US821078A - Brush. - Google Patents

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, PATENTED MAY 22, 1906 W. H. BENNETT.

BRUSH.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 23. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed a ua y 23, 1905. Serial No. 242,225.

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Brush, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brushes of that class in which the brushing-surface is formed of sheets of suitably-flexible and measurablyelastic material, such as felt or any similar fabric. Brushes made of such material are adapted to a large number of purposes; and. the essential feature of my present invention consists in providing a more economical and efficient construction for such a brush and relates more especially to the construction of the back or support for the sheets of felt comprising the brushing-surface.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention as embodied in a brush of that class more especially adapted to polishing shoes and other like purposes. In the construction of brushes for such purposes I have found that a strip of felt can be very satisfactorily secured to a surface ofwood by means of any suitable glue or cement.

To cut slots or grooves in a wooden backpiece or handle and secure the sheets of felt in such grooves by means of suitable glue or cement produces a very satisfactory brush; but there is considerable expense involved in the grooving of the handles orbacks and in' the insertion of the edges of the sheets of felt within the grooves.

It is the purpose of my present invention to overcome this difficulty and at the same time secure the benefits resulting from the combination of the wood supporting-pieces between the sheets of felt and to which the sheets of felt may be directly cemented-that is, so much of the sheets as is arranged to extend within the surface of the brush handle or back proper. I have therefore provided a series of separating-strips which are practically the equivalent, so far as cross-sectional area and conformation are concerned, of the supporting pieces or spaces between the grooves in a wooden back for a brush of this kind, except, however, that I prefer to have the grain run lengthwise of such strips for the purpose of securing greater strength. My

brush, then, comprises a series of sheets of felt cemented to separating-pieces of wood or like material and with such separating-pieces held in place in a suitable back for the brush.

I have found that to cement the entire series of separating-strips and the edges of the felt lying in the same plane therewith to a common back-strip secures a very satisfac tory support for such separating-pieces and the felt attached thereto. I have also found it desirable to inclose this latter strip and the separating strips or pieces all within a suit able sheet-metal case, which forms in reality the exterior of the handle or back proper. Such a sheet-metal case or handle may be formed very cheaply. It helps to secure the separating-stripsand the main uniting-strip firmly in place, and. at the same time when properly enameled or finished such a sheetmetal case presents a very neat and tasty ap pearance.

The accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, are as follows:

Figure'l is a side view of my brush with. a portion of the metal case broken away. Fig. 2 is a view of the brush from the under side. Fig. 3 is an end view of the brush. Fig. 4 shows in perspective a few of the sheets of felt and their separating-strips and a part of the main uniting-strip to which they are secured. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View of the metallic handle-case for the brush.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, my brush con.- sists of a series of sheets of felt F, having the upper portion of one of its sides glued to a separating strip of wood 8. These sheets of felt F and the separating-strips s, to which they are glued, are in turn cemented throughout a portion of their upper surface to a common supporting or uniting piece 25. This uniting piece or strip t is of such a length, as in dicated in the drawings, as to be readilyforced Within and between the ends of the case B, where it is securely held by the small indentations (1, formed in the ends of the case B. The separating-strips s are of such a length, as will be at once understood, as to be readily forced in between the sides of the case B.

In constructing my brush the sheets of felt F, one at a time, are each cemented to its corresponding separating-strips s and then a sufficient number of them are assembled and cemented to the uniting-strip t, and in this operation the upper edges of the felt where they come in contact with this strip t are also cemented to such strip at, so as to secure an increased cementingsurface and for uniting the felts as well as the separating-strips to this common uniting-piece-t. When thus assembled, the strip t,w1th the desired number of felts and separating-strips secured thereto, is inserted within the case B, and the indentations d are formed for holding the strip in place. On account of the close fit of all the arts the separating-pieces s are firmly hel within the case B, thereby producing a very rigid support for the sheets of felt comprising the brushing-surface. My brush, then, comprises aseries of sheets of felt cemented to a common back piece or supporting-piece and also cemented to a series of separating-strips, such separating-strips also secured to the back piece and such unitingstrip and separating-strips all held in place in a suitable metallic case therefor.

What I claim is 1. In a brush, a series of sheets of fabric arranged in substantially parallel planes, separating-strips between such sheets of fabric near their upper edges, a common unitingstrip secured to such separating-strips and to the upper edges of such sheets of fabric, such separating-strips secured to such sheets of fabric and an inclosing case arranged to engage such separating-strips.

2. In abrush, a series of sheets of fabric arranged in substantially parallel planes, separating-strips between such sheets of fabric near their upper edges, a common uniting= strip secured to such separating-strips and to the upper edges of such sheets of fabric, an inclosing case, such separating-strips secured to such sheets of fabric and means for securing such separating strips and such common uniting-strip in such inclosing case.

3. In a brush, in combination With a series of sheets of fabric arranged in substantially parallel planes, a common uniting strip, means for securing such sheets of fabric to such common uniting-strip comprising a series of independent separating-strips of rela tively non-compressible material secured to and between such sheets of fabric near their upper edges and a metallic case for inclosing and retaining such sep arating-strips and such common uniting-strip.

4. A brush comprising a metallic case and a series of sheets of fabric and means for supporting such sheets of fabric in such case in substantially parallel planes comprising indi vidual separating-strips of relatively noncompressible material secured to and between such sheets of fabric at their upper edges and a common uniting-strip for such separating-strips and sheets of fabric.

WM. H. BENNETT.

I/Vitnesses:

ALBERT C. BELL, CLARA M. LIENER.

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