Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Boots and Shoes, and for Grinding and Polishing or Burnishing Metals, Wood, and other Materials.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Boots
and Shoes, and for Grinding and Polishing or Burnishing
Metals, Wood, and other Materials.
I GRAHAM WILLIAM BETHAM EDWARDS of Chapel Street Woodbridge in the
County of Suffolk Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING
BOOTS AND SHOES AND FOR GRINDING AND POLISHING OR BURNISHING METALS
WOOD AND OTHER MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to the improved arrangement and combination of apparatus
or mechanism for cleaning and polishing boots and shoes such apparatus being
adapted for grinding and polishing or burnishing articles made of metal wood and
other materials.
For this purpose according to my invention I mount rotary brushes on axes
supported upon a suitable frame so as to revolve at a high velocity side by side in
opposite directions combined if desired with a lateral oscillating motion.
The dirt is first removed by a separate revolving brush when the blacking is
applied and the boot or shoe is subjected to the action of the polishing brushes
revolving in reverse directions by which the polishing is effected very quickly and
perfectly.
The axes upon which the brushes are mounted may be driven by means of a
treadle or by a crank or they may be actuated by steam or other motive power.
The brush surfaces may be flat or curved if desired.
For grinding polishing or burnishing articles made of metal wood or other
material suitable surfaces are applied in place of bristles to the rims of the revolving
discs or drums running together in opposite directions to effect the desired object
steel rims being employed for burnishing metal.
For some purposes such as polishing wood the revolving brushes or other surfaces
may be arranged to revolve one within the other in opposite directions in place of
side by side.
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fis a drum or roller advantageously made of wood and formed with a concave or
corrugated periphery corresponding with the periphery of the brush 66.
roller fis mounted on an axis carried by the receptacle g containing liquid blacking
which is thus fed or transmitted on to the surface of the brush the roller f being
driven by a train of wheels actuated by the endless band h from the small pulley.
or boss i on the brush 66, which drives the pulley 2 on the axis of the pinion which
actuates the train of wheels and blacking feed roller f the speed of which can be
regulated by the lever * to drive the roller ƒ fast or slow or to stop it from
revolving.
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Figure 6 shows the train of wheels for feed motions on a larger scale. The
pinion 1, fixed on axis of pulley (as shown) drives the wheel 4 on the axis of
which is fixed the pinion 3 and drives the wheel 7 on the axis of roller f.
By depressing the lever ², the axis of wheels 3 and 4 are moved to position 8
out of gear to stop the motion. By depressing the lever to the point 9 it places the
pinion 3 into gear with wheel 6 thus driving pinion 5 and wheel 7 on axis of
roller f to give a slow motion thereto.
The receptacle g can be readily detached to supply blacking when required.
For grinding polishing or burnishing articles made of metal wood or other
material suitable surfaces are applied in place of bristles to the rims of the revolving
discs or drums running together in opposite directions to effect the desired object
steel rims being employed for burnishing metal.
For some purposes such as polishing wood the revolving brushes or other
surfaces may be arranged to revolve one within the other in opposite directions in
place of side by side.
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 improved arrangement and combination of apparatus or machinery for
cleaning boots and shoes in which the polishing brushes a and b are arranged to
revolve in opposite directions substantially in the manner hereinbefore described
and represented in the drawings annexed.
2. The application of my improved apparatus for grinding polishing or
burnishing articles of metal wood or other materials by means of discs drums or
surfaces revolving in opposite directions substantially in the manner hereinbefore
described.