A MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING. BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William George Cunningham; of Stonehouse, in
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the County of Devon, Esquire, for the Invention of "A MACHINE
OR APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING. BOOTS AND SHOES."
OR APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING BOOTS AND SHOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William George Cunningham
at the Office of the Commissioners. of Patents, with his Petition,.
on the 10th January 1870.
I; WILLIAM GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, of. Stonehouse, in the County, of
Devon, Esquire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING BOOTS AND SHOES," to
be as follows:_
This Invention consists of a machine or. apparatus for cleaning the
dirt from boots and shoes, also to black and polish them, consisting, of a
framework in which are fixed a revolving circular brush or revolving
circular brushes of an improved shape and hollowed so as nearly as
possible to fit a boot or shoe. The brush or brushes are fixed and
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page_text: revolve upon a spindle. The machine is worked by a handle, crank,
or treadle, which turns a belt wheel. A band passes round the belt
wheel and the spindle and drives or turns the spindle and sets in motion
or works the brushes.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said William
George Cunningham in the Great Seal. Patent Office on the 25th
July 1870.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, of Stonehouse, in the County of Devon, Esquire,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors give and
grant unto me, the said William, George Cunningham, Her special licence
that I, the said William George Cunningham, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William George
Cunningham, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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
"A MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING BOOTS AND SHOES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William George
Cunningham, 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 William George. Cunningham, 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:-
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page_text: This Invention consists of a machine or apparatus for cleaning the
dirt from boots and shoes, also to black and polish them, consisting of a
framework in which are fixed a revolving circular brush or revolving
circular brushes of an improved shape and hollowed so as nearly as
possible to fit a boot or shoe. The brush or brushes are fixed and
revolve upon a spindle. The machine is worked by a handle, crank,
or treadle, which turns a belt wheel. A band passes round the belt
wheel and the spindle and drives or turns the spindle and sets in motion
or works the brushes.
In witness whereof, I, the said William George Cunningham, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of July,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by
the above-named William
George Cunningham, in the
presence of
RICHP. LAMBELL,
39, George Street,
Stonehouse.
W“. GEO, CUNNINGHAM. (L.S.)