US1515503A - Brush - Google Patents

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Nov; 11,` 1924 1,515,503 K. A. LUCEY BRUSH Filed March 5, 1924 @51j A Mal abbina? Patented Nov. 1l, l924 It.,

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'I'ET BRUSH.

Application filed March 3, 1924. Serial No. 696,663..

To all lwhom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, KATHERINE A. LUGEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Mazomanie, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to brushes and aims to improve upon the structure thereof so as to provide a device which will pele; efficient in cleansing milk cans and the Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature having a resilient mounting so that the bristles thereof may be forced into engagement with all parts of the can being cleaned.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a brush of this nature having a simple structure, one which is reliable, inexpensive to manufacture, durable, light, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a brush embodying my invention, and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the spring arms forming a part of the brush.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that 1 designates an elongated handle formed of any desirable material and provided at one end with a suitable hook 2 so that it may be engaged with a nail when the brush is not in use. A pair of spring arms 3 is disposed on the other end of the handle 1. Each spring arm 3 is curved throughout its length terminating at one end in a pair of oppositely disposed ears 4 which are curved over toward each other to form a sleeve. The other end of the arm is provided with an eye or opening 5. A bolt, screws, or other fastening elements 6 pass through the eyes or openings 5 of the arms 3 so as to secure them to the end of the handle 1 in such a manner that they are curved from each other `as is indicated to advantage in Figure 1. The brush proper indicated at A comprises a twisted wire shank 7 preferably formed of two strands of wire twisted about each other. rIhese wires are formed of some suitable resilient material and the ends thereof are disposed in and held by the sleeves formed by the ears 4. The intermediate portion b of the shank 7 is substantially straight while the end portions c are curved toward each other so that the terminals 0l may be received within the sleeve formed by ears 4. The arms 3 are also formed of some resilient material and it will thus be seen that by pressing downwardly upon the handle 1 the length of the straight intermediate portion b may be increased since the curved portion c will be forced outwardly and portions thereof become continuations of the intermediate portion b. It will also be seen that because of the resilient nature of the arms 3 of the shank 7 that the brush may be forced through a rather restricted neck of a milk can and used to efficiently clean the bottom thereof.

The bristles f are preferably attached intermediate their ends by being passed between the two twisted strands of the shank 7 and should be comparatively stiff so that they may be forced into the crevices of cans and the like. Although I have described my invention with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or' scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A brush of the class described including a handle, a pair of resilient arms eX- tending from one end of the handle and curved so as to diverge-from each other and terminating in sleeves, a bristle carrying member, a wir@ shank having its ends disposed in and engaged by said sleeves.

2. A brush of the class described including a handle, a pair of curved arms attached to the handle and diverging from each other and terminating in a pair of oppositely disposed ears curved over toward each other to form sleeves, and a bristle carrying member having a resilient wire shank, the ends thereof being disposed in and engaged by the ears forming the sleeves.

3. A brush of the class described including a handle, apair of resilient arms, eao'h arm being curved throughout its length and terminating at one end in a pa-ir of oppositely disposed ears eurvedtoward each other to form a sleeve and at its other end an opening, fastening elements passing throughvk the openings of the arms for attaching theln to the handle, said armsv diver'ging from each otherwhen attached to the handle, and a l0 bristle carrying ineinber including a Wire shank of `resilierit"Inateria'h the' ends of the Wire'- shank beingreeeive'd in and engaged by the sleeves formed by the ears.

iii-testimony whereof I' affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

n KATHERINE A. LUCEY. Witnesses:

ALMA T. DAVIES,

CEAS. T. D'Avrn'e.

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