AN IMPROVED KNIFE-CLEANER
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN FLETCHER WILES of 3 Park Place Old Charlton in the County of Kent
Insurance Broker do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "AN IMPROVED
KNIFE-CLEANER "to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for cleaning knives (or forks
if required) and has for its object to provide a knife cleaner which will be simple
and economical in construction and which will be more durable than knife cleaners
of the same class as heretofore constructed.
In carrying the said invention into practice I employ a piece of wood of the
shape of an ordinary knife board or of any other suitable shape and instead of
covering the same with leather, Kamptulicon or other preparation for the reception
of the Emery powder Bath brick Bickdust or other cutting powder for cleaning
the knives as at present, I cover such board on one or both sides with a layer or
sections of any kind of wood cut crosswise or endwise of the grain such layer or
sections of wood may be secured to the aforesaid board by glue or in any preferred
manner. It will be understood that as the wood is cut crosswise or endwise of the
grain it will always form a good receptacle for the Emery Bathbrick, Brickdust or
other powder employed.
It will be understood that without departing from the spirit of my invention
I can by forming the thickness of the cross cut wood of increased thickness
dispense with the base or board-The knife cleaner in this case will consist of the
sections of cross cut wood only. In such case the sections may be secured together
by glue or by an iron band surrounding the same and either or both of the surfaces
of the knife cleaner may be used as a cleaning surface circular or otherwise.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1884.

page_text: JOHN FLETCHER WILES of 3 Park Place Old Charlton in the County of Kent
Insurance Broker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED
KNIFE-CLEANER 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 improvements in Apparatus for cleaning knives and has
for its object to provide a knife cleaner which will be simple and economical to
construct and will be more durable than knife cleaners as heretofore constructed.
The said invention consists in the employment in the construction of such knife
cleaners of one or more pieces layers or sections of wood cut crosswise or end wise
at any angle of the grain so that the surface or surfaces of such wood will always
form a good receptacle for the emery bath brick brick dust or other powder
employed.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn several modified constructions of
knife-cleaners embodying my invention.
In figures 1 and 2 of such drawing which are respectively a plan or top view
and a side view of one form of my improved knife cleaner I have shewn two
pieces a of cross cut wood secured upon a board or piece of wood b'having the shape
of an ordinary knife board such cross cut wood taking the place of the leather
kamptulicon or other preparation or compound ordinarily employed as the cleaning
surface. Such cross cut wood may be secured to the said board by glue or in any
preferred manner.
In Figure 3 I have shewn in side view the board b covered with pieces a of
cross cut wood on both sides so that such board has two cleaning surfaces.
In Figure 4 I have shewn a knife cleaner in which I dispense with the base or
board b and form such cleaner entirely of pieces a of cross cut wood such pieces a
being secured together by a band of metal or wood or other suitable material as
at c surrounding the same and attached thereto in any preferred manner.
.
I wish it understood that I do not confine myself to the use of the cross cut
wood in the construction of knife cleaners of the shape shewn in Figures 1 to 4 of
the drawing only as it will be evident that without departing from the spirit of
my invention I can employ such wood in the construction of circular knife cleaning
machines as shewn in Figures 5 and 6 for instance-Moreover in some cases if
desired I may for in a series of small grooves in any direction in the surface or
surfaces of the wood in order to retain the cleaning powder upon such wood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is,
The employment in the construction of knife cleaners of one or more pieces or
layers of wood cut crosswise or endwise of the grain substantially as herein set
forth.
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