IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND 1 APPARATUS FOR CLEANING DOUTS AND SHUES.
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Townsend, of Mirfield, in the County of
York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND
1
APPARATUS FOR CLEANING DOUTS AND
SHUES.
Sealed the 6th April 1875, and dated the 9th October 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Townsend
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 9th October 1874.
I, SAMUEL TOWNSEND, of Mirfield, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for " IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as
METHOD OF
follows:-
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This Invention relates to certain improvements in the machine
described in the Specification numbered One thousand nine hundred and
ninety-six, and dated July Twenty-ninth One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, and for which Provisional Protection was granted to
me. The apparatus therein described had for its object the cleaning of
boots, knives, and the sawing of bones, and could, only be fixed off the
side of dresser or table.

page_text: My improved machine is for the cleaning of boots and shoes only, and
consists of a suitable framework of cast iron or other suitable material,
towards the top of which is carried a shaft upon which are fixed circular
brushes having a concave face. Motion is applied to this shaft by
means of power or hand at a pulley carried by stud centred above shaft,
and a band or cord revolving round a smaller pulley fixed upon small
shaft below. On the other end of this small shaft a pulley is fixed,
which by means of cord drives pulley fixed upon shaft carrying brushes.
This arrangement allows of the fixing of stand anywhere upon a table,
dresser, or stand similar to those in use for sewing machines.
To one
side of framework is affixed a box for the blacking, and suitable adjust-
ment for carrying the brush over the same.
A modification of my arrangement consists of a stand or framework
by which the shoes or boots can be cleaned whilst on the feet of the
owners in the street or at any convenient place. In this plan the power
is applied above, and the shaft upon which brushes are fixed is carried
some six inches above the ground.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Townsend in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th April 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
TOWNSEND, of Mirfield, in the County of York, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Townsend,. Her
special licence that I, the said Samuel Townsend, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel
Townsend, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING BOOTS AND
+

page_text: SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel
Townsend, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Townsend, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 certain improvements in the machine
described in the Specification numbered One thousand nine hundred and
ninety-six, and dated July Twenty-ninth One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, and for which Provisional Protection was granted me.
The apparatus therein described had for its object the cleaning of boots,
knives, and the sawing of bones, and could only be fixed off the side of
dresser or table.
My improved machine is for the cleaning of boots and shoes, and
consists of a suitable framework of cast iron or other suitable material,
towards the top of which is carried a shaft upon which are fixed circular
brushes having a concave face. Motion is applied to this shaft by means
of power or hand at a pulley carried by stud centred above shaft, and a
band or cord revolving round a smaller pulley fixed upon small shaft
below. On this shaft are pullies fixed, which by means of cords the
pullies fixed upon shaft carrying brushes are driven. This arrangement
allows of the fixing of the stand anywhere upon a table, drawer, or
stand similar to those in use for sewing machines. To one side of
framework is affixed a box for the blacking and suitable adjustment for
carrying the brush over the same.
A modification of my arrangement consists of a stand or framework
by which the shoes or boots can be cleaned whilst on the feet of the
wearer in the street or at any convenient place. In this plan the power
is applied above, and the shaft upon which the brushes are fixed is
carried some six inches above the ground.
I will now proceed to describe the apparatus employed and shewn in
the accompanying Drawings, in which like parts are indicated by the
same letters and figures,

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved machine shewing brushes.
upon main shaft.
Figure 2 is an end elevation shewing grindstone and blacking box.
Figure 3 is an end elevation shewing driving wheel and pulley.
Figure 4 is a plan.
A, A, A, A, is the framework of the machine composed of ornamental
castings, the bottom part of which is secured to plate B, which can be
secured to table or dresser. C is the driving wheel, shewn for hand
driving, keyed on to stud D' attached to framework; by means of cord Z 1
pulley H¹ keyed on to shaft J is made to revolve; pulley H* on same
shaft J, by means of cord Y, is made to drive pulley H³ keyed on to
shaft D which carries the brushes E¹, E³, and E³. E¹ is keyed on to
hollow shaft D³, and is made to revolve contrarywise to E2 and E³ by
means of cross cord V from pulley H* on to pulley H³, keyed on to 1
hollow shaft D³ which revolves on shaft D. E is a circular gridstone
fixed on the end of shaft D for sharpening knives, or a circular saw for
cutting up firewood, and can be changed, as required, by means of
nut G. X is the box for blacking. W is a bracket fixed to base plate B
to steady shaft J.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Townsend, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
Signed, sealed, and delivered,
. by the above-named Samuel
Townsend, in the presence of
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineer & Patent Agent,
Bradford.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND. (L.S.)