SHOE BRUSHING APPARATUS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Julius Bailey at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd May 1880.
JULIUS BAILEY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
SHOE BRUSHING APPARATUS."
"AN IMPROVED
This Invention relates to an improved apparatus for brushing boots and shoes,
and consists of a framework of metal or other suitable material in which is mounted
a driving wheel which is driven by treadles actuated by the feet. On the top of
the framework is mounted a shaft, on each end of which is cast (or otherwise
secured) a disc or wheel; to the periphery of this wheel is screwed a series (say
four) of segmental brushes, the bristles on one wheel (for cleaning) being a little
coarser than the other which is for polishing. On the said shaft (about midway
of its length) is keyed or otherwise secured a pulley around which a strap passes
from the driving wheel and which drives the same.
This framework is also so constructed as to enable a seat for the operative to be
formed behind.
The principal advantage in this apparatus, being that the brushes, which are
formed in segments on the periphery of the wheels, have an intermittent or non-
continuous rub upon the boots or shoes, which has the effect of giving a better
polish than heretofore and in much less time.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Julius Bailey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
November 1880.
JULIUS BAILEY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED
SHOE BRUSHING APPARATUS."
This Invention relates to an improved apparatus for brushing. boots and shoes,
a perspective view of which is represented by the annexed Drawing, and consists
of a framework a, a, of metal or other suitable material on which is mounted a
driving wheel b, b, which is driven by treadles c, c, and actuated by the feet. On
the top of the framework is mounted a shaft d, d, in each end of which is cast (or
otherwise secured) a disc or wheel c. To the periphery of each of these wheels
is screwed a series of segmental brushes f, f', (say, 4), the bristles on one wheel e, e,
(for cleaning) being coarser than the other e¹, c¹, which is for polishing.
On the said shaft d, d, (about midway of its length) is keyed or otherwise
secured a pulley g, g, around which a strap h, h, passes from the driving whcel b, b,
and which drives the brushes. The framework a, a, is also so constructed as to
enable a seat i, i, for the operative to be formed behind.
The principal advantage in this apparatus being that the brushes, which are
formed in segments on the periphery of the wheels, have an intermittent or non-
continuous rub upon the boots or shoes, which has the effect of giving a better
pclish than heretofore and in much less time. The boots or shoes to be cleaned or
polished may be held against the brushes either above or below by hand, but in
some cases I propose to fix below the brushes a kind of spring shelf which will
press the boots or shoes upwards against the brushes as they revolve, so that the
operative is not required to exert any pressure against the brushes.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention the novel and
peculiar construction of apparatus for cleaning and polishing boots and shoes, as
above described and illustrated by the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Julius Bailey, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
JULIUS BAILEY. (L.S.)