Improvements in Squeegees.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
I, WILLIAM EASTGATE of the Eagle Carriage Works, 21 Newman Street,
Oxford Street, London, Coach Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is so to construct squeegees, that the rubber may be
removed and replaced as and when desired, and the article may be otherwise
rendered more useful than heretofore.
In carrying out my invention, the handle is secured in a wood block, to which
the rubber is attached. The wood block is preferably rectangular in shape, and is
divided longitudinally. At one side, these parts are hinged or otherwise flexibly
secured together, and at bottom one part is formed with a longitudinal rebate on
its inner side, while the other part has a groove.
The rubber is formed with a flange or bead on one edge, which fits into the
groove before mentioned, and the rubber is clamped between the parts, which are
secured by a bolt, or bolts and nuts, or in any other convenient manner which will
admit of the parts being, readily separated.
On the front of the blook I may secure a metal plate, a portion of which will
be turned outwards and downwards at about an angle of 45°, so that when the
article is reversed it will serve as a scraper.
Dated this 13th day of March 1895
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Squeegees.
1 WILLIAM EASTGATE of the Eagle Carriage Works, 21 Newman Street,
Oxford Street, London, Coach Builder, 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 :-
The object of this invention is so to construct squeegees, that the elastic rubber
sweeper may be removed when worn, and readily renewed; the instrument also
admits of being converted into a scraper.
In the accompanying drawing :-
Fig. 1 shews, in side elevation, the improved squeegee, and
Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, the long handle being broken in both
figures.
A is the ordinary handle, let into a hole in the stock B, and further secured
thereto by iron stays C C.
Hinged to the stock B is a movable clamping piece B¹, the lips of the two
pieces BB being suitably shaped to receive and hold firmly the rubber
Sweeper D.
The lip of the stock B is rebated to a depth equal to the thickness of the elastic

page_text: sweeper, and the lip of the clamping piece B' is longitudinally grooved, to receive
a bead or rib d, moulded on the face of the rubber, at its inner edge.
The elastic sweeper, when placed in position, is held fast in the hinged
clamp B B' by means of bolts and nuts b.
The lip of the part B' is preferably strengthened by the application thereto of a
strip of angle iron, through which the bolts b are passed.
When the rubber D is worn down, or otherwise rendered inoperative, it may be
readily released from the hinged clamp, by withdrawing the bolts b, and a new
sweeper may be quickly secured in its place, by replacing the bolts and tightening
up their nuts.
This instrument admits of being converted into a scraper by attaching to the
clamping piece B' a strip of sheet iron or steel, bent over to the form indicated by
the dotted lines E, shewn at Fig. 1. When using the instrument, thus converted
into a scraper, its position with regard to the ground will necessarily be reversed.
From the foregoing description it will be understood, that not only is the elastic
rubber sweeper D firmly held to the stock, and readily removable therefrom, but
a material economy is effected in the manufacture, the portion of inserted rubber
to secure a good hold in the clamp being far less in depth than has hitherto been
deemed necessary, from which results a material reduction in the weight of the
rubber employed.
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 :-
The construction of squeegees as above described with reference to the drawing.
Dated this 13th day of December 1895
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.