An Improved Appliance for use in Cleaning Windows and applicable to other purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 12th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for use in Cleaning Windows and applicable
to other purposes.
I, EDITH MARY JACKMAN, of 17 Byne Road, Sydenham, no occupation, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The
My invention relates to an appliance primarily intended for use in cleaning
windows especially such as cannot be easily reached by ordinary means.
invention is also applicable to other purposes such as the dusting or cleaning of
walls. In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following
manner. I provide an air-cushion of convenient and suitable shape and size,
permanently inflated or furnished with means for inflating and deflating as and
when required. This cushion is held in any suitable manner between two spring
clips preferably made of wire; one clip being on one surface of the cushion and
the other on the other surface. These clips are stiffly pivoted at their sides to
the unconnected ends of a three sided or other frame within which the clips and
cushion can be turned end for end so as to reverse the relative positions of the sur-
faces of the cushion. To this frame is attached a handle or shaft suitable to the
conditions under which the appliance is to be used and when a long handle is
required I prefer to fix it at right angles to the plane of the frame in which the
clips and cushion can be turned or swung, and further I prefer to make the
handle or shaft sliding, telescopic or otherwise in order that its length may be
shortened or lengthened as circumstances may require. The handle might be
arranged so as to contain or act as an inflator for the air-cushion. In using the
appliance a piece of wash-leather or equivalent is placed over one surface of the
cushion and held in position by the spring clip on that side, & a duster or equi-
valent is placed over the other surface of the cushion and held in place by the
spring clip on that surface. Either the leather or the duster can be brought into
use by simply reversing the relative positions of the clips and cushion by turning
them on the pivots above mentioned.
Dated this eleventh day of February 1897.
An Improved Appliance for use in Cleaning Windows and applicable
to other purposes.
I, EDITH MARY JACKMAN, of 17, Byne Road, Sydenham, no occupation, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
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page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:-
My invention relates to an appliance for use in cleaning windows, especially
such as cannot be easily reached by ordinary means. The invention is also appli-
cable to other purposes, such as the dusting or cleaning of walls. In carrying
my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following manner.
I pro-
vide an air cushion of convenient and suitable shape and size, permanently
inflated or furnished with means for inflating and deflating as and when required.
This cushion is held in any suitable manner between two spring clips, preferably
made of wire; one clip being on one surface of the cushion and the other on the
other surface. These clips are stiffly pivoted at their sides to the unconnected
ends of a three sided or other frame within which the clips and cushion can be
turned end for end so as to reverse the relative positions of the surfaces of the
cushion. To this frame is or may be attached a handle or shaft suitable to the
conditions under which the appliance is to be used, and when a long handle is
required, I prefer to fix it at right angles or more or less so to the plane of the
frame in which the clips and cushion can be turned or swung, and further I pre-
fer to make the handle or shaft sliding, telescopic or otherwise, in order that
its length may be shortened or lengthened as circumstances may require. The
handle might be arranged so as to contain or act as an inflator for the air-cushion.
In using the appliance, a piece of wash leather or equivalent is placed over
one surface of the cushion and held in position by the spring clips on that side,
and a duster or equivalent is placed over the other surface of the cushion and held
in place by the spring clip on that surface. Either the leather or the duster can
be brought into use by simply reversing the relative positions of the clips and
cushions by turning them on the pivots above mentioned. In order that my
invention may be the more clearly understood, I make reference to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings in which, Fig. 1, is a front view, and Fig. 2, a side
view. Similar letters refer to the same parts wherever occurring.
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a is the air-cushion of such form that when inflated it will have square corners
as at 6 for facilitating cleaning the corners of the windows or walls. The
cushion a is held between the spring clips e which can turn on the pivots dat
the unconnected ends of the three sided frame e having the part f by which the
appliance can be screwed or otherwise attached to a suitable handle consisting of
one length or several lengths to join or telescope up. is the valve for inflating a.
A ridge of less height than a when inflated, is provided all round a to keep
the cushion in position between c. The appliance is used as already described.
I do not confine myself to the precise shapes, relative proportions or disposi-
tion of parts as shown in the drawings or described in the above specification,
as any or all of them may be considerably varied without departure from the
spirit of my invention.
J
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:-
For use in cleaning windows and other surfaces, an appliance consisting essen-
tially of an air-cushion permanently inflated or inflatable at will, the said cushion
being held between two spring clips for the purpose of keeping in place a duster
or the like, and wash leather or the like on the opposite faces or surfaces of the
cushion, the said spring clips being free to turn on pivots at the unconnected ends
of a three sided frame surrounding one half of the spring clips, in which frame
the cushion and clips can be swung end for end, the said frame being attached by
screwing or otherwise to a handle which may be in one length or composed of
several lengths for jointing or telescoping together in any suitable manner to
accommodate it to the purpose for which the appliance is to be employed, the

page_text: whole substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of November 1897.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.