US2253678A - Brush protecting device - Google Patents

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L.' B. BLACKLEDGE BRUSH PROTECTING DEVICE Aug. 26, 1941.-

Filed March 1a, 1940 f'dglgvlzmolz B2 Q A TORNEY BY W Patented Aug. 26, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT 'YVOF'FICE Application March 18, 1940, Serial No. 324,576

2 Claims.

This invention relates to devices for preserving and protecting brushes between periods of use, and hasreference to a device adapted particularly to paint brushes.

It is an object of my invention to provide a device of the character described for holding a paint brush immersed in a bath of paint solvent.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described having a fluid-filled container, in which the bristles of a brush may be immersed, and provided with means for adjustably positioning the ends of the bristles above the bottom of the container so as to allow space for the collection of sediment and to insure that the bristles do not come in contact with said sediment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel clamp for supporting brushes in preservative baths.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, together with the foregoing, will be specifically set forth in the detailed description of the invention hereunto annexed. It is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific form thereof herein shown and described as various other embodiments thereof may be employed within the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

The figure is a perspective View of the complete brush holder of my invention as viewed from the rear thereof.

Describing my invention in detail, I provide a receptacle 2 having an open top which permits insertion of a brush 3 into the receptacle. The receptacle is constructed of sheet material, preferably Celluloid or cellulose acetate, and is provided with cemented lap joints 4 so as to render the receptacle proof against leakage therefrom of the liquid preservative, which may be linseed oil, kerosene, etc., which is placed therein and in which the bristles of the brush 3 are immersed.

Means is provided for removably mounting the receptacle 2 on a support so that it is held in an upright position. Positioned on the outer rear surface of the receptacle is a wire bracket formed to provide a U-shaped tongue 6, each side leg of the bracket being wrapped in several convolutions about a suitable mandrel to form tubular ferrules 1 and the ends 8 of the side legs being directed downwardly so as to lie at an acute angle with respect to the tongue 6. The ends 8 are placed against the side of the receptacle and strips 9 of sheet material, similar to the material of which the receptacle is constructed, is placed thereover and cemented to the receptacle so that the bracket is securely attached thereto. With the bracket fixed in place, the receptacle may be hung on a suitable supporting rack such as the bar l0 indicated by the dotted lines with the bracket straddling the bar.

Means is provided for engaging and supporting the brush. Passing through each of the ferrules I is a piece of wire H Whose opposite ends are bent upwardly to form substantially parallel arms I2 and the extreme upper ends [3 are bent toward and overlap each other and are formed with retrorsely directed hooks M. The wire H is of the hard spring variety and it will be seen that when the two arms l2 ar gripped by the fingers and squeezed together the hooks M will be spread apart sufliciently to allow insertion of the handle IB of the brush, and when the arms are released the spring in the wir will urge the hooks [4 into engagement with the handle. The pressure of the hooks I4 against the handle is sufficient to hold the brush suspended in the receptacle with the lower ends of the bristles spaced from the receptacle bottom so as to allow room for the accumulation on the bottom of quite an amount of paint pigment which will be separated from the brush by the liquid in the receptacle. Thus the brush may be kept elevated sufliciently so that th bristles will clear the sediment and the brush will therefore be always kept clean.

The wire II is not fixed in the ferrules I, and in order to maintain the arms l2 in position so that the hooks M are centralized over the receptacle, I provide a U-shaped wire ll'which is attached to the bracket 6 in any suitable manner, such as by the solder l8, and has a pair of upwardly directed ends l9 each provided with a hook 2| which crosses in front of and engages the arms l2 from moving in a forward direction and consequently th brush is held centrally with respect to the receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A brush holder comprising an open top receptacle for containing fluid and receiving a brush, a bracket comprising a piece of wire bent to form a U-shaped tongue, axially alined ferrules formed by one or more convolutions of said wire and legs extending from said ferrules and disposed angularly with respect to said tongue, attachment members overlying said legs and secured to said receptacle, a wire member passing through and journaled in said bracket ferrules, said wire member having opposite end portions thereof directed upwardly to form substantially parallel arms, distal end portions of said arms being bent toward each other in overlapped relation and being provided with opposed hooks for engaging opposite sides of the handle of said brush.

2. A brush holder comprising an open top receptacle provided with a recess for containing fluid and for receiving a brush having a handle extending therefrom, a bracket comprising a. piece of wire bent to form a U-shaped tongue and integral legs extending from and disposed angularly with respect to said tongue, means securing said legs to said receptacle, a wire member pivotally mounted on said bracket and having substantially parallel vertically directed arms thereon, means formed at the end of each of said arms for clamping the handle of said brush therebetween, said wir member being movable from a first position, extending substantially normally to a side of said receptacle to form a carrying handle for the said receptacle toward a second position paralleling a side of said receptacle wherein said handle clamping means are substantially centered above the receptacle recess so as to hold said brush suspended centrally of and in spaced relation to said receptable recess, and means extending from said bracket engage-able by said arms of the wire member for limiting the movement of said wire member toward said second position thereof.

LUDE BRENNAN BLACKLEDGE.

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