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Application filed November 18, 1896. Serial Bo. 612,531, (No model,)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, George W. Cole, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth and 5 State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fluid Handling and Utilizing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holdro ing mucilage, gum, oil, paint, or other fluid; and it consists of a collapsible tube having a removable cap or cover, said cap being provided with a brush or stick, which is secured to its interior and which may be inserted into 15 the mouth of the tube when the cap is put on and will be held by the cap within the tube in a stationary position. The contents of the tube may be forced up to the brush by collapsing the tube and the brush thus fed 20 with fluid, while at the same time the brush will be normally maintained submerged in the fluid and prevented from hardening.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which I have desig25 nated the parts by letters, referring to like parts by like letters.

. Figure 1 is a view showing the device partially in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the nozzle of the tube, and Fig. 3 is a sec30 tional view of the cap carrying the brush and handle.

A is a collapsible tube, made, preferably, of soft metal suitable for this purpose, a' is a mouthpiece or nozzle for said tube, made 35 preferably, of a stiff metal or of the same metal as the tube, of a thickness sufficient to give it the required stiffness. I have indicated this nozzle as a'. On the outside of the nozzle «' I have provided a screw-thread a². 40 B is a cap intended to fit over and seal the mouthpiece or nozzle of the collapsible tube A, and is made, preferably, in the form indicated and provided on the interior thereof with a screw-thread V to fit the screw45 thread ci².

δ³ is a handle carrying on the end within the cap the brush δ⁴. The other end protrudes beyond the cap and forms a handle for the brush. I secure this handle within 50 the top of the cap B, as indicated, preferably by boring a hole through the center of the top of the said cap B and introducing said handle δ³ and securing the same firmly in position within said hole.

The rod extends within the cap about the 55 length of the cap, and the brush upon its extremity is of such a size as to pass through the mouth of the tube. When the tube is filled with fluid and the brush inserted into it through the mouth and the cap screwed in 60 place, the tube will be sealed air-tight. If now the tube be compressed, the fluid will flow up to and fill the upper part of the tube and surround the brush. The result will be that the brush will be saturated with fluid 65 and at the same time surrounded by it. The tube once compressed, as by rolling up the bottom, for instance, will not be unrolled. Thus the fluid will always remain in the top of the tube, surrounding tbe brush, and the 70 brush being always submerged will remain soft. The contents of the tube not being exposed to air will not evaporate.

The peculiar novelty of my invention consists of sealing the mouth of a collapsible tube 75 with a cap having a brush protruding from its interior or into the tube, so that when the tube is collapsed the fluid therein will be forced up to and surround the brush, saturating it and submerging it and maintaining 80 it in this condition.