US2468631A - Brush holder - Google Patents

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April 26, 1949 c. L.. JAuss y i 2,468,631

' BRUSH HOLDER Filed July 20, 1946 l l ll Patented Apr. 26, 1949 UNITED STATES .a OFFICE BRUSH HOLDER Carlos L. Jauss, New York, N. Y.

Application July 20, 1946, Serial No. 685,264

3 Claims. l

This invention relates to paint brush preserving devices and more particularly to a holder or support for paint brushes whereby the bristles thereof may be suspended in a suitable uid such as for cleaning the same. It will be recognized that the function of such devices is t prevent paint on the brushes from drying and hardening and rendering the brush unfit for use.

Devices for suspending a paint brush within a container filled with turpentine or the like have been used, but in general the devices were adapted to a particular container so as to be necessarily associated therewith. Accordingly, open cans and various bottles which may have been used to preserve paint ybrushes were not thus usable in the absence of a specific cover therefor upon which was provided means to suitably engage the brush.

Bearing the foregoing in mind, it is an object of the present invention to provide paint brush suspension means which can be utilized with practically any container large enough to receive' the brush. Thus, the invention is adapted to containers over a Wide range of sizes and the device may be manufactured and sold without a container inasmuch as the purchaser can very easily provide his own. In this way, used tin cans with their tops removed may well serve to preserve paint brushes in cooperation with the device hereinafter described.

Another object of this invention is to provide cover-like means for suspending a paint brush in a container, which cover is not specifically tted to the container so as to present no diiculties in either applying or removing it therefrom.

Still another object of my invention is to provide means for suspending a paint brush in a fluid which may accommodate brushes of a Wide range of sizes and shapes.

A further object of this invention is to provide a paint brush preserving device of pronounced simplicity so as to offer considerable manufacturing economies.

Other objects of my invention will be apparent from the following description, it being understood that the above general statements of the objects of my invention are intended to describe and not limit it in any manner.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top view of a brush suspended in a container according to the instant invention.

Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 2-2 thereof.

Fig. 3 is a separate top view of a brush engaging member.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modified embodiment of the container cover.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, a container II] is illustrated as being partly filled with a lluid II which may be turpentine, kerosene, gasoline 0r any of the usual liquids in which paint brushes are immersed in order to clean the same from paint. The cover I2 is illustrated as a planar disk of suicient diameter to cover the mouth of container It. It is obvious that the cover I2 may be larger than that shown as long as it is of larger diameter than the container.

An opening I3 is formed in cover I2 whereby the handle I 4 of a paint brush I5 may be inserted therethrough. In order to prevent the paint brush from falling through the opening I3, an elongated clamping member I6 is provided so as to engage the handle I4. The longitudinal dimension of clamping member I6 being greater than that of opening I3, the member I6 can not fall through the opening and in turn prevents the handle I4 from doing so. Thus, as Seen in Fig. 2, the bristles Il of the paint brush are suitably suspended within the fluid I I and paint may drip oi the brush while the bristles are maintained against contact with the oor of the container.

rihe clamping member I6 comprises a one-piece structure of a resilient metal such as steel in which the planar leg I8 may be slipped within the hooked end IQ of the leg 20 so as to surround and create a resilient engaging pressure on the handle i4 as illustrated in Fig. 1. When it is desired to release the brush, the leg I8 is merely pushed laterally in relation to the end i9 whereupon it assumes the broken line position illustrated in Fig. 3.

It will be apparent that the cover I2, being adapted to t a large variety of containers will, in combination with the clamping member I6, maintain the brush I6 in a desired state of suspension. Clamping member I 6 may be used with or Without the cover I2 since it represents an extremely simple engaging member adapted to suspend the brush in containers by merely overlapping the borders thereof.

If desired, clamping member I6 may be provided with edge teeth 2I so as to more firmly engage the lip '22 of container I0 when the cover I2 is not used in combination therewith. Accordingly, it is only necessary in this event to clamp member I6 around the handle I4 and place it over the lip 22 of container i0v whereupon the lip will be received in at least one of the corrugations 2l so as to prevent the member I6 from sliding unduly. The length of member I6 is made greater than the expected diameter of containers which it will serve in order that the device may be used without the cover I2.

In addition, the cover I2 may take the form illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein a series of radially spaced concentric grooves or corrugations 23 are provided to render a more suitable engagement between the cover and the container. The corrugations 23 will serve to engage the lip 222 and, since the corrugations extend throughout the body of the cover, it is adapted to accommodate containers of various sizes and can engage them by the corrugations notwithstanding the variety of container sizes which can be served. It is apparent that in a combination such as shown in Fig. 2, the clamping member-I6 may be used with or without the cover I2, as desired, and that the modied embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4 may be substituted for the cover I2 shown in Fig. 2.

The clamping member Ia as shown inl Fig. 3 differs only from the clamping member it in that it is not corrugated and it may similarly be used with or Without a cooperating cover on the container. It will also be observed that since the length of the clamping members exceeds the di ameter of the container, it is feasible to use such a clamping member even during the process of painting whereby it is possible to rest the brush within the paint can at any time during the paint-ing operation. The paint brush will thereby not fall to the bottom of the can and the clamping member need not be removed while the brush is being used for painting. When the cover I2 is used in the combination it is, of course, preferable to use the clamping member Ita since the oorrugations 27| would Abe entirely unnecessary because these corrugations would not touch the container mouth.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is obvious that numerous changes and omissions may be 'made therefrom without departing from its spirit,

I claim:

1. A brush suspending device comprising a circular planar member adapted to rest on the mouth of an open container, said planar member having an opening formed centrally therethrough to receive the handle of a paint brush, and an elongated clamping member for engaging said paint brush handle and preventing it from falling through said opening, said clamping member comprising two legs adapted to surround said brush handle andineans to hook said legs together so as to engage said handle, said clamping member normally resting above said planar member over said opening thereof and being larger than both said opening, and said planar member.

2. A brush suspending device comprising a circular planar member adapted to serve as a container cover, said planar member being formed with a plurality of radially spaced and concentric grooves for engaging the mouth of the container, each of said plurality o1" grooves being radially spaced so that said planar member may nt different size-s of containers, said planar member havopening formed centrally therethrough to receive the handle of a paint brush, and clamping means for connection to said handle and disposed over said opening for suspending said brush handle Within said opening.

A brush suspending device comprising a planar member adapted to Serve as a container cover, said planar member being formed with a plurality of radially spaced and concentric grooves lor engaging the mouth ofthe container, each of said plurality of grooves being radially spaced so that said planar member may fit different sizes of containers, said member having an opening formed centrally therethrough to receive the handle of a paint brush, and clamping means for connection to said handle and disposed over said opening for suspending said brush handle within said opening, said clamping means comprising an elongated member of resilient material and of larger dimensions than said opening and having two connected legs for admitting said handle between them, and locking means on said legs whereby said handle may be clamped by said legs.

CARLOS L. JAUSS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are oi record in the le of this patent:

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