US1095226A - Brush-holder. - Google Patents

Description

L. T; OWENS.. BRUSH HOLDER.

VAPPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1913.

1,095,226, 4 y `Pat-,eluted'lvlfly5, 1914 LEE fr. OWENS, or TACOMA, wAsmNG'roN.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

y `Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed February 18, 1913. Serial N o. 749,079.

To all whom it 4may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE T. OWENS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of WVashington, have invented a new and useful Brush-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices by means of which a calcimine brush may be Supported in the pail of calcimine when it is not in use, and has for its objects to provide a simple, cheap and effective device which will so support the brush within the pail that the drippings therefrom will fall therein and none of the liquid on the sides or rim of the pail will get on the brush handle, and whereby the handle is always in position to be grasped without having to turn it in the hand, and from which position it is convenient to insert the brush into the calciinine in the pail.

Further objects are to provide a Vdevice which will` not injure or scratch the wall when the brush is in use, nor in any way interfere with the free use of the brush by the operator.

I attain these and other objects by the d evices, forms and arrangements illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which*- Figure 1 is a vertical section through a pail showing a brush, equipped with my dcvicc, sustained therein ;.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the end portion of a brush showing the method o-f attaching my device thereto; Fig. 3 is a cross-section thereof; Fig. 4 is a plan of a removableform ofvmy device; and Fig'. 5 is a perspective view thereof.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The back of a calcimine or other similar brush, is composed of two pieces of wood-,the lower piece l carrying the brush bristles 2,-

and the upper piece 3 being secured to theA upper side of the piece 1 by any suitable means. The upper piece 3 carries the brush handle 4 secured at its center and extending therefrom at right angles thereto. Now it is very desirable to keep the' handle of such a brush as free from the'calcimine as possible but this is very diilicult if the brush has to be laid across the top of the pail or on any support attached to thepail, and I have therefore devised the following described hook or hanger. f

In the preferred forni, this invention is mounted permanentlyon the brush, being inserted in place during theA manufacture of the brush. Two vertical parallel holes 5 are made through the upper part 3, near one end, and a groove 6 `joins them in the lower face of the said piece. A piece of heavy wire 7 lies within the groove 6 and its ends turn up and pass through the holes 5 from which theyv emerge forming two parallel uprights 8 which extend a short distance above the level of the piece 3; the parts 8 are then bent toward the adjacent end ofthe brush, forming two horizontal parts 9, which in turn are bent down to form two short hooks l0. The length of the parts 9 is such `that the hooks 10 are almost over the edge (fif the brush, but do not quite reach that In the removable form, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, I have provided a device which can be applied to brushes which have not been equipped atthe factory as above described. This consists of a Wire loop 11 adapted to lie on the upper surface of the part 3, and

Vhaving its ends bent to correspond with the above described parts 8, 9 and 10; while two clips 12 are permanently secured to the ends of the loop l1, said clips extending sidewise to the edge of the brush and then being bent downward and then having inward extending teeth 13 adapted to be pressed into the wood of the part 3, thus securing the device to the brush. It is evident that this piece can be readily applied to any brush which it will fit over and can be as readily removed therefrom.

Having described my invention, what I claim is z- 1. A brush holder comprisinga pair of parallel legs of substantially L-form secured to the brush and having hooksformed at their terminals, means for securing the holder to the brush whereby the hook terinto engagement with the sides of the brush minals lie side by side Within the area of the back for securing the holder in position 10 brush balk andhovr one end of the same.1 thereon.

2. A" rush ol er comprising a sing e 5 strand of spring wire bent'to form a spring j LEE T' OWENS loop and substantially parallel legs havingA Witnesses: hooks on their terminals and clips connected M. F. MCNEIL,

to opposite legs and` adapted to be drawn A. A. ALLEN.

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