An Apparatus for Household Purposes, to be used for Cleaning and Renovating Mats, Cloths, Rugs, Carpets, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Household Purposes, to be used for Cleaning and
Renovating Mats, Cloths, Rugs, Carpets, and the like.
I EMILY JOSEPHINE HOLLAND of The Vicarage, St. James, Dudley Worcestershire,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
The apparatus may be made of any suitable material, wood or metal, and is
composed of a frame on legs or supports, the centre portion of the frame being
filled in with either longitudinal transverse or diagonal bars, separately or combined,
or with any kind of wirework, woven or plaited or the like, so as to form a
grid.
The length and width of the grid or frame may be of any convenient dimensions
and the bars or wirework of any size and mesh.
The legs or supports are hinged to the frame and are connected diagonaly with
ties hinged to keep the legs or supports in position when in use, such supports
and diagonal ties being capable of moving when necessary close to, and parallel with
the framework of the body, and by such ineans the whole apparatus may be reduced
or compressed, so that it may be hung upon a nail or rack or the like, when not
in use.
Dated this
day of March 1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Household Purposes, to be used for Cleaning and
Renovating Mats, Cloths, Rugs, Carpets, and the like.
I, EMILY JOSEPHINE HOLLAND of St James Vicarage Dudley, Worcestershire,
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 —
.
The Apparatus may be made of any suitable material, wood or metal, and is
composed of a frame on legs or supports, the centre portion of the frame being
filled in with either longitudinal transverse or diagonal bars, separately or combined,
or with any kind of wirework, woven or plaited or the like, so as to form a
grid.
The length and width of the frame or grid may be of any convenient dimensions
and the bars or wirework of any size or mesh.
The legs or supports are hinged to the frame and are connected diagonally with
ties hinged to keep the supports in position when in use, such supports and diagonal
ties being capable of moving when necessary close to, and parallel with, the frame-
work of the body, and by such means the whole apparatus may be reduced or
compressed, so that it may he hung upon a nail or the like when not in use.
In using the apparatus the mat or other article to be cleaned is laid face or
fibre downwards upon the cross bars and is then tapped gently with a stick or
cane until all the dirt falls to the ground, it is then pulled backwards and forwards
accross the bars, which causes the compressed or matted fibre to resume its proper
position and thus renovates and makes old and almost worn out mats and the like
appear like new.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus in position ready for use and Fig. 2
the plan of top. A the side bars, B the legs or supports, C the straight or cross bars
at top to carry the articles to be cleaned, D the diagonal bars or ties working on
pivots E and fastening studs F to keep the apparatus in position when in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what I
claim is,
The apparatus substantially as shewn in the annexed drawings to be used for the
purposes as herein described."
Dated this 5th day of December 1889.
EMILY JUSEPHINE HOLLAND.