An Improvement in Razor Strops and Polishing Pads.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Razor Strops and Polishing Pads.
GEORGE GOUTHWAITE SCURFIELD, 2, Percy Terrace, Sunderland, Engineer, and
JOHN JAMES SHIELDS HESLOP, 15, Belle Vue Park, Sunderland, Grocer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the employment of an air cushion of rubber or other
suitable material, encased in a cover of leather, canvas, felt or any material
that may be found desirable & which may or may not be extended or supported
by a frame, or the cushion in tube-form, may be attached to the periphery of
a wheel, or to the surface of a disc or suitable support for polishing purposes or
for stropping razors.
Dated this First day of November 1898.
GEO. G. SCURFIELD.
JNO. J. S. HESLOP.
An Improvement in Razor Strops and Polishing Pads.
We, GEORGE GOUTHWAITE SCURFIELD, of 2, Percy Terrace, Sunderland,
Engineer, and JOHN JAMES SHIELDS HESLOP, of 15, Belle Vue Park, Sunderland,
Grocer, 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 razor strops and polishing pads and consists in the
application to razor strops, polishing wheels and the like of an air cushion
whereby an extremely yielding or elastic surface is produced.
In carrying the invention into practice we employ an air cushion or tube of
india rubber or other suitable flexible or clastic material encased in a cover of
leather, canvas, felt or the like or a combination thereof the cushion or tube
being advantageously provided with an internal supporting frame when used
as a strop or applied to the periphery or face of a wheel or disc or other support
when used for polishing purposes.
To enable the invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
:-
Figure 1 is a plan of a razor strop constructed according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same; and
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3, 3 Figure 1.
a is the air cushion or tube of india rubber or other suitable flexible or elastic

page_text: material and b is the cover of leather, canvas, felt or the like. The tube a and
cover bare advantageously attached at one end to the handle c of the strop by
suitable cement and a binding of twine or the like and at the other end the
tube a is closed while the sides of the cover bare connected together preferably
by an eyelet b' so that the strop can be hung from a nail or hook if required.
A valve e of suitable construction is connected to the tube a as shewn, to which
valve an air compressing pump can be attached to inflate the said tube. In some
cases we may make the handle tubular and provide for inflating the cushion
through the said handle. f is the internal supporting frame which is connected
to the handle c the said frame being in the form of a flat blade extending between
the sides of the tube a as shewn clearly in Figure 3. is a strip of leather
attached to one surface of the cover b, and serving as the stropping surface.
By this construction it will be seen that we obtain a strop having an extremely
yielding or elastic surface.
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For polishing by hand we employ a disc of wood having a central handle and
loosely cover it with washleather having the air cushion inside with a valve for
inflating through the wood disc. For polishing by a wheel we arrange the air
tube or cushion in a groove in the periphery of a wooden disc or wheel and cover
this with washleather or other soft material.
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 razor strop, polishing pad, wheel or the like of an
air cushion, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
2. A razor strop comprising an air cushion or tube, an outer cover a supporting
frame arranged within the tube and a valve for admitting air to the tube, sub-
stantially as described.
3. The manufacture and use of the improved razor strop hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
4. The manufacture and use of the improved polishing pad hereinbefore
described.
5. The manufacture and use of the improved polishing wheel hereinbefore
described.
Dated the 3rd day of August 1899.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.