Improvements in Apparatus for Applying the Blacking in Boot. Cleaning and Polishing Machines.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 4th Feb., 1837.
Complete Accepted, 4th Mar., 1887.
Improvements in Apparatus for Applying the Blacking in Boot.
Cleaning and Polishing Machines.
I, GRAHAM WILLIAM BETHAM EDWARDS of Chapel Street Woodbridge in the
County of Suffolk Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
These improvements are designed to facilitate the application of the blacking in
boot cleaning and polishing machines whereby the supply of blacking can be regulated
without spirting and the apparatus readily thrown in and out of gear and this blacking
apparatus is specially applicable to boot cleaning and polishing machines of the
character described in the specification of my application for Lotters Patent No. 9250
dated 1st August 1885.
For this purpose according to my present improvements the blacking is first applied
to the revolving blacking brush through the medium of a drum or roller advantageously
made of wood and concave on its periphery corresponding with the periphery of the
revolving brush or it may be made corrugated. This drum or roller which is partly
immersed in liquid blacking contained in a suitable trough is revolved by means of a
band or strap driven from the axis of the brush this band or strap actuates a train of
cog wheels which are so arranged that the roller or drum can be driven at a slow or
fast speed thus delivering more or less blacking on to the brush as required or it can
be stopped altogether.
This is effected by means of a lever conveniently placed for use which throws
differently speeded wheels in and out of gear. To stop the blacking roller or drum
from revolving the lever is moved into an intermediate position thus causing the main
cog wheel to remain out of gear with the wheel or wheels driving the drum which will
cease to revolve or deliver blacking to the brush.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentec.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Applying the Blacking in Boot
Cleaning and Polishing Machines.
I, GRAHAM WILLIAM BETHAM EDWARDS of Chapel Street Woodbridge in the
County of Suffolk Commercial Traveller 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 :—
These improvements are designed to facilitate the application of the blacking in boot
cleaning and polishing machines whereby the supply of blacking can be regulated
without spirting and the apparatus readily thrown in and out of gear and this blacking
apparatus is specially applicable to boot cleaning and polishing machines of the character
described in the Specification of my application for Letters Patent No. 9250 dated
1st August 1885.
And in order that my improvements may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings hereto
annexed Figure 1 of which shows a section and Figure 2 a side view of apparatus for
feeding and applying blacking to the blacking brush of boot and shoe cleaning
apparatus described in the Specification of Letters Patent before referred to
corresponding letters of reference being applied to corresponding parts.
According to my present improvements the blacking is first applied to the revolving
blacking brush through the medium of the drum or roller advantageously made of
wood and concavo on its periphery corresponding with the periphery of the revolving
brush or it may be made corrugated.
This drum or roller which is partly immersed in liquid blacking contained in the
trough g is revolved by means of a band or strap h, driven by the pulley or boss i, on
the axis of the brush 6 this band or strap actuates a pulley and a train of cog
wheels which are so arranged that the roller or drum f can be driven at a slow or fast
speed thus delivering more or less blacking onto the brush 6 as required or it can be
stopped altogether. The train of wheels consists of the pinion 1 (fixed on the axis of
the pulley which drives the wheel 4 on the axis of which is fixed the pinion 3 which
drives the wheel 7 on the axis of the roller f. The speed of the roller or drum fis
effected by means of the lever conveniently placed for use which throws differently
speeded wheels into and out of gear. To stop the blacking roller or drum from
revolving, the lever is moved into the intermediate position 9 thus causing the main
cog wheel 4 to remain out of gear with the wheel or wheels for driving the drum
which will cease to revolve or deliver blacking to the.brush... By depressing the lever i³,

page_text: to the position 10 as shown it places the pinion 3 into gear with wheel 6, thus driving
pinion 5 and wheel 7 on the axis of the roller f to give a slow motion thereto.
The lever is retained in either of the positions 8, 9 and 10 by the end of the
spring catch, entering into one of the notches of the stop, as shown.
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 arrangement of apparatus for supplying a regulated quantity of
blacking to the brush by means of the drum or roller actuated substantially as
described and represented in the drawings annexed.
2. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting the improved blacking
apparatus substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and represented
in the accompanying drawings.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.