US293075A - Cotton-marking brush - Google Patents

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G- PPEIFER.

QOTTON MARKING BRUSH. l No. 293,075. y Patented'feb. 5., 1884.

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GUS. PFEIFER, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.,

ooTToN-'viARKINe BRUSH.

SPECIEIGATION forming part of Letters Application filed July 11l 1883.

Patent No. 293,075, dated February 5, 1884.

(No model.)

iro @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, GUs. IFEIFER, a citizen of the United States ofAmeriea, residing at Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Marking Brushes; and I do hereby 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.

This invention relates to the manufacture of brushes for marking cotton-bales, &c.; and the novelty consists in the construction and' arrangement of parts composing the brush.

In marking cotton-bales and the like a brush with an inclined edge is desirable, and therefore one of the objects of the improvement is to construct a brush that will permit the trimming down of the bristles at an angle without injuring or damaging the brush.

Figure l of the drawings represents a perspective view of the handle, showing` the formation of a groove for the reception of the bristles and an exterior formation for the wrapping. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bristles ferruled. Y Fig. 3 isa similar view, showing the bristles inserted and the clamping-ferrule. Fig. 4t is aview of the completed brush. Fig. 5 is a view of the metallic ferrule; and Fig. 6 is a side view of the lower portion ofthe brush, showing the diagonallytrimmed bristles more fully.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a handle, made preferably of wood, having its base or lower end made enlarged and provided with the slot or groove Z1. This groove should be made of a height and width to receive the necessary quantity of bristles or hair to make a iirm brush, and at the same time to furnish the necessary protection and strength to the same when in use.

In shaping the handle the exterior surfaces of the side walls, as well as a portion of the ends of qthe base of the handle, (between the points c 0,) are reduced in size, forming upper and lower shoulders, d d, as shown, to receive a cord or wire wrapping to better secure the bristles in position.

The ferrule or ring B, which is made of suitable metal, is of a dimension tol extend the length of and to iit snugly within the formed slot or groove at the lower end ofthe handle. A quantity of bristles for a marking-brush are properly arranged, and about midway of their length the ferrule B is clamped around them, to bind and confine the same from spreading, after which 'the butt-ends of the bristle's are inserted in the formed slot of .the handle, so as to locate the ferrule at the base of the slot, as shown. After the bristles with the attached ferrule have been properly adjust-ed and fastened, by glue or other fastenA ing agent, in the formed slot,a twine wrapping or its equivalent is passed around the lower portion of the handle to fill up the space between the shoulders l d, and made secure, so as to confine the bristles from end displace ment7 as well as to give additional strength to the side walls protecting the bristles. After the bristles are properly secured to the handle, the free ends of the bristles are trimmed down diagonally for marking cotton-bales and the like.

Because of the rough and fibrous surface of the bale-cover, the paint is applied by drawing the brush downward, which makes it neoessary that a stiffer brush than common be used to force the marking on and into the texture of the bale-cover. If abrush formed with a square end bel used, it must be held so unnaturally that the work can scarcely be done. I overcome these difficulties by trimming the bristles on the face of the brush diagonally, as heretofore stated, in order to secure a firm body and the desired slant;

In the wrapping of the twine twol double half-bitches77 at suitable intervals are prefer ably made, so that the brush can be cut down three times without injuring or damaging its utility-t. e., the first trimming down is made below the ferrule, the second trimming above first double halfhitch :in the twine, and third trimming above the second half-hitch.

By arranging the butt-ends of the bristles in the groove of the handle and securing the same therein tirmly, the free ends will increase in rmness as they are diagonally trimmed down and approach the butt-end of the bristles.

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"What I eifniin as my invention, :1nd desireie secure by Letters Patent, is-

As e. ner article of manufacture, the coti I'ntestimonywhereof I :zliix lnysigimti'nein i presente ef two witnesscs.

ten-marking brush embodying the eelnbina- GUS. PFETFE'R. tion 0f the handle A, formed with the single ing-feuille, and the wrapping in the exterior L. J. MUMAIMN,

slot, diagonaliytrlnuned bristies,\v1th elmnp- H\\ iinesses:

iin-ined grooves, Substantially :is described. i '\\".1'lzL. S'LI'iir.

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