An Improved Knife-cleaning Machine.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 21st Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Knife-cleaning Machine.
We, JEAN GENET and EUGENE PHILIPPE, both of 19, Rue Beaurepaire,
Paris, in the Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention relates to knife cleaning machines.
The improved machine is constructed of a box provided with a lid or cover, a
handle at its upper part and a shaft rotating in two bearings or discs. On this
shaft are keyed a number of discs made of felt or other suitable material or of wood,
metal, horn, etc., on which are cemented sheets of felt, cloth, leather or the like.
The discs are held together in contact by a spring attached to a washer fastened
to the shaft by a pin. The shaft is placed at such a height that the discs are
partially immersed in the emery powder or other cleaning material placed in the
bottom of the box. To make use of this machine it is only necessary to introduce
the blades of the knives to be cleaned between the said discs, to fasten down the
cover by means of hooks provided for this purpose and to rotate the discs by means
of the handle.
Dated the 26th day of March 1800
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Knife-cleaning Machine.
We, JEAN GENET and EUGÈNE PHILIPPE, both of 19, Rue Beaurepaire,
Paris, in the Republic of France, 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 :-
Our invention relates to knife cleaning machines and in order to enable the
invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by reference to the
accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved machine with the cover removed,
and
Figure 2 is a perspective view.
A is a box provided with a lid or cover A¹ and having a handle at its upper part
On the shaft B are keyed
mounted on a shaft B rotating in two bearings or discs.
number of discs C, C, C made of felt or other suitable material or of wood, metal,
horn, etc., on which are cemented sheets of felt, cloth, leather or the like. The discs
are held together in contact by a spring D attached to a washer which is fastened
to the shaft by a pin. The shaft B is placed at such a height that the discs C, C, C
are partially immersed in the emery powder or other cleaning material placed in
the bottom of the box A. To make use of this machine it is only necessary to
introduce the blades of the knives to be cleaned between the said discs C, C, C to
fasten down the cover by means of the hooks E E provided for this purpose and
to rotate the discs by means of the handle G.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
(1)
In a machine for cleaning knives the employment of discs of felt, cloth,

page_text: wood metal or other suitable material arranged substantially as hereinbefore
described.
(2). The improved knife cleaning machine hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 24th day of December 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.