AN IMPROVED GENERAL POLISHING MACHINE OR APPARATUS
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Herbert Maberly, of Stowmarket, in the
County of Suffolk, Master of Arts, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
GENERAL POLISHING MACHINE OR APPARATUS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Herbert Maberly.
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on.
the 25th November 1857.
1, FREDERICK HERBERT MABERLY, of Stowmarket, in the County of Suffolk,
Master of Arts, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED GENERAL POLISHING MACHINE OR APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
I propose to clean or polish knives, forks, spoons, boots, shoes, and other
articles that may conveniently be brought under the operation of my apparatus.
For forks, I take two boards about twenty-four inches long by twelve:
inches wide, cach board being furnished with brushes on its inner side (when
fixed), or I place barrels furnished with brushes on and running over four
rollers if this be preferred to the boards; I place the boards above mentioned:
in a casing, and fix cranks to them, or one of them, in such wise. that on
turning the handle the boards (or one of them) will move horizontally (or
vertically) in a come-and-go direction, the forks being fixed so that the brushes
may readily reach and clean or polish them, emery or other polishing powder:
being used; when the rollers and bands are used, they are to be fixed in a
box or case, with spindles to support them, one of the spindles projecting to
receive the handle, band, or wheel by which it may be worked. Cushions
fixed on boards serve to maintain the forks in their places for cleaning. For
knives, I use with the same mechanical apparatus, felt or leather instead' of

page_text: brushes. For shoes or boots or spoons, I use (always with the same apparatus,
but in addition, circular brushes, fixing the boards or rollers (furnished with
ليم
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Frederick Herbert Maberly in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 25th May 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
HERBERT MABERLY, of Stowmarket, in the County of Suffolk, Master of Arts,
send greeting.
WHEREAS ITer most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Frederick Herbert Maberly, Her special licence, that I, the said
Frederick Herbert Maberly, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Frederick Herbert Maberly, my 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 and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "AN IMPROVED GENERAL POLISHING MACHINE OR APPARATUS ;" upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frederick Herbert Maberly,
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 Frederick Herbert Maberly, do bereby
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, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the figures and letters marked thereon; similar letters of referenco
being placed upon and denoting similar parts, where such parts are shown at
cach of the Figures respectively:-
And first, I will proceed to describe my apparatus as shewn in the Drawing.
whercon. Figure 1. represents a side view of a machine for cleaning forks;

page_text: Figure 2, a front view thereof; Figure 3, a detached portion of the apparatus ;
Figure 4, front view of a knife-cleaning machine, having the front thereof
removed to show the interior; and Figure 5, a front view of another machine to
be used for the same purpose.
At Figure 1 will be seen a machine used for cleaning forks, the front part.
of which is elevated and made hollow to contain two flat brushes a, a, tho
lower one being slightly projected for the purpose of receiving the cleaning:
powder, which is supplied thereto by a hopper above or other suitable
contrivance. In front of these brushes is to be placed a bed for the handles of
the forks to rest upon, and such handles are to be held therein by spring
catches or set screws at each end thereof; the ends or prongs of the forks
having been inserted between the brushes a, a, the winch handle b is turned,
which imparts motion to the brushes by means of the mechanical contrivanco:
exhibited at Figure 3, where c is a spindle having four or more arms d placed
thereon, and as this spindle revolves, so these arms alternately come into
contact with a peg or pin e, which causes the brushes to be advanced, and
by means of a spiral or other suitable spring at the back of the brushes,
they are drawn back, having the effect of imparting constant friction to the
forks, the backs of the brushes having small rollers behind them.
Figure 4 represents a machine for cleaning knives; the blades being passed
through holes in the front of the machine, enter between the strips of leather
ff, placed upon endless bands 9, passing over rollers h, h; two of the end
rollers are connected together by toothed wheels or bands, to give them a
uniform motion, and by placing a winch handle on one of the spindles of the
roller, and turning it round, the whole is put in motion, passing over the blades
of the knives, and thus having the desired effect.
At Figure 5 will be seen another mode of cleaning knives, but instead of
having single bands I use a double band extended over four rollers, so that a
greater number of knives can be cleaned at once, there being four straight
sides for placing the knives between; the same movement is imparted by
means of a winch handle, as that of Figure 4; the boards, bands, brushes,
or straps to be angularly, spirally, or otherwise set, or set and shaped by
proper intervening rollers, that the boards or bands may be moved after the
desired manner, according to the shape of the object introduced between them;
the whole to be in cases, and worked after, the manner further set forth.
The other additional rollers are placed at the needful distances to keep tho
bands particularly in their proper course. When my Invention is used
for the purpose of cleaning boots or shoes on the foot, there must be a board
on which to place the foot, extending on one side for fixed uprights to meet at

page_text: the convenient distance to support and fix an upright rod of the needful
height, so that it may be turned by hand, and thus move the machinery on tho
foot board after the manner necessary to execute its object, but after the modo
in which the same is accomplished for the other purposes herein mentioned,
save that the plane and rotatory motions are combined together to give the
motions required, for which purpose one extra cog wheel or roller may be
required. For the same purpose I use two or more brushed rollers, round,
circular, or properly shaped for the objects to pass between them, the rollers
working against each other on their exterior surfaces, when the objects to he
passed between them are moved likewise, otherwise the brushes of these rollers
would only touch the objects passing between them in a lineal direction, and
only a line at a time, as in every case here mentioned the rollers, whether
round, cylindrical, or otherwise, are only brushed or leathered on their outer
surfaces. The knives will be thus sharpened as well as polished and cleaned.
The cleaning materials used aro whiting, brickdust, blacking, or other
material, according to the object to be cleaned. The machinery is set in
motion by hand, foot, or other power, and by rollers, straps, or cog work, to
accelerate the working thereof. I also obtain the foregoing plane and rotatory
motions combined, by bevil wheels, so placed at the bottom of the cases or
elsewhere, and working into each other at right angles to each other; the one
fastened to the case, the other to the brushes, tho objects to be cleaned being
properly set for such oporation. Boards, brushes, leather, felt, or any other
suitable material may be used for these purposes.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein set forth,
so long as the peculiar character of either part of my Invention be retained;
but what I do claim is the combination and application of parts herein
described, for the purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Herbert Maberly, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
W. E. GEDGE,
4, Danes Inn, Strand.
F. II. MABERLY. (L.S.)