A New or Improved Device for Washing, Cleaning, and Polishing Silver Ware and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Washing, Cleaning, and Polishing
Silver Ware and the like.
I, HELEN MARY HOLLINGWORTH of The Glen, Gurnard, Cowes, Isle of Wight,
married lady, do hereby declare the nature of this 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 relates to improvements in appliances for washing cleaning and
polishing silver ware and the like, and has for object to provide a handy inexpensive
and efficient means for thoroughly washing cleaning and polishing not only articles
having flat and therefore easily reached surfaces but also embossed, chiseled, open or
other ornamented work, where effective cleaning and polishing is frequently found a
difficult and delicate operation. My invention will prove especially useful for cleaning
between the prongs of forks, work often insufficiently done or neglected owing to the
difficulty in reaching such parts with the ordinary cleaning appliances.
The utensil, forming the subject of my invention, I make from chamois or other
suitable leather or material in such manner as to provide on one side a smooth and
level surface, while the other side consists of a series of longitudinal parallel flutings
or furrows or corrugations, also made of chamois leather or other suitable material
sewn or otherwise fixed lengthwise and at regular intervals with intermediate bulgings
in the material to another piece of chamois leather or the like. The hereinbefore
described smooth piece of leather and the piece provided with the fluted surface are
subsequently stitched together back to back, or, if desired, a piece of coarse linen or
other material not liable to shrink or harden after having been wetted, may be placed
and secured between the two to give a greater degree of firmness to the cleaner.
In order to make my invention more readily understood, I append hereto a sheet of
drawings illustrative thereof, in which
Fig. 1. is a plan of the cleaner as seen when spread out, and
Fig. 2. is a cross section along the broken line A B shown in Fig. 1.
a represents the smooth flat bottom piece of chamois leather or other material, b the
second or upper piece having secured thereto the herein before described flutings 61,
and c indicates the stiffening layer of linen or the like. These three parts are stitched
or otherwise suitably fixed together at both sides and at the top and bottom.
It will be seen that the flutings b present a very soft and pliable surface which
when pressed against the article to be cleaned or polished will readily enter into all
openings or follow the curves of embossments, and render it perfectly easy to clean
between the prongs of forks and the like.
The device may be made of any suitable size and shape according to requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A new or improved device for cleaning and polishing, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
London this 18th of September 1896.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
Agents for Applicant.

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