US369911A

US369911A - brennan

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Publication number: US369911A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1904-09-13

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G'. J. BRENNAN.

BRUSH LKER.

No. 369,911. Patented Sept. 13.18817.

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BRUSH LOGKBR.

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GEORGE J. BRENAN, OE TROY, NEYV YORK.

BRUSH-Locken.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,9] 1, dated September 13, 1887.

Application filed February 26, 1887. Serial No. 228,914. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. BRENNAN, a resident of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush-Lockers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the 1etters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in brushflockers, and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The objects of the invention are fully set forth in the following description.

Figure l of the drawings is a top plan View of one end of my improved device. The other end, being essentially the same, is broken away and not shown. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of locking rod. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the device shown in Fig. l. Eig. 5 is a vertical crosssection taken at the broken line X X in Figs. l and 4.

The proprietors of paint-shops are subjected to great annoyance as well as pecuniary loss on account of the destruction and loss of paintbrushes :furnished their employs, by reason of the negligence and carelessness of the latter. After brushes have been once used and lled with paint they will quickly harden and become unfit for use unless immersed in water while not in use, and when theemploys are permitted to select their brushes each day from a common stock they become careless in their use and often throw away comparatively new brushes.

parts in thev shown by the rods a.

ploy enjoys the exclusive use of the particular set of brushes allotted to him, and can be held accountable for their condition from time to time.v

rlhe tank A, adapted to hold water, (shown by broken lines in Fig. 5,) is provided with cross-bars B, secured to the opposite vertical walls of the tank. The cross-bars are each provided with a series of pins, O, projecting right-angularly therefrom. Each pin is adapt-y ed to support one brush, the brushes having their handles perforated to receive the pins, the latter being shown somewhat exaggerated in size. After the brushes have been hung upon the supporting-pins the locking-rods a, hinged at one end to the tank, are swung from an open position-as that shown by rod a. to that The swinging ends of the rods are provided with any of the wellknown means for locking them to the side of the tank opposite the side upon which the rod is hinged-as an eye, c2, adapted to slip on over the staple b, which receives the padlock d, as shown. The rod may be of any convenient form or material, and is arranged to cross the ends of the pins just above them, as shown, and prevent the removal of any of the brushes from the pins. The pin-holes in the handles of the brushes may be inserted by the employ with any small gimlet. The depth to which the individual brushes are immersed will vary with the location of the pin-hole. The higher the hole in the handle the greater the depth of immersion, as shown in Fig. 5.

The cross-bars may have a single row of pins projecting from one side of the crossbars B, or they may have two rows of oppositelyprojecting pins, as shown in cross-bars B', and the brushes be secured thereon by a double rod, e e, secured by a single staple and lock, thus putting two rows of pins under control of one lock.

The pins upon several sets of rods inay have the brushes locked thereon by means of a common locking-rod, E, which is passed through the locking-staples after their respective hinged rods have been closed thereon, as shown in Figs. l and 4. The rod E is provided with an eye, F, which is slipped over a staple secured to the tank and locked thereon by a padlock, f;

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but Where the brushes are in frequent or daily use I prefer the arrangements previously described.

' I am thus able to cheaply providein a common tank, which can be easily and quickly inspected at all times, a separate locker for each employ.

When desired, the several sections or rows of pins can be numbered, as shown in Fig. 3, and the keys hung upon correspondingly-numbered hooks in the office, to be given out to the proper employ when he begins his Work for the day or season. In this Way each employ can be held responsible for. the tools committed to his care, or if the employ owns his own tools he will not be subjected to the annoyance and danger resulting from their use by fellow-employes.

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

V'Ihe combination, with a Water-tank provided interiorly with a row of horizontallyprojecting brush-supporting pins, of a hinged locking-rod vibratory in a vertical plane,which intersects the projecting points of the pins, to 2 5 and from the pins, and means, substantially as described, for locking the rod upon the pins.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of February, 1887.

GEORGE J. BRENNAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. Mosman, L. M. FOSTER.