A NEW APPARATUS FOR ON DRAW Dron on Drum RON Rooms OD SHANS FOR RUBBING OFF OR REMOVING THE DUST OR DIRT FROM BOOTS OR SHOES
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Baldwin Fulford Weatherdon, of Kingston-on-Thames,
in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "A NEW APPARATUS FOR
ON DRAW Dron on Drum RON Rooms OD SHANS"
Sealed the 12th April 1864, and dated the 15th October 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Baldwin Fulford Weather-
don at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 15th October 1863.
I, BALDWIN FULFORD WEATHERDON, of Kingston-on-Thames, in the County
of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
APPARATUS FOR RUBBING OFF OR REMOVING THE DUST OR DIRT FROM BOOTS OR
SHOES," to be as follows (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to an apparatus to be employed in the halls of
dwelling houses, offices, public buildings, or otherwise, for enabling persons
themselves to remove any dust or dirt from the fronts of their boots or shoes
whilst on the feet without having recourse to the inconvenient methods at
present in use, whereby much labour and loss of time is obviated, and consists
in mounting and securing one or more brushes or cleansers upon the inner
side of an annular frame or hollow axis in a conical form, with the hair or
bristles downwards, thus enabling the foot to be inserted therein with the toe

page_text: of the boot or shoe towards its apex, so that on motion being communicated
thereto through the medium of multiplying toothed wheel gear and winch
handle or lever motion within fixed bearings contained within an outer case or
pedestal, provided with a suitable arched hole or opening for the reception of
the foot, the said brushes or cleansers encircling the fore part of the boot or
shoe may be caused to pass rapidly over the surface thereof, and thereby
remove any dust or dirt, as aforesaid, a sole and projecting heel plate (upon
which the foot rests) being cast or fitted in connection therewith, as also a
draw or box beneath the same for the reception of the dust or dirt.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Baldwin Fulford Weatherdon in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 15th April 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BALDWIN
FULFORD WEATHERDON, of Kingston-on-Thames, in the County of Surrey,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Baldwin Fulford Weatherdon, Her special licence that I, the said
Baldwin Fulford Weatherdon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Baldwin Fulford Weatherdon, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should in 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 "A NEW APPARATUS FOR RUBBING OFF OR REMOVING THE DUST OR
DIRT FROM BOOTS OR SHOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Baldwin Fulford Weatherdon, my executors and 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Baldwin Fulford Weatherdon, 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 and the Drawings therein referred to (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to an apparatus to be employed in the halls of
dwelling houses, offices, public buildings, or otherwise, for enabling persons.
themselves to remove any dust or dirt from the fronts of their boots or shoes.
whilst on the feet without having recourse to the inconvenient methods at
present in use, and consists in arranging and securing one or more brushes or
cleansers upon the inner side of an annular frame or hollow axis in a conical
form, with the hair or bristles acting downwards against the foot, which is to
be inserted with the toe of the boot or shoe towards its apex, so that on motion,
being communicated thereto through the medium of multiplying toothed wheel
gear and winch handle or lever motion within fixed bearings contained within
or mounted upon an outer case or pedestal, the said brushes or cleansers
encircling the forepart of the boot or shoe may be caused to pass rapidly over
the surface thereof, and thereby remove any dust or dirt, as aforesaid, a sole or.
projecting heel plate (upon which the foot rests) being cast or fitted in.
connection therewith, as also a draw or box beneath the same for the reception.
of the dust or dirt.
And in order that my said Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe it by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings, reference being had to the letters and figures thereon
marked (that is to say) :-
Fig. 1 represents a vertical front view of the boot-dusting apparatus ;
Fig. 2 a side view of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal vertical section, taken
through the centre of the apparatus; Fig. 4, a top or plan view, with the
upper portion of the outer case removed; Fig. 5, a front view of the brush
separately shewn; Fig. 6, a vertical front view of a modification thereof
shewing another mode of actuating the same; Fig. 7, a sectional side
elevation; and Fig. 8 a top or plan view, partly in section. In each Figure
the same letters of reference denote similar corresponding parts. A, A, the
stand or base, formed of metal or otherwise; B, B, sole plate or foot rest,
which may be secured to the stand or base through the medium of a bolt and
nut C, C, as shewn; D, D, conical brush frame, formed with projecting prongs
radiating from the axis upon which the same moves; E, E, brushes or rubbers
secured thereto; F, F, bearing, cast or otherwise, secured to the stand in
which the axis G, G, works; H, H, washer and pin. for retaining the same;
I, T, bevelled toothed pinion wheel, cast or fitted to the brush frame, so as to

page_text: rotate in connection therewith; J, J, mitré toothed quadrant, moving in gear
with the toothed pinion wheel upon the brush frame for actuating the same;'
K, K, spindle fixed to the handle of the apparatus to which the toothed.
quadrant is mounted and secured; L, L, spindle bearing, formed in the stand.
or base in which the lower end of the same works; M, M, handle for giving
motion to the brushes; N, N, outer case or cover; 0, 0, circular opening.
therein for the reception of the boot; P, P, boss bearing, through which the
spindle of the handle passes; Q, Q, foot-motion lever; R, R, pin centre, upon
which the same moves through the medium of the toothed quadrant and
pinion I & J aforesaid; S, S, slot opening formed in the case in which the foot
lever works, as represented at Fig. 6, 7, & 8; T, T, reacting spring, firmly
riveted to the stand or base, the upper portion of which is caused to impinge
against the foot lever, and retain the brush spindle and frame in a raised.
position; U, U, boot or shoe; V, V, draw or slide for receiving the dust or
dirt; W, W, draw nob handle. The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
On inserting the foot within the concavity of the brush frame through the
arched opening in the front cover or otherwise, so as to rest upon the sole:
plate, the said brushes may be caused either by the action of the lever handle
(in the one instance, or by the downward pressure of the foot in the other to
revolve sharply over the instep and around the forepart of the boot or shoe
alternately from one side to the other, thus by the said brushes passing
beneath the sole plate in close contact with the boot or shoe the dust or dirt
may be swept, off or removed therefrom, as aforesaid.
In conclusion, to the foregoing description it may be necessary to note that
the said apparatus may be applied to umbrella stands, hall scrapers, or other
appropriate articles of furniture, so as to be used in connection therewith, and
made of wood, iron, or otherwise. And I would further note that the form
and arrangement of the brushes and brush frame, together with the mode of
actuating and working the same, may receive such other modifications as may
be found necessary.
Having now described the nature of this my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed and carried into effect, I would have
it clearly understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein-
before set forth and described, as the same might be otherwise varied without
departing from the general principle of this my said Invention; nor do
I claim as of my said Invention the exclusive use of the several parts and
processes except when the same are employed in and for the purposes of my
said Invention, which I hereby declare to consist in the construction and
employment of apparatus for rubbing off or removing the dust or dirt from

page_text: boots or shoes whilst being worn upon the feet when actuated by the persons
themselves, in the manner and for the purposes herein-before set forth and
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Baldwin Fulford Weatherdon, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
B. F. WEATHERDON. (L.S.)
B. F. WEATHERDON. (L.s.)