Cleansing Plates and Dishes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1887.
Complete Left, 15th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th Apr., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Cleansing Plates and Dishes.
ALFRED MOWBRAY WAITE Export Merchant 37 King William Street, London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this Patent is to enable the user to clean plates and dishes without
placing either hand in water. It consists of an implement, somewhat similar to a pair
of Tongs, and a brush, which are quite independent of each other. The Tongs are so
made that the lower or under part of the upper jaw is smooth or slightly convex
to correspond with the upper exterior rim of a plate, and the upper part of the lower
jaw is concave to fit the under rim of a plate or dish. This part (the lower jaw)
is made smooth if the shape of the under rim of a plate requires it. The lower surface
of the lower jaw is straight and smooth. The extremity of the lower jaw is bent at a
slight downward angle, and is sharp pointed, so that plates and dishes can be easily
separated when several are placed in a basin. The lower jaw is about twice the length
of the upper. It will be found more convenient to hold the apparatus with the
left hand, whilst with the right hand the brush can be used instead of the traditional
dish cloth.
Dated this 24th day of Tour 1997
ALFRED MOWBRAY WAITE Export Merchant 37 King William Street, London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this Patent is to enable the user to clean plates and dishes without
placing either hand in water. It consists of an implement, somewhat similar to a pair
of Tongs, and a brush, which are quite independent of each other. The Tongs are so
made that the lower or under part of the upper jaw is smooth or slightly convex
to correspond with the upper exterior rim of a plate, and the upper part of the lower
jaw is concave to fit the under rim of a plate or dish. This part (the lower jaw)
is made smooth if the shape of the under rim of a plate requires it. The lower surface
of the lower jaw is straight and smooth. The extremity of the lower jaw is bent at a
slight downward angle, and is sharp pointed, so that plates and dishes can be easily
separated when several are placed in a basin. The lower jaw is about twice the length
of the upper. It will be found more convenient to hold the apparatus with the
left hand, whilst with the right hand the brush can be used instead of the traditional
dish cloth.
Dated this 24th day of Janu1987
ALFRED MOWBRAY WAITE.

page_text: 1, ALFRED MOWBRAY WAITE, of 37, King William Street, London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This Invention consists of an implement intended for domestic use and specially
adapted to separate and firmly hold plates, dishes, and like articles of domestic use to
permit of their being washed and cleansed without the necessity of placing the hands
in the washing or rinsing water.
The application of the Invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings,
in sectional elevation in Fig. 1, and in plan view in Fig. 2.
The apparatus is constructed after the manner of a pair of tongs, and consists
essentially of an opposite pair of jaws, 3, 4, the opposite faces, 5, 6, of which are
conformed to, or are caused to approximate to the contour of, the adjacent opposite sides
of the rim or like part, 7, of the plate, 8, or other article intended to be held thereby,
and the under one of which jaws is extended with a downward inclination, 9,
the extremity, 10, of which is chisel-edged and specially adapted to enter between the
adjacent rims of a series of superposed plates so as to easily separate one thereof from
the others when several are placed in a basin or other water container, and so
as to cause such plates to enter between the said jaws, 3, 4; the said jaws being
made of a broadened formation as best seen in Fig. 2, so as to obtain a sufficient hold
of the plate or article, and being hinged or pivoted at a convenient part, 11, and
adapted with extended handles, 12, of any convenient length and conformation,
and by means of which the jaws can be so closed as to firmly hold and secure the
plate or other article between them in the manner represented in Fig. 1, on the
accompanying drawings, that is, on both the upper and lower surfaces of the rim, and
under a more forward part which rests upon the said extended part, 9, of the
under jaw, 4.
The opposite faces, 5, 6, of the jaws, 3, 4, may have applied thereto facings 13
of lead, leather, or other suitable comparatively soft material as shown by the
dotted lines in Fig. 1, rivetted or otherwise suitably secured in position so as to permit
of the implement being used with plates or like articles the rims of which vary
somewhat in shape.
The washing and cleansing of the plates or articles, 8, is preferably effected by
means of a brush, 14, the bristles, hair, or fibre of which are preferably shaped to the
conformation of the inner or upper part of the rim of the plate in the manner
represented in Fig. 1.

page_text: The plate or article can by such means herein before described be conveniently
taken hold of, and if required be repeatedly dipped in the washing or rinsing water,
and conveniently and perfectly cleansed, without the necessity of placing the hands in
the water.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The domestic implement herein before described specially adapted to the purpose
aforesaid, the same consisting essentially of a pair of opposite jaws, 3, 4, the opposite
faces 5, 6, of which are respectively formed as aforesaid, and the under one of which
jaws is extended with a downward inclination, 9, and chisel-edged extremity, 10, the
said jaws being hinged and adapted with handles substantially in the manner
hereinbefore described.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.