A New Or Improved Boot Wiper.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1395-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1895
A New Or Improved Boot Wiper.
We, ARTHUR MELVILLE HOOD WALROND of Redhayes, Penhoe, Exeter,
Banker and Jon Row, of the Firm of Wippell Biothera & Row, High Street,
Exeter, Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as
follows.-
-
Our invention relates to boot wipers for doo1-ways, etc., and has for its object
an efficient and cheap disposal of a pair of bushes on a wood stand to more
efficiently and conveniently wipe or brush the sides and bottoms of boots.
Non our invention consists essentially of a wood, metal or sunilar block with
three grooves, cut or otherwiso formed therein, such grooves being preferably
V shape at an angle of about 90 degrees. In the outer grooves we place a pair of
brushes with the backs of the bushes resting upon the outer face of the groove
which has the effect of throwing the working faces of the brushes together at about
an angle of 90 degrees and over the central groove The boots are wiped in the
angle so formed, the dirt falling into the central groove.
Whilst we prefer loose brushes on account of easy renewal the bristles of the
bushes muay if desired be set direct into the faces of the grooves.
The working faces of the bushes may be varied in form to more effectually
brush the bottom of the boot as well as the sides. The device herein before
described may be made in combination with a flat door mat as a complete mat
fixture, or in combination with a scraper and dirt tray or in combination with
both.
The bustles are made preferably of bass or other fibre or of hair, india-rubber or
other suitable material.
To keep the stand in position it may be weighted or screwed down, or may be
provided with one or more rubber fiction surfaces to keep it in position
Dated this 4th day of October 1894.
JOHN G WILSON & Co.,
Agents
A New Or improved BOOL wiper.
We, ARTHUR MELVILLE HOOD WALROND, Banker, of Redhayes, Penhoe,
Exeter, and JOHN Row, Ironmonger, of the Fum of Wippell Brothers & Row,
High Street, Exeter, in the County of Devon, do hereby declare the nature of
out said invention and what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and iscertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to boot wipers for dooi-ways, etc., and has for its object
an efficient and cheap disposal of a pan of brushes on a wood or similar stand
to more efficiently and conveniently wipe or brush the sides and bottoms of boots.
Now our invention consists of a wood, metal, earthenware o similar block or
stand with three V shaped grooves of recesses in its upper face, and such grooves
unanged side by side and parallel with each other, and in each of the two outer
[Price]

page_text: grooves 18 a brush (or set of bristles) with its back resting on the outer face, so
that when at rest the working faces of the two brushes (or sots of bustles) come
opposite each other and form a "fullow or angle of about 90° In this angle the
boots are wiped, the dut falling into the central groove
And in order that our said invention shall be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect we have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings and will
now proceed to describe the same with the assistance of the various figures and
letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 an under plan (in part) of our new or
improved boot wiper
Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate other forms of our invention, and Fig. 5 ilinstiates
its use.
Fig 6 illustrates a further modification of our invention on a reduced scale.
In accordance with our invention (A) is the block or stand, made of hard
wood, cast metal or other suitabic material, and, by preference rectangular in
shape, and suitable in size, decoration or finish for use in halls, porches or
doorways
In the upper face of this block three V shaped grooves (B), (B) and (C) are
formed with the outer faces (B) of the grooves (B), made, by preference slightly
deeper than the faces of the grooves (C) Upon the said sides (13') of the
grooves (B) we mount the brushes (D), having bass, hair or other suitable
bristles, and we attach such brushes to the block by screws passing through holes
in the brush back on by recessing the block and sliding the ends of the brush
therein, or by other suitable means.
In this position the working faces of the brushes lie at an angle of about 90°,
and thus form a groove o "Turow "
convenient for placing a boot or shoe in,
which when passed to and fro between the bristles becomes relieved of all dirt or
mud. The dut or mud so wiped off falls into the groove (C)
On wooden and similar floors the block (A) may afford sufficient weight and
fiction to remain still while the boot is being passed between the bustles, or it
may be screwed down, but on marble or slippery pavements, on which the stand is
hable to move about, we provide it with rubber feet (E).
Upon one, or both, sides of the stand we apply a scraper (F), by preference
composed of bent sheet metal, and hinged to fold up against the stand side for
convenience in transit By standing with one foot on one of these scrapers and
wiping the boot of the other foot, as shewn in Fig. 5, the stand is kept perfectly
still
To steady the person using the stand whilst wiping his or her boots, we provide
a staff or handle (G), attached, by preference to the stand by screw and socket
connection. If desired two of such bundles may be employed.
In lieu of loose detachable brushes we may fix the bristles direct into the
sides (B) of the grooves (B) as seen in Fig 5, but we prefer the loose brushes in
that they can be more readily renewed when worn down.
The working faces of the brushes may vary in form to more effectually brush
the bottoms of boots as well as the sides, and may be curved or rounded, and for
this purpose cylindrical or curved brushes (J) may be employed as shown in Fig 3.
which being mounted on centres (H) permit of a fresh wearing surface being
presented from time to time as the bristles wear away.
If mounted loosely ou
their centres, the act of pressing the boot between the brushes will cause them
to revolve, and by withdrawing the boot horizontally a fresh surface will be
left for the next user, or for each succeeding wipe of the boot or shoe
this modificatiou the sides of the stand are cut away to allow room for the
brushes.
In
In the case of pointed boots and shoes which would probably escape being
cleaned at the toe end by the parallel brushes (D), we may provide our improved
stand with hinged brushes (1) as shewn in Fig. 4, which as the boot is worked to
and fio, open and close under the action of the springs (K) and follow the boot to

page_text: its narrowest point. The improved boot wiper may be made in combination with a
door mat, as a complete mat fixture, or in combination with a dirt tray on the like.
It desed two sets of grooves may be formed in one block.
The bristles are preferably made of bass, but may be made of hair, india-rubber
or other suitable material.
To facilitate the removal of the dirt falling into the central groove (C) a small
trough or receptacle may be arranged in such groove, or the block may be
modified to accommodate an ordinary shaped trough or pan as illustrated in
Fig. 6
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of om said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to he performed we declare that what
we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is -
1st. A block or stand of wood, mctal, earthenware, or other similar and suitable
material, fitted with brushes, bristles, or the like with the working faces thereof
opposite each other at an angle of about 90° substantially as and for the purpose
herembefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing
2nd. A boot wiper consisting of a stand (A), with V shaped grooves (B), (B)
and (C) or their equivalent, with or without scraper (F) and supporting staff or
handle (G) substantially as set forth and illustrated
3rd The modifications of our improved boot wiper herein descubed and
illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Dated the 4th dow at Jul 1805
JOHN G. WILSON & Co.,
Agents.