An Improved Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Knives, Boots, and Various other Domestic Articles, and for other purposes including the Sharpening of Cutlery.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1898
1899
Complete Specification Left, 1st Nov., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan.,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Knives, Boots,
and Various other Domestic Articles, and for other purposes
including the Sharpening of Cutlery.
We, JAMES EDWIN GEE and WILLIAM JOHN GEE, Engineers, both of East
Street, Middlesbrough-on-Tees, in the County of York, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a machine which owes its utility to its handiness
as a domestic appliance for cleaning and polishing a variety of articles such as
knives, forks, spoons, domestic bright ware, boots and shoes, or for other pur-
poses including the sharpening of cutlery. The machine is conveniently driven
by the usual treadle arrangement of a foot lathe, so as to rotate a shaft or spindle
at a high speed. This shaft extends beyond its supports or carriage to any
required distance in either or both directions for the attachment thereto of the
particular appliance required to effect a particular purpose, the said appliance
being for some purposes specially devised for our said invention as hereinafter
described. The main object in view is to provide means whereby the various
appliances for cleaning and polishing or grinding may be quickly secured to
and detached from the spindle, such as brushes, bobs, dollies, emery wheels,
and scratch brushes as the case may be or the equivalents of these. A con-
venient way of carrying out our invention in this respect consists as follows:-
Each bob, dolly, or brush is concentrically bored to fit onto the spindle. Two
other holes are also bored, in line with the central hole for the reception of
pins which are driven in with a tight fit. These pins also fit into a collar fixed
to the spindle. This compels the bob, dolly, or other appliance to rotate with
the spindle in either direction so long as the said bob or other appliance and
the collar are duelled together.
In order to effect this, the pins extend through the collar and are gib-headed
or nicked or slotted at the right place to receive feather edged cottars secured
to and projecting from a ferrule which slips freely along the spindle and is fur-
nished with wings or thumb pieces with which to give it a turn in threading
the cottars into the slots of the securing pins. One form of bob or dolly which
we have devised for use in connection with the apparatus consists of the usual
roller covered with tufts of hemp or some equivalent material and is rounded
off over the end to any shape required, as for instance to fit into the hollow of
a spoon. These tufts are adapted to hold the polishing powder and the prongs
of a fark can be embedded into them.
In other cases such as a scratch or polishing brush for boots, the tufts would
be left out at the centre of the face to enable the heel and hollow of the boot
to be applied to the tufts on the edge of the brush. Special advan-
tages of the above described apparatus and its accessory appliances are that,
by using a treadle both hands are free and furthermore that owing to the ready

page_text: means of attachment and detachment, a variety of operations of a kind required
in domestic establishments can be carried out in a handy and expeditious
manner.
An Improved Apparatus for Cleaning and Polishing Knives, DOOLS,
and Various other Domestic Articles, and for other purposes
including the Sharpening of Cutlery.
"
We, JAMES EDWIN GEE, and WILLIAM JOHN GEE, late of East Street, and
now of 125, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough-on-Tees, in the County of York,
Engineers, 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:
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This invention relates to a machine which owes its utility to its handiness
as a domestic appliance for cleaning and polishing variety of articles such as
knives, forks, spoons, domestic bright ware, boots and shoes, or for other pur-
poses including the sharpening of cutlery.
The machine is conveniently driven by the usual treadle arrangement of a foot
lathe so as to rotate a shaft or spindle at a high speed. But an electric motor
or other means conveniently available may be used instead of a treadle shaft.
This shaft extends beyond its supports or carriage to any required distance in
either or both directions for the attachment thereto of the particular appliance
required to effect a particular purpose, the said appliance being for some pur-
poses specially devised for our said invention as hereinafter described. The main
object in view is to provide means whereby the various appliances for cleaning,
polishing, and grinding may be quickly secured to and detached from the
spindle such as brushes, bobs, dollies, emery wheels and scratch brushes
the case may be or the equivalents of these.
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And in order that our invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect, we will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawing in which is illustrated a construction and arrangement of
parts conveniently adapted to the purposes of our said invention. In the draw-
ing Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a corresponding side elevation of such
a machine and furnished with the several tools or appliances required to effect
a variety of purposes. Fig. 3 is a front view and Fig. 4 a sectional view drawn
to an enlarged scale and illustrating in detail the device for locking the tools
or appliances to the high speed shaft; and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are enlarged sec-
tional views illustrating the shape and constitution of the various tools or
appliances themselves. The same letters of reference indicate the like or corre-
sponding parts in all the figures.
In the drawing a is the shaft or spindle which is driven at a high speed by
the usual treadle arrangement 6 of a foot lathe. This shaft extends beyond its
supports ar carriage c to any required distance in either or both directions for
the attachment thereto of the particular appliance required to effect a particular

page_text: purpose; that shown fixed in the working position in Fig. 1 being a bob or
dolly d furnished with tufts of hemp or the like material for polishing forks,
spoons and domestic bright-ware generally. When not in use the tools or
appliances are placed on pegs c¹ projecting from the splash board of the
machine.
Each bob, dolly. or brush d is concentrically bored at e to fit on to the
spindle a. Another hole is also bored in line with the central hole for the recep-
tion of a pin f which is driven in with a tight fit. This pin also fits into a
collar g fixed to the spindle a. This compels the bob, dolly or other appliance
to rotate with the spindle in either direction so long as the said bob or other
appliance and the collar g are duelled together. Referring more particularly
to Figs. 3 and 4, in order to effect this the pin f extends through the collar g
and is gib-headed or nicked or slotted at f¹ to receive feather-edged cottars h¹ h2
secured to and projecting from a ferrule h which slips along the spindle a and
is furnished with wings or thumb pieces h³ h with which to give it a turn in
the direction indicated by the arrow for threading the cottars h¹² into the
slot of the securing pin.
One form of bob or dolly which we have devised for use in connection with
the apparatus is shown in Fig. 5 and consists of the usual roller d covered with
tufts of hemp or some equivalent material and is rounded off over the end d³
to any shape required as for instance to fit into the hollow of a spoon. These
tufts are adapted to hold the polishing powder and the prongs of a fork can be
embedded into them.
In other cases such as a scratch or polishing brush for boots illustrated in
Fig. 6 the tufts are left out at the centre of the face to enable the heel
and hollow of the boot to be applied to the tufts on the edge of the brush.
Fig. 7 illustrates the usual roller covered with a composition of cork or the
like suitable material for polishing purposes; and the roller d shown in Figs. 3
and 4 is fitted up as an emery wheel for grinding or sharpening cutlery.
Special advantages of the above described apparatus and its accessory
appliances are that by using a treadle both hands are free and furthermore that
owing to the ready means of attachment and detachment a variety of operations
of a kind required in domestic establishments can be carried out in a handy
and expeditious manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. The combination with a machine of suitable construction such as is herein
described of an arrangement whereby a brush, bob, dolly or the like appliance
can be secured to and detached from the high speed or operating shaft thereof,
thereby constituting a domestic appliance adaptable to a variety of uses sub-
stantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
2. The combination with a machine constructed and operating for the several
purposes herein specified of a brush, bob, dolly or the like appliance secured to
the high speed or operating shaft substantially by the means herein specified
and shown in the accompanying drawing, whereby the apparatus is readily
adapted to a variety of uses as hereinbefore described.
Datad iki. 91st day of Ontahan 1908
G. J. CLARKSON,
Chartered Patent Agent,
Stockton-on-Tees and Hull, Agent for the Applicants.