Improvements in and connected with Shoe Brushes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Shoe Brushes.
I, HENRY BARNES of 33, Thorpedale Road, Hornsey Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide the cleaning brushes used for removing
mud from boots and shoes, preparatory to blacking and polishing them, with means
whereby to enable dirt lodged in the angular space or groove between the sole and
the upper or at other points, to be more easily and expeditiously removed than is
possible with the aid of the bristles alone, thereby avoiding the liability of the
upper being cut by a knife or other sharp instrument being used for removing
the dirt.
My improvement consists in providing brushes used for this purpose with a dirt-
removing device or cleaner fitted to slide in a cavity formed in the back or stock
of the brush and capable of being projected from the end of the brush stock when
required for use, the brush stock itself then forming the handle for the instrument,
or of being retracted within the stock when not in use.
The cleaner (which would, preferably, be made of wood as being less liable to
injure the leather although it may be made of other material) consists of a stem or
shank of rectangular section which is received in a longitudinal socket or recess of
corresponding form made in the brush stock and extending to about mid-length
thereof. The cleaner is gradually tapered off to a rounded or blunt point of a
form to adapt it to enter the groove between the sole and upper and scrape out or
remove dirt which has become lodged therein. The cleaner fits in the groove or
socket in the brush stock with sufficient friction to retain it rigidly in position
when protruded from the end of the brush and it is secured in its groove in the
stock by the usual back covering plate or veneer and to enable the cleaner to be
easily projected or retracted it is provided with a thumb nib or projection which
extends through a slot made in the back covering plate or veneer.
Deted this 14th day of Jan 1802
H. BARNES,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Shoe Brushes.
1, HENRY BARNES of 33, Thorpedale Road, Hornsey Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Draper, 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 :-
My invention has for its object to provide the cleaning brushes used for removing.
mud from boots and shoes, preparatory to blacking and polishing them, with means
whereby to enable dirt lodged in the crevice or groove between the sole and the
upper, or at other points, to be more easily and expeditiously removed than is
possible with the aid of the bristles alone. By providing the cleaning brush itself
with an easily-manipulated mud scraper, adapted by its shape to enter the said
crevices and remove the mud therefrom but which is not sharp enough to cut the
leather, liability of injury to the leather, as when a knife or other sharp
instrument is used for removing the dirt, is avoided.

page_text: My improvement is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, wherein Figure 1 is a back view, Figure 2 a side view, Figure 3 an
end view, and Figure 4 a cross-section, of a brush provided with a dirt-removing
device or cleaner a fitted to slide in a socket b formed longitudinally in the back or
stock c of the brush from the end of which the cleaner a may be caused to project,
as shewn in Figures 1 and 2, when required for use the brush stock itself then
forming the handle for the instrument which when not in use may be retracted
wholly within the stock so as not to interfere with the use of the brush.
The cleaner a may be made of hard wood or of metal, and is gradually tapered
off at the sides and bevelled at the end to form a rounded or blunt point of a form
to adapt it to enter the crevice or groove between the sole and upper and scrape
out dirt which has become lodged therein. The shank of the cleaner may be of
rounded or square section and fits in the correspondingly shaped groove or socket b
in the brush stock with sufficient friction to retain it rigidly in position when
protruded from the end of the brush and it is provided with a lug formed by a
screw or other stud e which extends through a slot d made in the brush back and
projects therefrom to enable the cleaner to be easily projected or retracted, the
stud, if the shank be of round section, also preventing it turning round in its
groove.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―
The combination, with a boot-cleaning brush, of a pointed scraper fitted to slide
in a longitudinal groove in the brush back and adapted to be projected from the
end thereof, in the manner and for the purpose described.
Dared L018 9LD Ɑay of Ucloner 1893
DateⱭ LO18 YLD MAY O Uctober 1898
H. BARNES,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.