A Combined Boot Scraping and Brushing Device.
Year: 1898

page_text: A Combined Boot Scraping and Brushing Device.
I, JOHN THOMAS ADDISON, of The Terrace, Shotley Bridge, Durham, Schoolmaster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved combination of boot scraper and
brush specially applicable to be placed at house doors so that visitors and others
coming to the door may be able not only to scrape the superfluous mud attached to
the boots but to brush the boots also, so that mud is more effectually removed
than with the ordinary iron scraper at present in use and also to some extent the
necessity for a mat placed just inside the door as is the usual custom is obviated.
Upon a suitable base plate or block which can be permanently secured to the
ground or only stood thereon, bristles are arranged so as to stand up and make a
brush surface, and at each end an iron plate is fixed the upper surfaces being cut so
as to act as scrapers. It will be seen that the device being placed outside the door
visitors and others are enabled, to scrape the boots by means of the scrapers in the
ordinary way, and then to rub the boots on the brush surface so as to effectually remove
the mud. There will be no necessity for the provision of a mat inside the door as is
the usual custom as the brush will more than serve its purpose.
1000
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
A Combined Boot Scraping anⱭ Brusning Device.
I, JOHN THOMAS ADDISON, of The Terrace, Shotley Bridge, Durham, Schoolmaster,
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:-
This invention has for its object an improved combination of boot scraper and
brush especially applicable to be placed at house doors so that visitors and others
coming to the door may be able not only to scrape the superfluous mud attached to the
boots but to brush the boots also, so that mud is more effectually removed than with
the ordinary iron scraper at present in use and also to some extent the necessity for
a mat placed just inside the door as is the usual custom is obviated.
Upon a suitable base plate or block which can be permanently secured to the
ground or only stood thereon, bristles are arranged so as to stand up and make a
brush surface, and at each end an iron plate is fixed the upper surfaces being cut so
as to act as scrapers. It will be seen that the device being placed outside the door,
Pance 8d 1

page_text: visitors and others are enabled to scrape the boots by means of the scrapers in the
ordinary way, and then to rub the boots on the brush surface so as to effectually
remove the mud. There will be no necessity for the provision of a mat inside the
door as is the usual custom as the brush will more than serve its purpose.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. I is a section of a combined
boot scraping and brushing device constructed according to this invention, and Fig. 2
is an end elevation thereof.
The base a is provided at each end with the scrapers b, b and between the two
scrapers a brush c is suitably secured to the base a so that the bristles stand up and
form a brush surface.
The brush c is preferably arranged so that it can be readily removed from the
base a for cleaning or for renewal, and is attached thereto by any suitable means. In
the arrangement illustrated a bracket d is attached to the brush c at each end, and a
nut e is used for connecting the brackets & to the base a so as to secure the brush in
place.
The scrapers b may be either formed in one with the base a or separate from and
attached thereto by suitable means.
The whole device may be fastened to the ground or not as is most desirable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
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(1) A combined boot scraping and brushing device consisting of scrapers arranged
upon a suitable base and a brush surface between the said scrapers substantially as
described.
(2) A combined boot scraping and brushing device, consisting of scrapers at each
end of a suitable base, and a brush surface removably arranged upon the said base
between the scrapers, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(3) A combined boot scraper and brushing device substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.
Dated this 10th day of January 1808
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.