Improvements in Hand Appliances for Cleaning Table Knives and other Bright Work.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1899-Accepted, 10th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand Appliances for Cleaning Table Knives and
other Bright Work.
I, JOHN MARSHALL, of 29, Cobden Road. Chesterfield, in the County of Derby,
Commercial Traveller, 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;-
My invention relates to the construction of a hand appliance to be used for clean-
ing the blades of table knives, fire irons, and other surfaces for which it is adapted;
it is especially useful for domestic purposes being cheap and effective.
The annexed drawings represent two methods of constructing my appliance.
Fig. 1. represents an elevation, and the face, of one of my cleaning appliances,
made in the manner 1 prefer.
Fig. 2, elevation, end view, and face of a similar appliance, of modified con-
struction.
In carrying out my invention so as to produce a cleaner which can be held firmly
by the hand, and be well adapted for its work, I shape a piece of wood I, or in
some cases I use metal, to form the handle preferably with an opening 0, for the
fingers to pass through, or a groove on each side may be substituted if preferred.
The face of the wood is slightly curved from end to end, but transversely it
is flat, and upon this face, I fix a leather strip St, either by means of screws, nails
or other equivalent means, as shown in the sectioned portion.
Upon this first strip St, 1 secure another strip S. of suitable leather, which I
prefer to secure by sewing it to the first strip, the stitches being well embedded
in the leather.
In Fig. 2, the wood handle part 1 is made from lengths of moulding, corre-
sponding with the end view, in its cross sectional configuration: these lengths of
moulding are cut up to the desired measure, and have their faces rounded as before
described.
The leather facing in this cleaner is shown as consisting of two depending side
pieces, S, and two end pieces S. nailed to the wood, and filled in with thick polish-
ing leather S, secured by cement or other means.
I wish it be understood that I may use other arrangements of leather facings,
or I may transpose those shown; thus for a cheap article I may glue or cement a
single strip of leather upon the curved face, and if preferred I may dress the
leather face with polishing material such as flour emery.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim
is:—
1. An appliance adapted for cleaning table knife blades, and other bright work,
having a handle part II, provided with an opening for the fingers 0, a curved
face F. and a polishing facing of one or more strips of leather S, secured to the
handle part by suitable means, as hereinbefore described and shown in Fig. 1.

page_text: An appliance adapted for cleaning the blades of table knives and other
articles, having a handle part suitably shaped for gripping with the hand, and
with a segmental face to which is secured a polishing face of leather, or other like
material suitable for the purpose, as hereinhefore described, with reference to
Fig. 2.
ROBT. F. DRURY, C.P.A..
Agent for the Applicant, Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield.