Improved Machine for Cleaning Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th May, 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
I, JENKIN THOMAS, of Mwyndu Villa, Pontyclun, R.S.O., in the County of
Glamorganshire, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to the cleaning and polishing of boots and shoes by
machinery and consists of an improved form of brush or brushes for the purpose
carried by a vertical spindle working in a suitable frame. The said brush or
brushes consist of a circular disc-shaped upper brush rotating horizontally at the
top of the vertical spindle the upper surface of the said upper brush being of a
somewhat flattened dome shape the bristles pointing upward the bristles forming
the central or inner part of the brush being of a kind suitable for applying the
blacking to the boots and shoes and the bristles from thence outward to the peri-
phery of the said upper brush being suitable for polishing the said boots or shoes.
On the under side of the said upper brush and affixed thereto is a ring shaped
brush of the same or nearly the same peripheral measurement as the said upper
brush but having the bristles pointing downwards the said bristles being stiffer
than those on the upper brush and suitable for removing mind and dirt from the
boots and shoes before applying the blacking. The vertical spindle carrying the
said brush or brushes may be rotated by means of a horizontal spindle and suit-
able bevel gearing the said horizontal spindle being worked by hand foot or other
power as may be desired.
Dated this 10th day of tu 1000
Improved Machine for Cleaning Boots and Shoes.
I, JENKIN THOMAS, of Mwyndu Villa, Pontyelun, Glamorganshire, Machinist,
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 follow-
ing statement:-
This invention relates to the cleaning and polishing of boots and shoes by
machinery and consists of an improved form of brush or brushes for that purpose
carried by and affixed to a vertical spindle working in a suitable frame. The said
brush or brushes consist of a circular disc-shaped upper brush which can be rotated
horizontally at the top of the said vertical spindle; the upper surface of the said
upper brush being of a somewhat flattened dome shape with the bristles pointing
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page_text: upward and slightly outward as they approach the outer edge or rim of the said
brush. The bristles forming the central or inner part of the said upper brush
being of a kind suitable for applying the blacking to the boots or shoes and the
bristles from thence outwards to the periphery being of a kind suitable for polish-
ing the said boots or shoes. On the under side of the said upper brush and
athxed thereto is a ring shaped brush of the same or nearly the same peripheral
measurement as the said upper brush but having the bristles pointing downwards
and stiffer than those on the upper brush so as to be suitable for removing dust
and dirt from the boots and shoes before applying the blacking. This lower
brush also is of a somewhat flattened dome shape, as to its under surface, and the
bristles also as in the upper brush point slightly outward as they approach the
outer edge or rim of the brush. In order to make the description of my invention
more clear I refer to the drawing which accompanies this specification which
represents a vertical section of the machine and in which A represents the bristles
of the lower brush for removing the dirt from the boots and shoes B the bristles
for applying the blacking and C those for polishing. The vertical spindle carrying
the said brush or brushes may be rotated by means of a horizontal spindle and
suitable bevel gearing being worked by either hand, foot or other power as may be
desired one arrangement for such working by hand power being shown on the said
drawing in which D represents the arrangement of horizontal spindle gearing and
handle and E part of a bench or table to which the whole machine may be affixed.
The method of using my invention is as follows--the said brush or brushes being
caused to rotate as before described the boot or shoe to be cleaned is first held
against the lower bristles A so as to remove the dust and dirt from it and then
against the bristles B to which blacking has been previously applied by any con-
venient means and lastly to the bristles C by which means the boot or shoe will
be polished.
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 combination of brushes for cleaning boots and shoes substantially as here-
inbefore described-that is to say an upper brush of a somewhat flattened dome
shape with the bristles pointing upward and slightly outward as they approach
the outer edge or rim, the bristles forming the central or inner part of the said
upper brush being of a kind suitable for applying the blacking and those from
thence outwards to the periphery being of a kind suitable for polishing the said
boots and shoes; the said upper brush having affixed to the under side thereof
another brush, ring shaped, of a somewhat flattened dome shape as to its under
surface, the bristles of a kind suitable for removing dust and dirt from the boots
and shoes to be cleaned and pointing slightly outward as they approach the outer
edge or rim of the brush--the said brushes to be affixed to a vertical spindle and
caused to rotate by any suitable means.