US911589A - Brush attachment. - Google Patents

Description

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

JOSEPH T. HART, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BRUSH ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Application filed January 14, 1908. Serial No. 410,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brook lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Brush Attachment, of which the following is a spese fication.

This invention relates to sus ension devices for paint, varnish and similiar brushes and has for its object to provide a com aratively sim le and inexpensive device o" this character' y means of which a paint brush may be suspended from the rim of a ail or similar containing vessel with the brist es immersed in the paint or other material thereby to maintain the bristles in a soft pliable condition and prevent the same from resting on the bottom of the vessel and becoming bent or otherwise forced out of shape.

A further object of the invention is to provide a brush attachment comprising a s ring loop or bridle which encircles the brist es of the brush and is provided with a vertically disposed arm terminating in a depending hook for engagement with the rim of a pail or pot, said arm being provided with a laterally extendin attaching fin er which pierces the handle, ling plug, an ferrule of the brush and serves to retain the bridle in position and at the same time assists in preventing acci dental displacement of the plug and brush handle.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and efficiency as well as to reduce the cost of man ufacture.

Further ob'ects and advantages will apear in the foliowing description, it being unerstood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the ap ended claim.

n the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a paint brush provided with an attachment constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the brush suspended from the rim of a pail, the pail being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fi 3 is a perspective view of the device detac ed.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved device forming the subject matter of the present invention is principally designed for attachment to paint, var nish and similar brushes and by way of illustration is shown in connection with a paint brush of the ordinary construction in which 4 designates the handle, 5 the filler or plug, 6 the ferrule and 7 the bristles. interposed between the butt end of the handle and ierrule, as shown.

The attachment is preferably formed of a single piece of spring wire an intermediate ortion of which is bent to form a spring oop or bridle 8 adapted to encircle the bristles beneath the ferrule the ends of the wire after the loop is formed being intertwisted and extended upwardly to form a vertically disposed arm 9, one end of the wire being bent downwardly in parallel relation to the arm 9 to form a depending sus ension hook 10 while the opposite en of t ie wire is bent at right angles to the arm 9 to form a horizontally dis osed attaching finger 10 which pierces the errule 6, filling plug 5 and the adjacent portion of the operating handle 4 thereby to retain the attachment in position on the brush and also to assist in reventing accidental displacenient of theiiandle and plug.

The attaching finger 10 preferably extends entirely across the brush and pierces transversely alined o enings 11 formed in the ferrule 6, but if esired said attaching finger after piercing the plu and end of the handle may terminate us with the adacent wall of the latter without departing rom the spirit of the invention.

By extending the attachin finger transversely through the fer-rule, ling plug and handle, however, the usual escutcheon pins may be dispensed with.

Attention is here called to the fact that the dependin spring arm 9 serves to normally and yie dably support the bridle 8 in alinement with the ferrule so as to return the bristles to their proper place after each stroke of the brush.

The hook 1() by engagement with the upper rim of the ail 12 serves to suspend the brush within te pail with the lower portion thereof immersed in the paint or other material, thereby to keep the bristles in a soft pliable condition and prevent said bristles from resting on the bottom of the vessel and becoming bent or otherwise forced out of shape.

It will of course be understood that the loops or bridles 8 may be made in different sizes and sha es to conform to the particular style of brus ies to which they are attached, the bridle shown in the present instance bein' for the purpose of illustration only.

While the attachment is shown in connection with a paint brush employing a plug or filler it is obvious that the same may be used in connection with brushes in which the filling lugs are omitted, Without departing from t e spirit of the invention.

The device is extremely simple in construction and may be readily attached to paint brushes now in use Without the necessity of changing or otherwise altering the construction of the same.

From the foregoing descri tion it will be seen that there is provide an extremely simple, inexpensive and efficient device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in View.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

A device of the class described comprisin a body portion formed of a single plece o wire, an intermediate portion of which is bent to produce a single wall loop, the ends of the wire bein thence intertwisted and extended upward y to form a vertically disposed spring arm, one end of the Wire after the arm is formed being extended down- Wardly outside of the loop to produce a depending suspension hook and the other end of the Wire being extended parallel with the loop to form a laterally projecting attaching iinger.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH T. HART.

Witnesses:

J. E. BENNETT, E. E. CoLBY.

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