US1588465A - Fountain brush - Google Patents

Description

June 15 1926.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH Filed DBG. 2. 1921 5 s M ,a

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GEORGE '12. PARE, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

Application filed December 2, 1921. Serial No. 519,465.

My invention relates tov fountain brushes and has for its object to provide' a brush having a receptacle adapted to serve as a handle with a discharge head angularly mounted in relation thereto.

Another object is to provide a valve mechanism issuing outwardly through said angularly disposed head with an operating member for controlling vsaid valve protruding therethrough.

A still further object is to provide the head with holding means for detachably 'setube. A still further object is to form the opencuring a brush on the end of the same.

Another object is to form the receptacle of tubular shape and to construct said head so that the same attaches upon the end of the ing from the valve to the interior of the receptacle in said head 'of large enough proportion so that any substance passing through the valve cannot clog and so that the device may therefore be readily kept clean.

. The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof andare particularly1 pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the applica-A tion lof my invention in one form Fig.y 1 is a part sectional side elevational view of one form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 1 showing another method of. attaching the brush to the operating head.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line v3 3 of Figure 2.

In Figure 1I showaf tubular receptacle 10 which may be provided with a bottom 11` formed integral therewith on which'bottom may be attached tothe same in any suitable manner. The upper end of the receptacle 10 is lformed with external threads 12 which may be pressed into the body of Said receptacle if the walls of the same are made of relatively thin material or which maybe cut into the same as desired.

Secured'to the end of receptacle 10 is a head 13 which is formed withan enlarged` throat 14 terminating in a threaded lip 15 which is adapted to screw upon the threads j 12 of the container 10. A gasket 33 seated onone side against a shoulder 34 formed on ythreaded end thereof serves to form a Huid tight. connection between head 13 and receptacle 10.

Head 13 is further provided with a neck 16 which issues from 'and is angularly positioned relative to the throat 14 and receptacle 10 as clearly shown in the drawings. In the remote end of the neck 16 is provided a longitudinal'bore 17 through which the material within the receptacle 10 is discharged. This bore C17 near the central portion of, neck 16 changes into a conical shaped opening 18 which forms a valve seat for a conical shaped valve head 19L Valve 19 is secured to a valve stem 20 which is slidably positioned in a hole 21 concentrically drilled in neck 16 relative to the opening 18 and the bore 17. The interior of the-throat 14 is provided with a chamber 22 which directly communicates with the interior of the receptacle 10 and which terminates in a port 23 communicating with the opening 18 in neck H16 of head 13 near the smaller end thereof.

As may be noted in the figure, valve head 19 is of considerably shorter length than the length of the conical shaped opening 1 8 but however is vof a length sufficient to cover the port 23. When the said valve head is in the position shown in the figure port 23 is closed and the contents o`f the receptacle 10 confined within the same. When the said valve 19 is projected inwardly tovards the bore 17 by sliding the valve straight in the hole 21 the said extreme end of valve'head 19 being of less diameter than the bore 17 forms a passageway around the said valve head along which-the contents of receptacle 10 may i'low, which contents thereby are permitted to discharge through the chamber 22, port 23,'

through the opening 19 and into the bore 17 of head 13.

treme end of valve stem 20 which is positioned in close relation to the receptaclel 10 l so that the said'button may be easily pressed towards the-neck 16 by means of the thumb when the said receptacle 10 is grasped in the hand. A coil spring 25 positioned lon the exterior portion of valve stem 20 is seated between a shoulder 26 formed on the neck 16 and the inner portion of the button 24. This spring serves to hold the valve head 19 seated along the walls o f the opening 18 so that the ort 23'is normally closed from communication with the bore .17.

At the end of the neck 16 which has a protruding 'portion 27 extending outwardly from the major portionof thehead 13W'Iw attach a brush 28 which is formed with' abody portion 29 having seated in the same a number of bristles 40 which may be at' tached thereto in any suitable manner.

Brush'28 is preferably formed circular although the same may be of any shape as desired. The extreme end of protrusion 27 that when the device is grasped by the receptacle 10 which serves as a handle, Ehe brush 28 held downwardly and the button 2&1 pressed the contents of receptacle 10 may pass through port 23 through the bore 17 and the aperture 32 and directly to the brush proper by means of which the said contents may, be uniformly distributed over the surface to which the brush lis applied.`

In forming the brush 28 I preferably construct the same so that the bristles 40 surrounding the aperture 32 come in contact at their extreme end. This prevents the contents of the device from flowing directly out of the lbrush head 29 when the valve 19 is released, the same -instead being absorbed by the bristles and distributed throughout the same so that the entire engaging portion of the brush is thoroughly and uniformly impregnated.

Figure 2 shows anothermethod of attaching the brush 28 to the head 13. In this form the extreme end 35 is formed without threads and is provided instead with an an- .nular groove 36 vofsemi-circular cross section. A similarl groove 37 slightly deeper than groove 36 is formed in the interior of body portion 29 and is adapted to exactly register with; the groove 36 when the portion 35 of neck 16 is slipped intosthe brush 28. A circular spring member38 is adaptedto `be positioned within groove 37 andis normally of slightly smaller interior diameter than the diameter of the portion 35 in the groove 36.- The brush 28 is applied to the neck 16 byi'nserting the same over the protruding end 35 which has a beveled portion 39 in the extreme end thereof adapted to engage the spring 38 and to spread the7 same open expanding said spring vwithinthe groove 37. Portion 35 'ma now be slid urther into the head until t e said Spring 38 snaps into'place :around the groove 36 ,in

which position brush 28 is firmly held seatedfagainst the Naforementioned shoulder 3l formed on the neck'16.

My improved invention may be used for a 'number of purposes where a liquid is desired. to be discharged and applied with a brush. VThe saine may readily be used as a cleaning device for cleaning clothes or in a print shop Vfor cleaning type and the like. If desired the device with a slightly diiferent form of brush may be used as a stencily brush. Some of the other uses of the device are shoe brushes, stove brushes, and

scouring brushes.

' In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention together with the apparatus which I nowv consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the in-f vention can be carried out by other means and applied .to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims. i

I claim :L-

vwith the exterior, the inner end of said bore terminating in a conical valve chamber, said head being provided ,with a chamber communicating with the interior of said receptacle, and havingI a port leading from said chamber directly into said conical valve chamber, said neck being further' provided with a hole axially arranged relative to said cylindrical bore and communicating with said conical valve chamber, a valve stem slidable in said hole, a valve head mounted on saidI stem and adapted to become seated against the walls of said conical valve chamber to close said port from communication with said bore, and a brush positioned upon the extreme end of said neck.

2. A fountain brush comprising a receptacle, a head secured to said receptacle, a neck upon said head having a bore commu- A nicating with the exterior, a valve chamberA at the inner end of said bore, a port leading iio from said chamber to said receptacle, said neckl having a hole axially disposed relative to lsaid bore and communicating with saidlchamber, a valve stem slidable in said hole, a valve head mounted on said stem and adapted to `become seated against the walls of saidvchamber to close said port and a. brush upon the extreme end of said neck.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature. l

GEORGE '.r. PARR.

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