AN IMPROVED GLOVE FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING PLATE, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Viles, of Arlington Street, Mornington
Crescent, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED GLOVE FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING PLATE, AND FOR OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES."
Scaled the 11th November 1873, and dated the 20th May 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Viles at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th May 1873.
I, JAMES VILES, of Arlington Street, Mornington Crescent, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED GLOVE FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING PLATE, AND FOR OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
The said Invention relates to a glove of peculiar make for cleaning
and polishing plate, and for other similar purposes.
The parts of this glove which cover the palm of the hand and inside
of the thumb and fingers are made by preference of pure india-rubber,
which is shaped to fit the hand when partially closed. The india-rubber

page_text: is formed with a thickness of about one-eighth of an inch on the palm
or part that comes in contact with the plate in the process of cleaning
and polishing. The back of the fingers and thumb of the glove from the
tips to about the second joint is preferably made of calf skin or other
soft leather, and from this point to the hand the glove is open on the
back.
The glove is provided at the wrist with a leather strap, which is
fastened with a buckle or other convenient means. This strap is lined
inside with sponge rubber to make it fit comfortably to the wrist of the
wearer. When the strap or band is released the back of the glove is ]
open,
and the said glove is only retained on the hand by the ends of the fingers
and thumb, and therefore may be readily placed upon the hand or removed
therefrom as may be required. A short strap or band connects the
india-rubber at the fork of the thumb and forefinger to the wrist strap.
The said wrist strap may be made to buckle or button or otherwise ]
fasten at the side or at the back of the wrist or hand, and the gloves
may be manufactured of any desired size.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Viles in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 19th November 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
VILES, of Arlington Street, Mornington Crescent, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Viles, Her special licence
that I, the said James Viles, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Viles, my executors, admi-
nistrators, 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 "AN IMPROVED GLOVE FOR

page_text: CLEANING AND POLISHING PLATE, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Viles, 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 James Viles, 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, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing
forming a part of this Specification:-
The said Invention relates to a glove of peculiar make for cleaning
and polishing plate, and for other similar purposes.
The Drawing shews one of my improved gloves, and illustrates the
manner of wearing the same.
The parts of this glove which cover the palm of the hand and inside
of the thumb and fingers are made by preference of pure india-rubber α,
which is shaped to fit the hand when partially closed. The india-rubber
is formed with a thickness of about one-eighth of an inch on the palm
or part that comes in contact with the plate in the process of cleaning
and polishing. The back 6 of the fingers and thumb of the gloves from
the tips to about the second joint of the fingers is preferably made of
calf skin or other soft leather, or I may use india-rubber for these parts
of the glove, from this point to the hand the glove is open on the
back, as shewn.
The glove is provided at the wrist with a leather strap c, which is
fastened with a buckle or by other convenient means. This strap c is
lined inside with sponge rubber d to make it fit comfortably to the wrist
of the wearer. Or I may obtain the same result by doubling or turning
in the substance of the glove around the wrist instead of lining the
strap with sponge rubber. When the strap or band c is released the
back of the glove is open and is only retained on the hand by the ends of
the fingers and thumb, and it may be readily placed upon the hand or
removed therefrom as required. A short strap or band c connects the
india-rubber at the fork of the thumb and forefinger to the wrist strap c.

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The said wrist strap may be made to buckle or button or otherwise
fasten at the side or at the back of the wrist or hand, and the gloves
may be manufactured of any desired size.
Having thus fully described my said Invention, and shewn how the
same may
bo conveniently and advantageously carried into practise, I
wish it understood that I claim, a glove for polishing plate, and
for other similar purposes, made in the peculiar manner hercin set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Viles, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, in the 1
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.