IMPROVEMENTS IN CLEANING FORKS, SPOONS, STEW PANS, AND OTHER CULINARY UTENSILS
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Fowell Walton, of Sarratt Hall, Rickmans-
worth, Herts, and Honore Le François, of Lambeth, in the County of
Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLEANING FORKS, SPOONS,
STEW PANS, AND OTHER CULINARY UTENSILS."
Sealed the 24th June 1856, and dated the 29th January 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Fowell Walton
and Honore Le François at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 29th January 1856.
We, JOSEPH FOWELL WALTON, of Sarratt Hall, Rickmansworth, Herts, and
HONORE LE FRANÇOIS, of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLEANING FORKS,
SPOONS, STEW PANS, AND OTHER CULINARY UTENSILS," to be as follows:-
The articles to be cleaned are placed in drums or cylinders containing
suitably formed brushes, which revolve with the cylinders or drums, the articles
to be cleaned being held stationary, while the cylinders or drums and brushes
revolve. The cylinders or drums are mounted on an axis or on axes, and
motion is given thereto by means of a winch handle or by a crank. Those
drums or cylinders, used for cleaning silver or plated forks and spoons,
and those used for cleaning metal forks, are similar in construction, but the
brushes of those used for cleaning steel forks, should be composed of coarser

page_text: hair or bristles than those used for silver or plated forks, and also instead of
using whitening or rouge, bath brick dust or emery would be preferable. For
cleaning stew pans, and other like articles, the brushes are so mounted, that
some of the brushes are caused to cleanse the inside, while others are caused
to act upon the exterior or outsides thereof simultaneously; and in order that
the machine may be capable of cleansing vessels of different dimensions, the
brushes are made and mounted so that they may be made to approach towards
or recede from each other by means of a rack and pinions, or by screws or
wedges in lieu thereof. Such articles as spoons, forks, &c. are placed in
openings suitably formed to receive them in discs, which are prevented from
revolving with the drums or cylinders by means of pins or screws carried by
the framing entering therein; each cylinder has an opening provided with a
close cover where cleansing powder may be introduced. The drums or
cylinders for the different purposes herein mentioned may be all three mounted
on one axis and form one machine, or each one may be mounted separately,
and be complete in itself, and independent of the other. The axes may be
either driven at once by a winch handle or crank axis, or toothed wheels may
be employed in such cases where extra speed or power be required..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Fowell Walton and Honore Le François in the
...Great Seal Patent: Office on the 29th July 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPH
FOWELL WALTON, of Sarratt Hall, Rickmansworth,' Herts, and -HONORE LE
FRANÇOIS, of Lambeth, in the County, of Surrey, send greeting.
:
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of: January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign; did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto, us, the
said Joseph Fowell Walton and Honore Le François,. Her special licence that
we, the said Joseph Eowell Walton and Honore, Le, François,, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others, as we, the said Joseph Eowell
Walton and Honore Le François, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time, and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain!

page_text: and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for IM-
PROVEMENTS IN CLEANING FORKS, SPOONS, STEW PANS, AND OTHER CULINARY
UTENSILS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Joseph
Fowell: Walton and Honore Le François, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our or their hands and seals; or under the hand
and seal of one of us or them, 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 Joseph Fowell Walton, on behalf of
myself and the said Honore Le François, do hereby declare the nature of the
said. Invention; and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof,
that is to say-
The articles to be cleaned are placed in drums or cylinders containing
suitably formed brushes, which revolve with the cylinders or drums, the articles
to be cleaned being held stationary, while the cylinders or drums and brushes
revolve. The cylinders or drums are mounted on an axis or on axes, and
motion is given thereto by means of a winch handle or by a crank. Those
drums or cylinders used for cleaning silver or plated forks and spoons and
those used for cleaning metal forks are similar in construction, but the brushes
of those used for cleaning steel forks are by preference composed of coarser
hair or bristles than those used for silver or plated forks, and also instead of
using whitening or powders, rough bath brick dust, sand, or emery would be
preferable: For cleansing stew pans and other culinary utensils, the brushes
are so mounted, that some of the brushes are caused to cleanse the inside,
while others are caused to act upon the exterior or outside thereof simul-
staneously; and in order that the machine may be capable of cleansing vessels
of different dimensions, the brushes are made and mounted so that they may
be made to approach towards or recede from each other by means of racks and
pinions, or by screws or wedges in lieu thereof. Such articles as spoons,
forks, &c. are placed in openings suitably formed to receive them in discs or
racks, which are prevented from revolving with the drums or cylinders by
means of pins or screws or arms carried by the framing entering therein;
each cylinder has an opening provided with a close cover where cleansing
powder may be introduced. The drums or cylinders or discs for the different
purposes herein mentioned may be all mounted on one axis and form one
machine, or each one may be mounted separately, and be complete in itself

page_text: Figure 1 shows a transverse vertical section, and Figure 2 a longitudinal
section, of a machine arranged and constructed according to our Invention
suitable for cleansing forks, spoons, &c. a is the framing of the machine;
is the axis of the drum or cylinder c, within which are the brushes & and e;
ff, are two discs or frames fixed to the framing a, having suitable openings
9, 9, formed therein to receive the articles to be cleaned. The articles being
thereby held, are prevented from revolving with the drum or cylinder c, and
are consequently subjected to the action of the brushes d and c, by which they
become cleansed, and suitable cleansing materials are placed within the druni
or cylinder at the opening h, formed for that purpose. Figures 3, 4, and 5
represent respectively a plan, a side view, and a transverse section of a machiné
suitable for cleansing stew pans, and other culinary utensils, according to our
Invention. a is the framing of the machine; and b, c, are axes which carry
the several brushes. The axis c is made capable of moving on a centre c' into
position shown by the dotted lines in side view, Figure 4; the stew pan or other
culinary article to be cleansed is to be placed bottom upwards on to the brush c;
as shown; the axis c is then to be placed into its working position, by which the
exterior bottom of the article to be cleansed will be brought against the face of
the brush on the axis b. The brushes 6, 6, will then be caused to close
upon the outside of the article in order to cleanse the outsides thereof, and the
brushes c, c, are caused to approach the insides of the pan or other article to
be cleansed. For this purpose, the brushes 2, 3, and c, c, are mounted on
suitable slides, which move respectively in the slots d' and e', of the discs d and e,
slides being provided with suitable racks b, b, c, c³, shewn by dotted lines
taken into by the teeth of the pinions b, c, so that by holding the discs d and e
respectively during the movement of their axes b and c, the brushes carried
by the slides will be caused to approach to or recede from their axes b and c,
so that any diameters of culinary apparatus within the range of the discs
d&e and racks ³ & c³ may be placed and cleansed by the machine.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, we wish it. to be understood that we do not purpose

page_text: confining ourselves to the precise details given, as they may be slightly varied
without departing from our Invention; but what we claim is, the arrangement
and construction of machines for cleansing forks, spoons, stew pans, and other
culinary utensils, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Fowell Walton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
Witness,
FRED HARRIS.
.
J. F. WALTON. (L.S.).