New or Improved Knife Cleaning and Polishing Boards.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1395
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Knife Cleaning and Polishing Boards.
I, ALFRED GEORGE RUMLEY, of Coburg Road, Montpelier, Bristol,
Upholsterer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved arrangement of boards for cleaning
and. polishing table knives, and has for its object to cheapen and simplify the
means hitherto employed for this purpose, and to provide an appliance by which'
a brilliant polish may be obtained with very little labour.
My invention consists in placing two pieces of board of equal size (covered
on one side with kamptulicon or other suitable material) one on the other, the
covered faces touching each other, the two boards are held in position horizontally
by T plates, dowels, or the like, to prevent the upper board from moving in any
direction except vertically; the two covered faces of the boards are sprinkled with
polishing powder, and the knife rubbed to and fro between the two surfaces with
one hand, while a pressure is given thereto with the other hand, a handle being
attached to the upper board for the purpose. To clean the backs of the knives, a
groove is cut in the upper board, and fitted with kamptulicon if preferred, this is
filled with powder, and the back of the knife rubbed therein, is quickly polished
without injuring the faces of the boards.
Dated this 20th day of February 1895
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.
New or Improved Knife Cleaning and Polishing Boards.
I, ALFRED GEORGE RUMLEY, of Coburg Road, Montpelier, Bristol,
Upholsterer, 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 a new or improved arrangement of boards for cleaning
and polishing table knives and the like, and has for its object to cheapen and
simplify the means employed for this purpose by providing an appliance by
means of which a brilliant polish may be imparted to knives with very little
labour.
My invention consists in covering one face of each of two pieces of board with
leather, kamptulicon, linoleum, or other suitable material, (hereinafter called
"composition"), and placing them with their covered faces touching each other,
the boards being held in their relative positions by Tor corner plates, dowels, or
the like; the knife being polished by rubbing to and fro between the composition
surfaces which have been previously sprinkled with any suitable polishing powder,
while the backs of the knives are polished by rubbing in a groove on the top
surface of the upper board.

page_text: My invention and the means by which it is operated, will be readily understood
by reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the lower board, fitted with dowels and covered
with composition, and
Fig. 2 is a similar view of the appliance complete, one board being laid on the
other and held in position' by the dowels, ready for use.
A is a piece of board of any suitable size, in which a couple of dowels a, a¹, are
inserted, the ends of the boards are preferably grooved and tongued, to prevent
warping; the upper face of the board is covered with composition B, which forms
a suitable surface for receiving the polishing powder: C is a similarly prepared
board, covered with composition D, holes as c', are made in this upper board to
receive and engage with the dowels a, a¹; on the upper surface of this board, a
groove E is made and fitted with composition, in which powder is placed for
polishing the backs of the knives: a handle G is attached to the upper board, on
which the operator rests one hand and gives the required pressure while he
inserts the knives between the boards and rubs them to and fro with the other
hand.
The appliance being provided as described, and treated with polishing powder,
the knives are polished by inserting them (one at a time) between the composition
surfaces B, D, and rapidly pushing them to and fro, at the same time giving them
a lateral motion, pressure being given by leaning with one hand on the handle G,
and thus both sides of the knives are polished at the same time; and by a slight
rub of the back in the groove or channel E, the whole of the knife is rapidly
cleaned.
Instead of the dowels a engaging in the holes c, Tor corner plates may be
attached to the ends or corners of one of the boards, as shown by dotted lines fin
the drawings, recesses being made if required in the other board, which will cause
both boards to be held in their relative positions.
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. The construction of knife cleaning boards with two prepared surfaces placed
in contact, so that both sides of a knife may be polished at the same time by being
inserted between the said prepared surfaces and rubbed to and fro, the boards being
held in their relative positions by vertical dowels, T or corner plates, or similar
contrivances, substantially as set forth and described.
2. The construction of knife cleaning boards with a groove or channel on the
upper surface, fitted with composition and treated with polishing powder for
cleaning the backs of table knives, substantially as set forth and described.
3. The construction of new or improved appliances for cleaning and polishing
knives, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and described, and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of October 1895.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, Jolin Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.