearers Fof such tapetrimmed collars to take them to tailors shops, or cleansing establishments, when the tapes become soiled, and have fresh, clean, tapes substituted for the soiled ones.

Such practice, however, is quite expensive, and renders it necessary to leave the garment with the tailor or cleanser a considerable length of time. My present purpose is to provide a convenient and cheap form of brush by means of which the soiled tapes may be cleaned and whitened by the owner of the garment without removing the tapes from the garment and without soiling the fabric on which the tapes are sewed.

With this desirable end in view I have provided the drawings shown on the accompanying sheet, the Figure 1 being a, perspective view of a brush having mounted.

thereon a guard of my present new construction. Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged, transverse, sectional, view of the same taken at the line 22 of the Fig. 1 and 3 is a lengthwise, centraLsectional view taken at line 33 of said Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fiat or plan view of the blank from which my said e used to clean tapes, and the like guard is to be formed. Fig. 5 shows a very common. example of the braided trimming on the collar of a marine The letter a in these drawings denotes the brush which may be substantially like an ordinary tooth brush if desired.

The guard which forms the essential feature of my present invention may be cheaply made of sheet stock which is first blanked out substantially as seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the longitudinal central portion of the blank being punched out to provide an opening 6 which is, approximately, the same width as the braid which is to be cleaned and said blank includes relatively narrower end projections 0 and (Z which are bent so as to incline upwardly, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3.

The side portions 6 and f of the said blank are then bent upwa'dly along the dotted lines 16 at approximately right angles to the slitted lower wall of the guard and, by preference, the said lower wall is pressed upward, as best seen in Fig. 2, to provide longitudinal ribs g-h along the sides of the slot 6 for a special purpose which I will explain hereinafter.

The upper (free) edge portions of the sides 0 and f are swaged to form opposing, longitudinal recesses or grooves i and 70 which are adapted to clasp upon the opposite edge portions of the brush, as seen in Fig. 2; the guard being thus readily attached to or removed from the brush.

In the Fig. 5 the white lines represent braid which is stitched upon the darker field. When it is desired to clean and whiten said braid by the aid of my described brush and guard, the guard is placed over the braid with the opening I) in alinement with the braid, the bristles of the brush having been moistened with water or any suitable cleansing compound.

The brush is then rubbed along the line of braid, the latter being located in the recess between the ribs g-h,' said ribs preventing, in a large degree, the moisture from engaging the dark field upon which the raid is stitched. After the braid has been uid Whiting and then brushing the same onto the braid and allowing it to dry.

By the use of my described brush and guard the braid may be quickly cleaned and whitened by the owner of the garment With practically no expense and Without the delays incident to leaving the garment with a tailor and having the soiled braid ripped oil and fresh braid substituted therefor.

Having thus described my invention, I 10 claim A brush shield and guide consisting of a shell of non-resilient material adapted to inclose the brush end and formed With a slotted opening and with guide ribs g-h,' the 15 end portions of the said shield being bent diagonally OUtWZLlC l VINCENT PASTORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, S,

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