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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LUTHER H. VAN ZANDT, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
BRUSH.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,873, dated March 24, 1896.
Application filed January 18,1896, Serial No. 576,023. (No model,)To all zwhom it 7may concern.:
Be it known that I, LUTHER I. VAN ZANDT,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and Im-
proved Brush, of which the following is a
specification.
My invention relates to brushes for use
with water subject to pressure and which can
o10 be used for scrubbing floors, walls, or ceil-
ings, washing horses, buggies, &c., and for
cleaning carcasses of slaughtered animals.
Other objects and advantages will be fully
understood from the following description
15 and claim when taken in connection with the
accompanying drawings, in which similar
characters of reference are used to indicate
the same parts in both views.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the brush and
20 showing a section of the pipe. Fig. 2 is a
side elevation showing positions of the port
and the valve.
E indicates the handle. The handle has
recesses L L for convenience in holding the
25 brush and a recess is also cut in the end for
the pipe to prevent any lateral motion of the
pipe.
F indicates the pipe, which is attached to
the friction side of the handle by means of
30 lugs C, C', and D, fastened to the handle by
means of screws II, H', and H". These lugs
are made integral with pipe F. The lug D
is made beveling so that it will wedge the
handle against the pipe. The pipe is ar-
35 ranged and shaped so that it can be readily
attached to an ordinary hose.
G indicates the bristles in Fig. 2, and in
Fig. 1 the position of the bristles is indicated
by dotted circles, two rows on each side of
40 the pipe.
i indicates the connection for an ordinary
hose.
J indicates a cut-off valve having a handle
K projecting over the brush.
45 B indicates the perforations in the pipe for
allowing the water to escape. These perfo-
rations are arranged on the side of the pipe
away from the handle so that the water will
be always thrown through the bristles to theplace of application or where the water is to 50
be used. The handle of the valve is so ar-
ranged that the valve can be opened when-
ever desired by simply turning the handle
with the finger without having to release the
brush-handle. By this means when the un- 55
der surfaces of objects are to be washed wa-
ter can be thrown to these surfaces just as
readily as it can be thrown to top or side
surfaces.
The handle K is shown broken away. It 6o
is to be made to extend over the brush-handle
far enough to be in easy reach of the finger.
The brush is described as having bristles
G. Palmetto or other suitable material can
be used. Palmetto possesses the advantage 65
of becoming pliable when wet, so that smooth
surfaces will not be scratched by it.
The brush not only has a reservoir for hold-
ing water, but its reservoir can be connected
with the hose of water-works or of water 70
of higher elevation than the object to be
scrubbed or cleaned.
It will be seen that I have invented a brush
by which water can be supplied at the point
of friction on any surface and in any position. 75
Having fully described my invention, what
I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters
Patent, is-
A brush for use with water under hydraulic
or other pressure consisting of a handle E, 8o
having slots L, and L', for convenient grasp-
ing, a pipe F, having perforations B, lugs C,
C', and beveled lug D, made integral with
said pipe, said lug D, wedging said handle
against said pipe, said pipe extending the 85
whole length of the friction side of said brush
and through a recess in one end of said han-
dle and being attached to said handle by
means of screws or bolts, bristles or other
suitable material inserted in said handle on 90
each side of said pipe, a connection M, for
attaching said pipe to a convenient hose, a
cut-off valve J, operating in said connection,
and a handle K, for operating said valve.
LUTHER H. VAN ZANDT.
Witnesses:
R. H. GORGAS,
JAMES GILFORD BROWNING.
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