A New or Improved Knife Cleaner.
Year: 1896

page_text: A New or Improved Knife Cleaner.
I, GEORGE HERBERT ELLIS, of No. 2 Lansdowne Grove, Neasden, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
I provide an oblong tray with a raised margin, and transversely in the centre
I fit a bevilled platform shaped to receive and to furnish a rest for the blades and
shoulders of knives while being cleaned, there being a gap in the raised margin at
both sides.
I also provide a flexible rubber for cleaning and polishing knives, made of flat
flexible metal or material, slightly curved or made convex in the direction of its
length, furnished on its convex portion with suitable leather or material, and having
a convenient handle.
GEO. H. ELLIS.
A New or Improved Knife Cleaner.
I, GEORGE HERBERT ELLIS, of 2 Lansdowne Grove, Neasden, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to a new or improved knife cleaner, which consists of an
oblong tray with a raised platform and a bevelled edge on one side and a slot
opposite, so that the blade of a knife will rest on the platform with one end through
the slot; I then clean or polish each side of the blade with a flexible hand rubber
hereinafter described.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a plan of the tray.
Fig. 2, is a side elevation shewing the slot.
Fig. 3, is a part of the side elevation with the bevelled edge.
Fig. 4, is a side elevation of the hand rubber.
Fig. 5, is the end view of Fig. 4.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide an oblong wood tray a with
raised sides b and ends c, and transversely in the centre I fix a cork platform d
with a bevelled edge e shaped to receive and to furnish a rest for the blades and
shoulders of knives while being cleaned, there being a slot f and a gap cut in the
raised sides as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.
Spikes g are fixed on the underside of the tray for the convenience of fixing the
trav to a table or bench.

page_text: I also provide a flexible rubber apparatus for cleaning and polishing knives by
means of emery powder and friction. This said rubber I construct of hard rolled
flat flexible metal (or other material) with a slightly curved or convex base ; in the
direction of its length, and metal vertical ends i. To each end il fix a wood handle h
by means of nails or screws, and on the bottom of the convex base I cement or
otherwise fix a rubber k of leather or of any other suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
1. In a knife cleaner, the combination of a wood tray a raised sides b ends c cork
platform d gap bevelled edge e slot f and spikes g, substantially as herein described
and according to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, of the accompanying drawing.
2. In a rubber for a knife cleaner, the combination of a hard rolled metal curved
or convex basej with vertical ends i fixed to a handle by nails or screws and
the rubber k of leather, substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 4,
and 5, of the accompanying drawing.
3. In a knife cleaner, the combination of the oblong tray and the flexible
metal rubber constructed in the manner above described in this specification for the
purpose specified.
Dated this 12th dow of January 1807
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.