Improvements in Knife Boards.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Jeft 28th June 1000 Accented 29th 1.. 1000
Improvements in Knife Boards.
I, ELIZA BROOM, Dame, of 6, Leicester Villas, St. Paul's Road, Clifton, Bristol,
in the County of Gloucestershire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:.
My invention relates to knife boards and has for its object to provide a knife
cleaning board of simple construction yet more convenient and efficient and
requiring the exercise of less exertion in use than the knife boards as at present
made.
According to my invention I form the knife board of two boards in super-
position and with their working faces contiguous and adapted to be pressed to-
gether and receive the knife blade between them.
I construct my improved knife board after various patterns; a simple cheap
and efficient construction is one wherein the base board is provided with raised
end pieces adapted to receive between them the upper board which is free and
removable. To prevent any sideways movement of said upper board in use its
ends are made of irregular or V-shaped form and the end pieces of the baseboard
are so cut as to correspond therewith. The working faces of the boards are
contiguous and in use the knife blades are inserted between same and moved to
and fro in the known manner whilst pressure is applied to the free upper board
by hand, weights, springs or otherwise, resulting in an even and readily variable
pressure on the knife blade without any straining or twisting thereof as is the
case with the ordinary knife boards. At the same time the work is accomplished
in an easier and more convenient manner and time is gained by both sides of the
knife blade being cleaned at one time. For convenience in inserting the knife
blade between the two boards recessed parts or flared openings may be formed
on one or both parts.
The upper board may be free to be removed entirely for the insertion of emery
powder or other cleaning medium or it may be hinged at one end, being depressed
when in position by hand or by springs or clips pivotted to the base or to a raised
end piece. In a modification the board may be held together by a vertical pivot
at one end and secured by a suitable fastening at the other.
I line the working surfaces of the boards with carpet or other suitable material
secured by glue or otherwise which lining in the lower board may, if required,
be clamped between same and the end piece above mentioned.
Dotal this Second day of October 1800

page_text: Improvements in Knife Boards.
I, ELIZA BROOм, Widow, of 6, Leicester Villas, St. Paul's Road, Clifton, Bristol,
in the County of Gloucestershire 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:-
My invention relates to knife boards and has for its object to provide a knife
cleaning board of simple construction, yet more convenient and efficient and
requiring the exercise of less exertion in use than knife boards as at present made.
A knife board made according to my invention comprises two boards in super-
position with their working surfaces contiguous and adapted to be pressed to-
gether and receive the knife blade between them.
Two forms of my invention are shown respectively in Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings, said figures being views in perspective.
In Fig. 1 the base board a is provided with two raised end pieces b b adapted to
receive between them the upper board c which is free and removable. To prevent
any sideway movement of the board c in use the ends thereof are made of
irregular or V-shaped form as shown at d d and the fixed ends b b are reversely
formed as at ee to receive same. The working surfaces f f of the boards are
contiguous as shown and in use the knife blades are inserted between same and
moved to and fro in the known manner whilst pressure is applied to the free
upper board by hand or weights or otherwise, resulting in an even and readily
variable pressure on the knife blades without any straining or twisting thereof as
is the case with ordinary knife boards; at the same time the work is accom-
plished in an easier and more convenient manner, and time is gained by both
sides of the knife blade being cleaned at one time. For convenience in inserting
the knife blade between the two boards recessed parts or flared openings g g
may be formed in one or both parts.
In some cases spring clips shown dotted at i i may be added and adapted to
impart sufficient pressure to the free board c to effect the cleaning of the knives.
These clips may be of any suitable form and are adapted to be turned on the
pivot when it is required to raise or remove the upper board c for insertion
of emery powder or other cleaning medium as will be generally necessary in all
the constructions shown.
Fig. 2 shows a modification wherein the upper board c is hinged at one end h
to the base board a; in this form only one end piece 6 is required, and the hinge
keeps the parts permanently together.
The working surfaces ff are of Brussels carpet or other suitable material
secured to either board by glue or otherwise, and if required clamped to the lower
board between same and the end pieces b b as shown at k.
Having now particularly 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. The improved knife board comprising the combination of a base a, end
pieces and free removable board c, the joint of the board c and end pieces b b
being irregular or V-shaped as shown substantially as set forth.
2. The improved knife cleaning board comprising the combination of a base a
and the board e hinged thereupon, their working surfaces being contiguous, the
raised end pieces b with irregular or V-shaped joint between same and free end
of the hinged board c substantially as set forth.

page_text: 3. The improved knife cleaning board comprising the combination of a base
board a, and a removable upper board c, their working surfaces being contiguous,
the raised end pieces bb upon the base a with irregular or V-shaped joint
between same and the board c and the spring pressure clips i all arranged
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of June 1900.
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J. C. CHAPMAN & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.