Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1889
Specification Accepted, 25th May, 1889
I FRANK DARVALL NEWHAM, of 27 Groombridge Road, South Hackney, in the
county of Middlesex, Manufacturer, 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 consists of a simple contrivance for use in cleaning Forks or similar
pronged articles.
It consists of a small rod of wood or such like substance having one end formed
as a handle for the hand to grasp and the remainder is covered either wholly or
partially around its circumference or entire area with corrugated or grooved rubber
or other suitable substance forced by pressure to form grooves or corrugations.
These grooves or corrugations may be of any size to adopt themselves to the pronged
instrument it is desired to clean and may be of such section as is found best to answer
the purpose.
For preference I form my grooves or corrugations square in section after the
style of the section of the prong that the groove or corrugation is intended to receive
and clean.
I place a series of four or more grooves on one portion of my rubber or leather
sheath, and a series of four or more grooves or corrugations of a larger character on
another portion of my sheath.-By this means I am able to clean small or large
pronged forks as the case may require.
I use my Invention as follows:-I sprinkle any plate powder over the corrugated
or grooved parts I intend to use for cleaning my forks.-I then firmly grip the
handle of my cleaner, and rub the prongs of my Fork to and fro in the grooves or
corrugations of the sheath when three sides of the prongs of the Fork will be cleaned
at the same time.
My improved Fork cleaner may also take the form of a fixed wooden roller covered
after the manner as herein after described and for the purposes set forth, and firmly.
placed upon two or more supports at the end or front of any ordinary knife board for
cleaning knives, and again this roller instead of being a fixture may be so made that
it can revolve on pins supported on small standards. In this case the fork may bə

page_text: kept stationary and the roller caused to revolve by means of a crank' turned by hand
or other power.
In order that the nature of my said improvements may be the more fully under-
stood I will now proceed to describe the several figures. on the sheet of drawings
hereunto annexed, all of which figures are marked with the like letters of reference
throughout.
Figure 1. is a front elevation of my said improvements.
Figure 2. is a perspective sketch of my improvements.
Figure 3. is a longitudinal section taken through the diametrical centre of
Figure 1.
Figure 4. is a transverse section taken through Figure 1. at dotted line xx.
Figure 5. is another variety of transverse section as shewn by Figure 4.
Figure 6. is still another variety of my said improvements.
Figure 7. is a sketch of my improved Fork cleaner attached to a knife cleaning
board the roller is here shewn to revolve by means of a crank and handle.
Figures 8. 9. 10 and 11 are further varieties of the sections of grooves or
corrugations.
In Figure 1. A is the sheath made of rubber, leather or other substance having
the grooves or corrugations marked B and (
upon it.
D is the Handle and rod upon which the sheath is fixed. E is a rounded end
covered in wash-leather or similar substance for use in cleaning the rounded portion
of a Fork.
In Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5, the letters of reference are the same as in Figure 1.
before-mentioned.
In Figure 7. F is the roller answering to that marked by letter A in Figures
numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.-B and are the grooves or corrugations before
mentioned, and G is the ordinary Knife Board.-H. H are standards to support the
roller F. J is a handle by means of which the roller F is caused to revolve.
Figures 8, 9, 10 and 11 illustrate the sections I may use for my corrugations
marked B and C.
As my improvements are capable of some modifications without departing from
the principle thereof I do not restrict myself to materials, dimensions, or to the
precise form or placement of the parts thereof.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. A Fork cleaner substantially as herein before described and illustrated .by
accompanying drawings.
2. The use of a corrugated or grooved surfaces in rubber or leather, substantially
for the purposes herein before set forth and described, and illustrated by accompanying-
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1880.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.