US237562A - Stencil-brush - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

THOMAS 'r. LOTHERINGTON, or HOUSTON, 'rnxns STENCIL-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,562, dated February 8, 1881. Application filed December 30, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS T. LOTHER- INGTON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Self-Inking Stencil-Brush, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the drawings hereto annexed.

My invention relates to stencil-brushes used in stenciling eotton-bales and other merchandisc, and its object is to provide a self-acting attachment or receptacle for the ink, whereby the brush maybe inked in a simple and economical manner.

By the usual method of inking stencilbrushes twice as much ink is applied to the brush as is necessary, and there is consequently a great waste of ink, caused by the excess of the same dripping from the brush, while the time consumed in dipping the brush into the ink is a considerable loss where a large quantity of merchandise, is to be stenciled. To overcome these objections I provide a brush having a perforated back and anink-receptacle attached thereto, said receptacle having an aperture in the bottom, which may be opened for inking the brushby means of a rod attached to a rubber valve and operated by a lever, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1.

represents a longitudinal sectional view of the stencil-brush. Fig. 2 represents a view taken through line 00 w of Fig l.

Arepresents an ink-receptacle of any desirable shape, having a handle, a, at the end of which is an opening, a, for receiving the ink. In the bottom of this receptacle is an aperture, a which is closed by the conical rubber valve or stopper 0, whiohprojects downward through the opening, and is prevented from being drawn or lifted entirely out by means of wire guards 0 attached to its bottom. I do not confine myself, however, to one central aperture in the bottom of receptacle, but may provide a number of such, should they be found desirable. The stopper 0 is attached to a vertical rod, 0, passing up through the receptacle andheld in position tical movement.

by the cylinder B, through a perforation in the top of which the said rod is allowed ver- In one side of the cylinder B is a vertical slot, 1), to allow the ink to pass into the cylinder preparatory to passing down through aperture a To the upper end of rod 0, which passes out at the top of receptacle, isattached the lever D, pivoted at d and governed by the spring 01. The rod 0 is provided with a rubber washer,

0 at the upper end, to prevent the accidental 6o escape of ink through the perforation in the top of the receptacle.

On the under side of receptacle A, and attached thereto, is a flange, E, returning upon itself to form the chamber 6, and having its lower edge turned outward to form a connectin g-surface for the brush. At the sides of flange or wall forming said chamberare perforated projections or fixed nuts, 6, forreceiving the screws 0 by means of which the brush F is attached to said receptacle. The chamher 6 is provided with a layer of cotton or textile fabric, 6 the object of which is to dis tribute the ink, as well as to strain it from all impurities.

The brush F is made with vertical perforations f, to allow the ink to drip between the bristles, and is attached to the flange E by means of the screws 0 Between the brush and flange is a rubber gasket, G, for secur- 8o ing a close adjustment of the same, held in position by the screws 0 and having perforations 9 in alignment with perforations f in the brush.

It will be seen that with the same hand that 8 holds the receptacle the lever may be operated at will, causing the stopper 0 to be lifted from the aperture 0. while the ink flows down into the chamber 6, peroolates through the layer of cotton 6 drips through the perforao tions 9 and f, and thus moistens and prepares the brush for use. By this arrangement the supply of ink to the brush can be so regulated as to avoid waste, while there is no loss of timein inking thebrush,asin the usual 5 manner.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the brush F, having a washer c and lever D, all constructed and arseries of vertical perforations between the ranged substantially as shown and described, bristles, the perforated rubber gasketG,flange and for the purpose set forth.

E, forming the percolating and distributing THOMAS TURNER LOTHERINGTON. 5 chamber e, and receptacle A, having handle Witnesses:

a, aperture a? in its bottom, conical stopper G, JNO. R. DAVIS,

having guards. a, slotted cylinder B, rod 0, R. E. TAUKUSBY.

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