US810708A - Brush. - Google Patents

Description

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BRUSH.

` APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.l

BRUSH.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed August 24, 1905. Serial No. 275,584.

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, SAMUEL H. BRrsTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monticello, in the county of Jones and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in dust-brushes, and it consists in the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and e'Hicient device of this character having means for attaching a handle to either one of its ends or to its central portion, so that it may be used either as a hand-duster for dusting furniture, pianos, store-counters, shelves, carriages, automobiles, cars, and the like, or as a wall-brush for dusting walls, ceilings, moldings, picture-frames, and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dust-brush consisting of a head or core and a brush-covering thereon adapted to be removed to permit it to be washed or cleaned.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of my invention is better understood, are accomplished b'y means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 lis a longitudinal sectional view through a brush constructed in accordance with my invention and showing a short han- Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a long handle applied to the central portion of the brush-head, so as to adapt it for use as a wall and ioor duster, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improved duster, which consists of a head or core 2, a removable brush-covering 3 thereon, and a detachable handle 4, which may be applied to one end of the body or head 2, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or to the central portion of the same, as shown in Fig. 2. The head or core 2 is preferably of cylindrical form and has in one of its ends and in the center of one side similarly-screwthreaded sockets 6 and 7, which are adapted to receive the screw-threaded ends 8 upon the handles 4. The threads of these sockets are the same, so that either the long or the short handle may be inserted in either of them. When the short handle is used, the device is particularly adapted for dusting furniture, bric-a-brac, carriages, automobiles, and the like, and when the long handle is used the brush is adapted for dusting the walls, ceilings, floors, and the like.

The brush pro er or brush covering 3 is preferably in the orm of hide or pelt with the natural wool, hair, or fur thereon. The brushcovering 3 is of tubular form, so as to receive the cylindrical head or core 2, and it is so formed bybending a strip of hide or pelt and sewing or stitching its edges, as shownat 9. One end of this tubular covering is tapered and clo'sed to receive thetapered or coneshaped end 10 of the body 2. This construction permits the latter to set farther into the covering 3, so that the wool upon its opposite end will project and cover the same. This end of the casing is open to permit of the insertion and removal of the body 2, and it is slightly contractedby means of an elastic band or ring 11, which is attached to it, as

shown. The brush-covering 3 is retained upon the head when the short handle is used by a washer 12, which is slipped upon the threaded end 8 of said handle and engaged with a shoulder 13 upon the latter, which shoulder forces it against the open end of the covering 3 to clamp said covering between it and the end of the body 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. When the long handle is used, the brush-covering 3 is re-4 tained upon the body by means of the elastic ring 11 and the engagement of the shoulder 13 on the handle with the covering 3, adj acent to the opening in the latter, through which the threaded end 8 of the handle passes, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By mak ing the brush-covering 3 removable it may be quickly and easily removed to permit it to be washed or scrubbed in a tub, and then passed through a wringing-machine to remove the water therefrom and cause it to dry quickly.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

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2 Y sieno@ said end on the corresponding end of the head, and the handle having theI screw- I5 threaded end to engage either of the sockets vin the head, and the shoulder to bear against the cover.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witzo nesses.

SAMUEL H. BRISTER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H; BACHER, PETER D BELL.

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