Improvements in Tools for Finishing Coverings for the Feet, also applicable for other purposes, such as Finishing or Polishing Wood or Metal Work.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tools for Finishing Coverings for the Feet, also
applicable for other purposes, such as Finishing or Polishing
Wood or Metal Work.
I, THOMAS GARE, of The Gare Machine Co. Ltd., of Hopes Carr, Stockport,
in the County of Chester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in tools for finishing coverings for the
feet, such as are used for buffing, but which are also applicable for other purposes,
such as finishing or polishing wood or metal work and has for its object to render
the working surface of such tools more flexible and yet rigid when required, so
as to readily accommodate itself to curved, uneven, irregular, or angular surfaces
to be operated upon.
To this end my improved buffing, polishing or finishing tool consists of a disc
arranged to rotate at a suitable high speed, the face or periphery of which is adapted
to receive a flexible disc or rim respectively, the face or periphery thereof being
covered with glass, emery paper or other abrasive material suitable for the intended
purpose, against which the object to be operated upon is held or pressed.
According to one form of my invention, I curve the face or periphery of the said
disc or rim so as to provide a space between the same and the flexible disc or rim.
This space permits the flexible dise or rim to diverge from its normal position when
required and accommodate itself to the particular shape of the object to be operated
upon when being brought into contact with the glass or emery paper on the flexible
disc or rim, the said disc thus serving as a back controlls and limits the movement
of the said flexible disc or rim.
The said flexible disc or rim may be made of rubber only or of a number of flat
springe covered with rubber, leather or other soft or flexible material.
According to another form of my invention, for certain uses I dispense with the
said space on both or one side of the said rim and furnish one side thereof, i.e. the
side without the said space, with a flange which serves as a guide and guard to
prevent the part not to be operated upon being damaged.
Dated this 15th day of February 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co., ·
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tools for Finishing Coverings for the Feet, also
applicable for other purposes, such as Finishing or Polishing
Wood or Metal Work.
I, THOMAS GARE, of The Gare Machine Co. Ltd., of Hopes Carr, Stockport,
in the County of Chester, Engineer, 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 tools for finishing coverings for the
feet such as are used for buffing but which are also applicable for other purposes
such as finishing or polishing wood or metal work and has for its object to
render the working surface of such tools more flexible and yet rigid when required,
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page_text: so as to readily accommodate itself to curved, uneven, irregular, or angular surfaces
to be operated upon.
To this end my improved buffing, polishing, or finishing tool consists of a disc or
foundation arranged to rotate at a suitable high speed, the face or periphery of
which is adapted to receive a flexible disc or rim respectively and the face or
periphery of the latter being covered with glass, emery paper or other abrasive
material suitable for the intended operation, against which the object to be operated
upon is held or pressed.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Figs. 1 & 3 are partly cross sections and partly side views and Figs. 2 & 4 plans
respectively of finishing or polishing tools constructed in accordance with my
invention. Fig. 5 is partly a cross section and partly a side view and Fig. 6 a plan
of a modification of Figs. 1 & 2. Figs. 7 & 8 are cross sections and Fig. 9 is a
side view enlarged of a portion of the periphery of the said tool showing a
modification of Figs. 3 & 4.
a is the disc or foundation the flexible disc or rim attached to the face or
periphery of the disc or foundation a, c is the abrasive material aforesaid, d the
shaft by which the said tool is rotated.
In carrying out my invention and referring to the figures generally I curve the
face or periphery of the disc or foundation a so as to provide a space e between
the same and the flexible disc or rim 6 respectively. This space e permits the
flexible disc or rim b when required to diverge from its normal position shown in
the drawing, and accommodate itself to the particular shape of the object to be
operated upon, on being brought into contact with the glass or emery paper, or
abrasive material c the disc or foundation a controlling and limiting the movement
of the flexible disc or rim b.
The flexible disc or rim b may be made of rubber only, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4
& 7, or of a number of flat springs f, see Figs. 5, 6, 8 & 9, and be covered with
rubber, leather or other soft or flexible material. The springs fare secured to
the disc or rim b by fastenings, such as screws, and in their normal position remain
straight, but allow of bending towards the disc or foundation a, so as to accom-
modate the working surface of the tool to the object under operation as may be
required.
According to another form of my invention, in some cases, for instance when
finishing the edges of soles or the heels, I dispense with the space e on both or one
side of the disc or rim b, respectively see Fig. 7, and furnish one side of the disc or
foundation a, i.e., the side without the space e, with a flange g which serves as a
guide as well as a guard and prevents the part not to be operated upon from being
damaged.
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 rotary tool for finishing coverings for the feet or finishing or polishing wood
or metal work, consisting of a disc a the face or periphery of which is suitably
curved and carries a flexible disc or rim b respectively, externally covered with a
suitable abrasive material, the said flexible disc or rim b being capable of accom-
modating itself to the shape of the object under operation and the disc a serving as
a foundation and as check for the lateral or radial movement of the flexible disc or
rim 6 respectively, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 14th day of November 1893
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.