US2644183A

US2644183A - Brush stripper attachment for liquid containers

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Publication number: US2644183A
Application number: US89858A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leo L Kellett
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-04-27
Filing date: 1949-04-27
Publication date: 1953-07-07
Anticipated expiration: 1970-07-07

Description

July 7, 1953 1. L. KELLETT I BRUSH STRIPPER ATTACHMENT FOR-LIQUID con'mmmzs Filed April 27, 1949 INVENTOR. Lea L, Ke/AW/ ATTORN Patented July 7, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BRUSH STRIPPER ATTACHMENT For: LIQUID CONTAINERS Leo L. Kellett, Kansas City, Mo.

, Application April 27, 1949, Serial No. 89,858

This invention has to do with a device for automatically removing excess substances from the bristles of a brush as the same is removednail to apply the polish thereon. Neither an op erator nor a home user ever becomes sufliciently skilled to apply the polish evenly on the fingernail to the end that the same will dry quickly and be of a uniform color throughout. If insufficient polish is on the brush to completely coat a fingernail, then it is necessary to 'redip the brush into the polish and patch the fingernail, resulting in several layers of ununiform thickness on a given nail. Consequently the tendency is to assure that enough polish is on the brush to completely cover one nail and the usual result is that the coating is undesirably thick. Such thick coatings do not dry easily, do not have the desired appearance and subsequently, chip and peel more easily and quickly than if a uniform thin coating is initially applied.

So far as I am aware, no means has heretofore been provided that will remove excess polish from the bristles of a brush and at the same time shape and contour the brush so that through one applicationa desired coating can be placed on each nail either by an experienced operator or by a home user. I

It is the most important object of this invention, therefore, to provide a combination stripping and forming device for the bristles of a brush particularly of the kind used with nail polish or enamel formed to impart but a slight squeez= ing action,to the bristles as the same are removed from the polish and to at'the same time, form the bristles into an elliptical or oval crosssectional contour. v v

' Another important object of ,the'present invention is to provide a stripper of the above mentioned character that constitutes a hollow,-

conoidal body adapted to be fittedwithin the neck.

of a nail polish bottle and having an elongated, elliptically-shaped opening formed in the bottom thereof for receiving the brush, the body being made from a flexible material that will lightly bear against the outer face of the bristles as the same is pulled therethrough to shape and strip the'same. I

5 Claims. (01. 15-1213) Another important object of thepresent in-' vention is to provide a stripping and'forming device as above set forth whereintheellipticallyshaped opening formed therein, is extended upwardly at each end thereof into the sides of the body for the dual purpose of providinga seal through the polish itself when the brush 'isfin use and to add the desired flexibility to the stripper and former.

Gther important objects include the way in which the body is formed for use with a conventional container, to be retained therein when the cap is placed on the bottle; the manner or formingthe stripper body to assure that the" samemaintains itself in place when the brush is drawn therethrough; the manner of forming the stripper body topermit easy insertion'of the" brush thereinto without milling of the bristles{ and many other more minor objects, all of which will bemade .clear or become apparent as the following specification progresses, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a substantially 1 central, vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional bottle for nail polish, showing therein a brush stripper attachment made in accordance with my present invention.

Fig; 2 is a side elevational view of the stripper per se.

Fig. 3 is a substantially centraLcross-sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig.2.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 3.

and

Fig. 6 is an elevational view showing that end i of the stripper opposite to that shown in Fig.5.

In Fig. 1, a conventional bottle it commonly employed for containing fingernail polish 'or' I enamel i2, is provided with external threads M at the neck it thereof for receiving internal threads it of a cap 26 for bottle I0. I

. A brush, broadly designated by the numeral 22,

is normally disposed withinjthe bottle it and is of conventional character in that'it is provided with'an elongated stem 25 having bristles 26 secured to the lowermost endthereof. The op'- posite end of the stem 24 is embedded rigidly fitted within the neck It of bottle Ill in the man-- ner illustrated in Fig. l. The device 30 consti- Fig. 5 an end elevationalview of the stripper;

7 3 tutes a hollow, conoidal body 32 having an outturned continuous flange 34 at the base end thereof or that end uppermost with respect to bottle Hi.

This flange 34 is designed to overlap the uppermost open end of neck l6 and the remainder of the body 32 is telescoped within, the neck 16 in depending relationship to the flange 34. With the body 32 so positioned within neck l6, and

with the cap 20 in place on neck I6, flange 34 isI held tightly against the upperend of neck I61 and thereby serves as an air-tight seal fori'the contents 12 of bottle 10.

. 4 i. e., that of application of polish to fingernails.

Inasmuch as the ends of the opening 36 extend in an uninterrupted manner into the apertures 38, those portions of the bristles 26 near the ends of the opening 36, will pass freely and excess enamel thereon will be removed only by the uppermost edges: oi the apertures- 38 After removal of the brush 22 from the bottle and the device 30, the excess substance I2 that has been removed from bristles 26 will automatically closethe opening 33 as well as the apertures 3.3 by forming alight film thereacross. A certain' of the substance l2 will collect within the The lowermost or apex end of the body-32: is

provided with an elongated oval o g ellipticallyshaped opening 33. Opening 36"exte'nds' thereof into a pair of opposed egg-shaped aperifesiit. t s s s e at. era-i o pacedhai' firiesrs wands-2.. r ormeiivin he. bod L x by. the. Q13 n n 3. an the. a ertures. 3 The. es. o t e. bo y: 3. fo min e: ong u ina sides of the ovalopening33areinclined outward ys a is prpum ses here naft r; to Re t ul etprt As 1usi a n. e..1, the t m. Zit brus 22 normally passes through the openingflfi when bru h. s: ithin. e. bo t l a d. en: ap s n p at n n t; h h ap is emov d ott Wa e' ru h z pu l upwardly thrpughthe opening33, outward movemen i e-bosir i pr v ntedy, hei i n Qi-snann alrex sr a r e 6 fo e .in t e ear-32; m ediately el eo tu n fl ge 34!: 'I}hatpo rtion. of the body- 32 immediately-- belowtheflange 3 3- and within which the groove is forrned isdesignated by; the numeral 48' and issubstantiallycircular-to conform with the contour of the innermost face of neck H5. The

' outside.- diameter of: thisfportion- 430i body 32,

with the exception of groove 46, is slightly greater than the inside. diameter, of the neck; l5 to the end that as body 32 is; moved into place within neckflfi ar tight fit is presentedbetween portion 38;of;body 32gand theneck IB-of bottle Ill-.

The provision of the annular groove lfipresents dead-air. pa er poc e a d. t us. serves-to further grip the'walls of the neck IE to prevent;

outwarldzmevei ent; it erbodr h espect to neck l6 hen b u h 2, r moved from bottle I It is seen from the foregoing that when brush 2 -2; is re noved from bottle lllz-aftgf. the; bristles 26 thereof become impregnated and coated with the -ena-inel; l2 ;the- ,incline d edges 44 of the-opposed fingers-43;-an d; 42 will bear lightly against theoutermost faceofthe bristles 23 and strip excess; enamel I 2 therefrom.

Itis contemplated that the entire; body 32 be made. from either; a high grade rubber-like ma terial, from a suitableiplastic, or from -synthetic compositionsgthat will accomplish the purposes hereof. Inany-ey'entlthe materialformingbody 32. should be carefully. chosen and the opening] 33; thereof be. accurately formed in size and shape to; cause removal; of excess.- enamel I2. from the bristles 2 5 by the fingers -Mland 42; exerting but a; slight yieldable pressure on bristles 26. The squeezing action-imparted by the fingers All-and 42- 5shou1dponly; be; slight since it is; desired that the bristles 23;retainasubstantial amount of the enamel l Z- after removal from bottle I0.

across the body 32 and upwardly at eachlen-da body 32 and? flow downwardly for return to the bottle Land dnringsuch movement of the excess substance, thev aforesaid film will close the bottle- Iiljand prevent entrance of air to the contents 12. 'When the brush 22 is thereupon placed in use; it will; be.: found that an exact. amount of polish has en; etained ey-t e fi ni that the operator may apply s the desired coa tin to I a fingernail with but one wiping. actio'nthere cross re w l fi- 91exce s;rel v ll l he bristles 2E and, therefore, an even, relatively thin coating, will be. applied. Furthermore," therewill beapuiiicient amount of. polish ;on the le 1m; iinmeii henec si M11 n e;wfi i imzsi ee ail- Q a i It isalso;to-benotedthat the. device. 33sec formszthe bristles 25 is des'i red.by,the.useiiand; that the-bulkof the ish wi' thinbristles.2.5:,WilL be, within the heel, portion of bristles 25. ratheip than at theti tend thereoffi Consequently; asl

I theibrush is successively wiped.across the fingers.

nail, most of: the: pplish. willbe applied at the center thereof andonln'aJlight coating wilLbe'. applied adjacent, the cuticle, it. is. neces sari/ to rcdipthe brush ZZQpreparatory. to. coats ing another fingernail it will; be fonnd that: the bristles 2 will -easily enter thebody 32,. because' of: the curvature of the walls thereof. v be'lolw pori-- tion {38 andgtha-t the; up; ends ofg the bristlesit will easilyienter; the; oval: opening 33 without;

ruining? and bendlngbcls,

It is to ,be; noted further that when. the. brush ZZis-pulld upwardly'betv I he finger'sAQi iIiQ} 2, the inclined s; the eoi fwillr prevent a,

serted into the conventional st These bristles are; purposely; so E formed 1 because of the particular=usetowhich ;the .-sarne;:are;plac ed s s1a eins iz a ur -zqfhe nstan stripper inpermitting insertion 0f. the bri stlesv Because of rthe elliptical; shape of; the opening. 36,;the

ristles .6:wil :hses s insl n u e incr s e section precisely as desired for the use intended,

bristles-23,. renders. thefstripper commercially; practical in forming and removing I excess gsub stancesJ-from brushes; haying; bristles... of th character I a 7' r l/Vl ilei only; one f o-rm of -my present invention. has been illustrated and described, itgis apparent. that thesame is subject to manypha nges and wih outwthei. difficu lty of. bendingback; of V modifications and those that fairly come within the scope of the appended claims, are contemplated hereby.

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

1. A device for simultaneously shaping the body of bristles of a brush and stripping therefrom an excess of a substance thereon, said device comprising a hollow, open-base, conoidal body formed from flexible material and having an oval opening formed in the apex thereof to form said body of bristles elliptically in transverse cross-section as the same is pulled through the opening; and means on the body for mounting the same within the neck of a bottle-like container.

2. A device for simultaneously shaping the body of bristles of a brush and stripping therefrom an excess of a substance thereon, said device comprising a hollow, open-base, conoidal body formed from flexible material and having an oval opening formed in the apex thereof to form said body of bristles elliptically in transverse cross-section as the same is pulled through the opening, said opening continuing into the sides of the body to present a pair of opposed lips at said apex of the body; and means on the body for mounting the same within the neck of a bottle-like container.

3. A device for simultaneously shaping the body of bristles of a brush and stripping therefrom an excess of a substance thereon, said device comprising a hollow, open-base, conoidal body formed from flexible material and having an oval opening formed in the apex thereof to form said body of bristles elliptically in transverse cross-section as the same is pulled through the opening, said opening continuing at the ends thereof into the sides of the body presentin a pair of opposed ovoid apertures and a pair of opposed lips at said apex of the body; and means on the body for mounting the same within the neck of a bottle-like container.

4. A device for simultaneously shaping the body of bristles of a brush and stripping therefrom an excess of a substance thereon, said device comprising a hollow, open-base, conoidal body formed from flexible material and having an oval opening formed in the apex thereof to form said body of bristles elliptically in transverse cross-section as the same is pulled through the opening; and means on the body for mounting the same within the neck of a bottle-like container, said means including an out-turned flange on the body remote from said apex adapted for positioning between said neck and a closure for the container to seal the contents of the latter.

5. A device for simultaneously shaping the body of bristles of a brush and stripping therefrom an excess of a substance thereon, said device comprising a hollow, open-base, conoidal body formed from flexible material and having an oval opening formed in the apex thereof to form said body of bristles elliptically in transverse cross-section as the same is pulled through the opening; and means on the body for mounting the same within the neck of a bottle-like container, said means including an annular groove surrounding the body in the outermost face thereof to present a dead-air space between the body and said neck.

LEO L. KELLETT.

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