An Improvement in Machines or Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 26th June, 1900
PROVISIONAL ȘI ECHL
PROVISIONAL SIMULL
An Improvement in Machines or Apparatus for Cleaning and
Polishing Boots and Shoes.
I, THOMAS JENKS, of 10, Pierrepont Street, Bath, in the County of Somerset,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
case or structure of wood with metal
The machine consists of an outer
ittings forming an ornamental seat with an internal apparatus hereinafter
described.
The accompanying drawing represents the outer case with dotted lines indi-
cating the position of some of the interior parts sufficiently to explain the action.
Inside the top part of the back or seat portion A of the structure is a spindle
or shaft carrying near each end a pulley or sprocketed wheel and passing through
the case at one end so as to receive and be fixed to an ordinary handle.
cross groove
Situated below each pulley and connected with same by a driving band is a
composite wheel B having on the outer side of it near the edge an endless curvi-
lineal raised line or projection which runs continuously within a
or between two fixed pins or bosses on the inner side of a rod C near its end.
The rods run horizontally in bearings fixed inside each end of the outer case
or structure. The other end of each rod is jointed or hinged to the bottom of
a perpendicular lever D which is attached by a pivot to the inside of the end of
the front part or foot box E of the structure. The effect being that when the
rods are acted upon by the projecting lines or endless cams of the wheels a
rapid oscillatory motion is imparted to the levers inside each end of the foot
box. Between the two levers and attached to both at their top ends is an iron
cage or frame (not shown in drawing) so constructed and placed as to run on
rollers or balls on polished ways with a backward and forward movement corre-
sponding to the strokes of the levers. Inside this cage is attached two shells or
coverings open at the bottom and formed of india rubber or elastic webbing
or other elastic material and lined with bristles on the inner surface or with
small brushes so shaped and disposed as to conform to the exact shape and size
of a boot or shoe. These shells or brush holders are so attached and suspended
within the cage as to be capable by the action of a screw or handle F outside
the footbox of being contracted or enlarged to fit different sizes of feet and also
of being raised or lowered in order when required to recharge the brushes with
blacking or polish. The blacking or polish in a liquid form covered by sponge
or other permeable material is contained in suitably shaped receptacles on the
Hoor of the foot box into which the feet of the sitter can be introduced through
apertures provided.
In order to effect the simultaneous polishing of the heel part of the boot or
shoe separate brushes are placed at the back of the feet apertures and attached
to rods or runners to which a reciprocal motion is given by levers acted upon
by a curvilinear cam or projection on the outer edge or tyre of each of the cam

page_text: At the opposite end of the outer case to the handle and outside the struc-
ture on the ground is placed a moveable frame containing brushes for the pur-
pose of brushing away dirt or dust from the boots before introducing them to
the interior polishing apparatus. This frame is detachable at will but when
working is connected by a short rod or pusher (similar in action to the rod C)
with the curvilinear cam on the tyre of the wheel next to it. Each of the
rods C giving motion to the polishing apparatus is jointed near the middle and
the ends nearest to the cam wheels are connected with a bolt or other contriv-
ance having an index handle G on the exterior of the structure rendering them
capable of being detached from the action of the wheels whenever desired.
The machine can be constructed to polish more than one pair of boots or shoes
either of black or brown leather or pairs of both kinds at the same time by
varying the shape of the structure and placing the sitters back to back or by
elongating the seat and placing the sitters side by side in which case those cam
wheels B running between the sitters under the seat require to be cammed on
both sides instead of one side only and the number of pulleys and polishing
brushes proportionately increased.
Dad ouk ... CT 1000
An Improvement in Machines or Apparatus for Cleaning and
Polishing Boots and Shoes..
I, THOMAS JENKS, of 10, Pierrepont Street, Bath, in the County of Somerset,
Gentleman, 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:-
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or
This invention consists of an apparatus hereinafter described for cleaning and
polishing boots and shoes either upon the feet of the wearers
otherwise placed in the machine upon trees or blocks, which apparatus
can be worked by hand or by any kind of motive power or' motor
applied to it. Fig. 4 Sheet 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a form
of outer case or structure preferable when the boots or shoes are to be cleaned
upon the feet but when not so the outer case may be of simpler form and smaller
dimensions. The dotted lines indicate the position of some of the interior parts
sufficiently to explain the action.
Inside the top part of the back portion of the structure marked A is a spindle
or shaft carrying near each end of it a sprocket wheel S and passing through
the outer case at one end so as to receive and be fixed to an ordinary handle
when the machine is required to be driven by hand.
Fig. 1 Sheet 3 is a side view of internal parts. Fig. 2 Sheet 3 a front view
and Fig 3 Sheet 4 is a ground plan of machine. Fig. 5 Sheet 2 is a front
section of cage N with its connected parts Z, U, 0, M, P, and Y. Fig. 6 Sheet 2
represents the wire rod frame R and heel brushes Q. Fig. 7 Sheet 2 shows one
of the levers I and connection with rod H. Fig. 8 Sheet 2 shows frames W
and and their connection with rod H and wheels B. Fig. 9 Sheet 4 shows
rods J with lever handle G. Fig. 10 Sheet 4 shows a rod C and its connection
with a rod J and with a lever D.
Situated below each sprocket wheel S and connected with same by a driving
chain are composite wheels B each having on one side an endless raised line or

page_text: alar projection L forming an excentric cam which runs
pins on the inner side of rods C near their ends. The rods C run horizon-
in bearings fixed to the inside of the outer case or structure.
The other
s of the rods C are hinged to the bottoms of perpendicular levers 1) situated
each side and attached-by pivots to the inside of the brush or foot box of the
er case as shown in Fig. 2.
Between these two levers D and attached to them at their top ends is an iron
me or cage N (front section of which with connected parts is shown in Fig. 5
eet 2 of drawings) so constructed and placed as to run backward and forward
on small wheels over polished ways or channels X supported by springs
ed to the floor of the brush box as shown in Fig. 1.
Inside this cage N are two shells or coverings M open at the bottom formed
elastic webbing with an outer covering of leather and lined on the inside with
The bristles inside the top
ush bristles so shaped and disposed as to conform to the exact shape of the
ont part of a boot or shoe over the instep and toes.
ortion of the shells or holders being for the purpose of polishing and those
wards the bottom for the purpose of coating or anointing the boot with black-
ag or brown polish as required. These shells or brush-holders are attached and
uspended within the cage by flexible steel fingers attached to arms Z resting
pon springs U outside the top of the cage and are capable, by the action of a
crew F of being pressed downward when required to recharge the brushes with
lacking or polish.
This operation is effected by connecting the screw F with an indicating handle
placed outside. The screw is connected by a loose collar to a plate T which
descends with it and presses down the steel fingers carrying the shells or hollow
brushes, and the lower part of the sides of each brush being fixed to bell crank
levers P attached to cage are thereby turned outward to a right angle so that
the bristles pass into the liquid blacking (which is contained in suitably shaped
receptacles b, b, b, b, on the floor of the brush or foot box) when the cage itself
is temporarily plunged downward by the screw. In order to effect the simul-
taneous polishing of the heel part of the boot separate brushes Q are placed at
the back of the foot or brush box attached to a frame R of wire rods Fig. 6
Sheet 2 to which a reciprocal motion is given by levers I at each end Fig. 7
Sheet 2 acted upon by a rod H which is set in motion by cams or projections K
This rod runs beneath the two wheels
on the periphery or tyres of the wheels B.
in bearings placed on the floor of the back part of the structure and one end
of it passes through the outer case for the following purpose. At the opposite
side of the outer case to which the handle is placed (when driven by hand) and
outside the structure on the ground is placed a moveable frame (Fig. 8 Sheet 2)
containing brushes for the purpose of brushing away dirt or dust from the boots
before introducing them to the interior polishing apparatus.
This frame is enclosed in an outer rim W and is when working connected
with the end of the rod H by a pin or catch but is separable from it and capable
of being turned up together with the rim W against the side of the structure.
5 The rods are jointed where required as shown in Fig. 10. Those ends which
come in contact with wheels B having pivot joints and one end of the top parts
is in each case made to run beneath the end of rods J which rods can be con
tracted or drawn together by a lever handle G as shown in Fig. 9 Sheet 4 o
drawings and thus disengage the extreme ends of parts C (with the pins) fron
50 the cams L'on the wheels B whenever desired.
The machine is used as follows. The boots are placed in position directly unde
the brush holders M. The screw is lowered sufficiently to turn (by the ai
of fingers and crank levers P) the lower half of the bristles on each side i
parts M downwards and dip them into the blacking tins bb bb. The screw
55 then raised and a few revolutions of the handle of the machine anoints the boo
with blacking. The screw F is then lowered about half way sufficiently
again turn the blacking bristles downward out of action and bring the polishi

page_text: bristles contained in top parts of the shelfs M into contact with the boots. The
handle of machine is then revolved till the polishing operation is completed.
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:
1. The use of the wheels B for a boot cleaning apparatus.
2. The form and action of the shells or brushholders M as described and the
use thereof for the purpose of a boot cleaning apparatus.
3. The action of the screw F and plate T upon the said shells and the iron
frame or cage in which they are suspended or placed.
4. The action of the various parts substantially as described for the purpose
of cleaning and polishing boots and shoes.
Dated this 92nd lay of Mavob 1000