Improvements in Gloves to be worn when Washing Linen and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1890-Accepted, 9th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gloves to be worn when Washing Linen and
the like.
We, ADA BESSIE WILLMER SOURCE, of Wootton Villa, Spring Road, Kempston,
in the County of Bedford, Gentlewoman, and SARAH ELIZABETH WILLMER, of
Harrowden, in the County of Bedford aforesaid, Spinster, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to gloves which are intended to be worn when washing linen
and the like, the object of the invention being to save the washer's hands from
soreness and from discolouration, to more thoroughly cleanse the clothes, linen and
the like, and to effect the operation of washing in a shorter time than has hitherto
been possible without the aid of mechanical contrivances of some kind.
According to this invention, wo form the gloves with bands of vulcanized india-
rubber or similar material on the knuckles, thumbs and other rubbing parts, the
rubber or the like being formed with raised points for the purpose of assisting the
rubbing action of the gloves, and offering a firm grip on the wet or damp clothes,
linen and the like. In the manufacture of the gloves we prefer to knit them of
cotton as being a material which combines strength, durability and lightness and at
the same time, when damp or wet, clings to the fingers and therefore does not impede
their action. If desired, the top of one or more of the fingers or thumbs inay be
cut off so as to leave the fingers free to pick up the soiled linen or the like.
Dated this 18th day of October 1880
"
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gloves to be Worn when Washing Linen and
the like.
We, ADA BESSIE WILLMER SOURCE, of Wootton Villa, Spring Road, Kempston,
in the County of Bedford, Gentlewoman, and SARAH ELIZABETH ROLLS née
WILLMER, of Underwood Villa, Howard Street, in the City and County of Bedford
aforesaid, Gentlewoman, 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 gloves which are intended to be worn when washing linen
and the like, the object of the invention being to save the washer's hands from
soreness and from discolouration, to more thoroughly cleanse the clothes, linen, and
the like, and to effect the operation of washing in a shorter time than has hitherto
been possible without the aid of mechanical contrivances of some kind.
According to this invention we form the gloves with bands of volcanized india-
rubber, or similar material on the knuckles, thumbs, and other rubbing parts, the
rubber or the like may be corrugated or formed with raised points for the purpose of
assisting the rubbing action of the gloves, and offering a firm grip for the wet or
damp clothes, linen and the like. In the manufacture of the gloves, we make them
of calico, cotton, or any other suitable material which combines strength, durability and
lightness, and, at the same time, when damp or wet, clings to the fingers and
therefore does not impede their action. If desired, the top of one or more of the
fingers or thumbs may be cut off so as to leave the fingers free to pick up the oiled
linen or the like.

page_text: In the accompanying drawings which are furnished in illustration of our Invention,
Figure 1 shews a view of the palm, and Figure 2 a view of the back of the right
hand glove; Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of the left hand glove; and Figure 5
is a view of the left hand glove with the hand therein doubled up ready for washing
and rubbing the clothes, linen, and the like.
The rubber may be fixed to the gloves in any suitable manner preferably by
sewing. We find that a convenient position for the rubber on the back of the
fingers is from the first joint to just below the knuckles, as shewn at A Figures 2
and 4. In the drawings the gloves are shewn to button on the back of the hand, but
this is not essential, although we prefer to make them in this way, as the buttons are
more out of the way and less likely to be accidentally knocked off. The thumb
rubbers B we usually make of the shape shewn in Figures 1 and 3, with a piece
extending nearly across the bottom of the palm, so that when the hand is doubled up,
as shewn in Figure 5, the rubber covers nearly the whole of the under surface of the
hand. In both gloves we dispense with the little finger as we find it is not often
used in the rubbing operation. The tip of one of the thumbs also, preferably the
right thumb, is dispensed with, so that the clothes may be picked up or handled with
greater facility.
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
A washing or laundry glove, consisting of a calico, cotton, or other glove, with the
tip or more of a finger or thumb missing, on to the back and front of which said
glove is sewn, or otherwise rigidly affixed, finger pieces A and thumb pieces of
india-rubber, or the like, corrugated or roughened, or having raised points substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated bins you may of oury t
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention "Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.