Apparatus for Polishing Leather and other Surfaces, chiefly applicable for Polishing the Waists of Boots and Shoes..
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 25th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Polishing Leather and other Surfaces, chiefly applicable
for Polishing the Waists of Boots and Shoes..
We, JOHN GORDON CHATTAWAY, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, Riverside Shoe
Works, Western Road, Leicester, in the County of Leicester, and CHARLES
HENRY DALE and FREDERICK JAMES DALE, both of 28 Newarke Street,
Leicester, in the County of Leicester, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to apparatus for polishing leather and other surfaces, and
is chiefly applicable for polishing the waists of boots and shoes. It is intended
chiefly for polishing the waists of boots and shoes, but it is also applicable for
polishing other leather surfaces, and also wood and other articles.
The said apparatus comprises a polishing pad or hood which may be made of
cloth or other suitable material and which is constructed so as to be attachable to a
spindle. For instance the said spindle may be provided with a disc at its end which
will enter the cap or hood, the back of the latter being preferably slit to admit of
being passed over the said disc, and then the cap may be secured by a nut and
washer. The disc is made of considerably less diameter than the cap or hood, so
that the edges of the latter are not rigidly held but are quite free to be bent up and
down. We prefer that the interior of the cap shall be lined or padded with felt or
cloth or the like of suitable thickness so as to form a yielding substance between
the rigid disc and the article to be polished.
The spindle to which the cap is attached is mounted in a suitable stand preferably
in a vertical position and is arranged to be driven at a high speed preferably by a
belt or cord.
The article to be polished by this apparatus, as for instance the waist of a boot
or shoe, is, after being smeared with the polishing paste or liquid, held by the
operator in contact with the lower face of the revolving hood and is moved about in
contact with the said hood until every part thereof attains the desired degree of
polish.
Dd this 4th day of June 1892
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Polishing Leather and other Surfaces, chiefly applicable
for Polishing the Waists of Boots and Shoes.
We, JOHN GORDON CHATTAWAY, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, Riverside Shoe
Works, Western Road, Leicester, in the County of Leicester, CHARLES HENRY
DALE and FREDERICK JAMES DALE, both of 28 Newarke Street, Leicester, in
the County of Leicester, 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 :-
This invention relates to apparatus chiefly intended for polishing the waists of

page_text: boots and shoes. It is also applicable for polishing other leather surfaces, and also
for polishing wood and other articles.
The said apparatus comprises a polishing pad or hood which may be made of
cloth or other suitable material and which is constructed so as to be attachable
to a spindle. For instance the said spindle is provided with a disc at its end which
will enter the cap or hood, the back of the latter being preferably slit to admit of
being passed over the said disc, and then the cap is secured by a nut and washer.
The disc is made of considerably less diameter than the cap or hood, so that the
edges of the latter are not rigidly held but are quite free to be bent up and down.
We prefer that the interior of the cap shall be lined or padded with felt or cloth or
the like of suitable thickness, so as to form a yielding substance between the rigid
disc and the article to be polished.
The spindle to which the cap is attached is carried by a suitable stand, preferably
in a vertical position, and is arranged to be driven at a high speed preferably by a
belt or cord.
In order that our invention may be more clearly understood we will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a double polishing machine constructed
according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation drawn to a larger scale of the polishing cap or
hood fitted to its spindle.
Figure 3 is a plan of the upper side of the cap or hood.
Similar letters of reference denote similar parts in all the figures.
A is a stand provided with bearings B in which spindles C, C are supported. In
'the machine illustrated, there are two spindles C, but it is obvious that there may
only be one, or there may be more than two.. D is a driving shaft furnished with a
driving pulley E, or with fast and loose pulleys, and with pulleys F, F for driving
the vertical spindles C, C through the cords F¹ and small pulleys F2, F which are
secured to the spindles C, C. G, G are the polishing caps or hoods which are
secured to the spindles C, C in a manner which we will now proceed to describe.
Referring to Figure 2, C is the spindle which is screw-threaded near its lower
extremity and furnished with a nut C¹ which can be screwed up and down thereon.
A washer C is also provided which can slide loosely up and down the said spindle.
A disc C' which is smaller than the cap G is firmly secured to or formed on the
end of the spindle.
The cap or hood G is provided with an interior lining of felt or the like G¹ which
forms a yielding backing for the said pad or hood.
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To secure the cap to the spindle, the nut C₁ is screwed and
up
the disc C³ and then, the washer being lifted, the cap which has a double
or cross slit (see Figure 3 in the back thereof is made to pass over the
disc C. The washer is allowed to drop on the disc and the nut C¹ is screwed
down thereon so as to cause the back of the cap to be gripped tightly between
the washer and the disc.
The article to be polished by this apparatus as for instance the waist of a
boot or shoe is, after being smeared with the polishing paste or liquid, held by
the operator in contact with the lower face of one of the revolving caps or hoods
and is moved about in contact with the said cap or hood until every part thereof
attains the desired degree of polish.
The drawing shews two spindles and polishing caps mounted in the same stand
but it is obvious that we can construct a similar sort of stand for mounting only one
of the said caps, moreover we may mount the spindle in other positions than the
vertical, and drive the same by means of a treadle for example or in any other
suitable manner.
We are aware that similar apparatus has been heretofore used for scouring
leather and other surfaces but such machines have not been used for polishing.

page_text: 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 :-
The improved apparatus constructed substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying drawings, and operating as, and for the purpose, specified.
Dated this 18th day of February 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.