US527032A

US527032A - Brush-support

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Publication number: US527032A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-10-02
Anticipated expiration: 1911-10-02

Description

(No Model.) I

G. P. WHITING.

' BRUSH SUPPORT. I No. 527,032. Patented Oct. 2,1894.

.| NVENTEI RI .ing is a specification.

"Fig. 2 shows a side or edge view. Fig. 3

ilNrrEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGEF. WHITING, OF NORTH CAMBRIDGE, ASSIGNOR TO FRED E. WHITING, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRUSH-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,032, dated October 2, 1894.

Application filed March 30, 1 8 94.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. WHITING, of North Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tooth-Brush Holders, of which the follow- The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device for holding a tooth-brush so that it can be conveniently removed and replaced by the user, said device being adjustable to adapt it to hold brushes of different lengths.

To this end the invention consists in the novel features of construction and arrangements of parts recited in the appended claim and fully described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and illustrate a construction embodying the invention.

Figure 1 shows a front view of the device.

shows a cross-section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the letter, a, designates a substantially rectangular wire frame having a suspending loop or eye, a, at the upper end. A spring clip composed of a flat strip of resilient metal is supported by the parallel side-bars of the said frame and comprises a base-slide, 12', formed with sockets, 17*, embracing the sides of the frame with sufficient friction to hold the slide at any position to which it is moved; andjaws, 12, standing out from the base and formed to embrace the neck of the brush. A curved guard, c, is fastened at its ends to the sides of the frame near the Serial No. 505,722- (No model.)

place by engaging its eye, a, with a suitable support, and the tooth-brush, d, is placed in the holder by inserting the end of' its handle, (1', behind the guard, c, and pressing its neck, d between the jaws, b, which yield and then spring over the neck after it has passed the outer contracted portions of the jaws, the bristles of the brush being outward.

By moving the clip along the frame the holder may be adjusted for brushes of different lengths.

It will be seen that the invention provides a handy device for holding a tooth-brush which is ornamental in appearance and well' calculated to supply the desideratum.

The device is adapted for holding toothbrushes or nail-brushes, and the jaws of the clip may be adjusted to accommodate difierent styles of handles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A tooth-brush holder comprising in its construction an elongated support having a longitudinally adjustable clip to engage the neck of the brush and a guard to confine the handle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 27th day of March, A. D. 1894.

GEO. F. WHITING.

Witnesses:

A. D. HARRISON, F. P. DAVIS.