FOUNTAIN POWER-BRUSH

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 140, 3 September 1927, Page 13

FOUNTAIN POWER-BRUSH

AUCKLANDER’S INVENTION BENEFIT TO PAINTING TRADE A device, which the inventor claims will revolutionise the painting industry, has just been completed by a young New Zealander, Mr. Frank Raymond, of Auckland. It is to be known as the fountain power brush, A working demonstration was given to a SUN representative to-day, and the result left little doubt that this invention is a labour-saving device that must command attention. The brush can be of any size and of the familiar type now used by the trade. A cavity is made through the handle to which a tube is screwed. Through this the paint, which comes from a container, is forced by compressed air. It leaves the tube and circulates through outlets which are concealed in the bristles of the brush. By this means a continuous flow of paint is assured and is regulated by a control affixed to the handle of the brush. The tubing which connects the brush to the container can be clipped to the wrist and arm of the painter or operator so that it does not get in the way while working. In the demonstration given it was apparent that the work becomes much lighter. The flow from the brush is continuous, thus ensuring s clean and even distribution of paint. No expensive plant is required, and the fountain brush plant can be constructed in sizes capable of being handled by one to ten men, and of using paint from one pint to ten gallons. The present method of constantly dipping the brush and wiping it on the sides of the paint pot seem most antiquated alongside this invention. The whole method is automatic and can be used for the painting of houses, interior decorating, ships, or rolling stock. Mr. Raymond, who was born in Invercargill, has been at work on the patent for five months, and first obtained the idea while working in dry dock where the painting of ships is no small contract. Tics noticed the waste of time and labour in the ordinary ways of painting and set out to evolve this invention.