Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Knives and Forks..
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1888
Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Knives and
Forks..
I ROBERT BRASH WHEELER, of No. 60 Northside, Wandsworth Common, in the
County of Surrey, Professor of Music, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows :-
This Invention relates to apparatus for cleaning and polishing knives and forks,
such apparatus consisting of a holder which is in the form of a shallow box divided
into channels or grooves wide enough to receive the handles of the knives or forks.
The holder is closed at the top and open at the front so as to expose the ends of the
grooves or channels into which the handles are inserted up to the shoulder leaving the
blades entirely projecting and lying in the same horizontal plane.
In this position they are laid upon a cleaning board the edge of which abuts
against the front of the holding box, and they are then brushed by suitably formed
brushes or other cleaning agent until perfectly clean on one side when the holder is
turned half round so as to expose the other sides of the blades which are cleaned in
their turn upon the board. This board may be plain on the rough cleaning side or it
may be covered with leather whilst the other side inay be covered with felt and reserved
for polishing the knives and other articles upon.
The holder and cleaning board may be placed in a tray which when not in use
may be folded up so as to enclose both the cleaning board and holder in a compact
form.
Dated this 22nd of September 1887.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Knives and
Forks.
I ROBERT BRASH WHEELER, of No. 60 North Side Wandsworth Common in the
County of Surrey, Professor of Music 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 apparatus for cleaning and polishing knives and forks, such
apparatus consisting of a wooden tray about 14 inches long and 9 in. wide, with a
rim all round one inch high and about half an inch thick, into which is placed the
holder, marked A in the Drawing, this is in the shape of a box, eight inches long,
four wide, and 13 deep, this is divided into six channels or groves 1x into
which the handles of the knives are inserted, the blades resting on the cleaning board,
marked B in the Drawing, which fits close up to the shoulder of the knives, keeping
them in their place. They are then brushed with the hard brush, which must be
slightly damped, and then sprinkled over with any kind of knife polishing powder or
Bath brick. The knives are to be rubbed parallel with the blades, until the stains are
removed, then the holder is to be turned over, so that the other side of the blades may
be cleaned. When all the knives have been thus done, turn the Board, marked B, over to
have a dry side uppermost for polishing. The knives are then replaced in the holder,
if they are too damp to polish, wipe with a cloth then use the soft brush, with dry
polishing powder or Bath Brick.
The Carving knives & forks must be held by hand, across the Board & cleaned
seperately.
By this method the knives are not worn away, and always retain their shape like
new, and six are cleaned at once, being a great saving of time.
The above description relates to the Drawing No. 1. No. 2 is in every respect the
same, excepting that it is in a larger tray, viz. 18 in. x 13 and a rim 3 in. high, with
place for keeping the brushes.
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,
1st. That by this method the knives are not worn away in the cleaning but always
retain their shape like new.
2nd. It is a more expeditious method than the ordinary knife board, as six are
cleaned at once.
3rd. Its cheapness, compared with any other knife cleaner.
TIL
1
CL
1000