AN IMPROVED CLOTHES REVIVER
Year: 1884

page_text: I RALPH SLAZENGER Moss trading as Slazenger and Sons, of 56 Cannon Street
in the City of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for "AN IMPROVED CLOTHES REVIVER," to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to manufacture an improved form of clothes brush
for brushing, cleaning, restoring, and reviving cloth, velvet, silk and analogous
articles and materials.
I form my improved clothes reviver either flat, cylindrical, rectangular, or of
any other desirable form, the backing or frame of which, if any, is usually made
of wood. Upon or surrounding, or partially surrounding this frame I glue,
or otherwise firmly attach, a covering of india rubber, or gutta-percha or a
combination of one or both of those materials with other materials of a similar
nature.
By passing the improved clothes reviver over the material to be cleaned or
revived, the surface is cleaned, restored and revived, in a superior manner to that
effected by the use of common brushes,
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant,
I RALPH SLAZENGER Moss, trading as Slazenger and Sons, of 56 Cannon
Street, in the City of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED CLOTHES REVIVER," and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
The object of my invention is to manufacture an improved form of clothes brush,
for brushing, cleansing, restoring and reviving cloth, velvet, silk and analogous

page_text: In carrying out my invention, I form a handle and backing, preferably of wood,
but any other suitable material may be used, as in the formation of ordinary brush
Indies. The shape of the handle and backing admits of great variation. In
some cases it may be a simple cylinder; in others it may be rectangular, flat,
elliptical, oval, or of any other desired form.
Upon a portion of this handle, or of the backing forming part thereof or
attached thereto, I fix by means of glue or by any other suitable method of
attaching the same, a coating of india rubber, or a combination of india rubber
and gutta percha, or of one or both of such materials, and in some cases also
combined with other suitable materials.
The india rubber or other material may entirely surround the backing, leaving
the handle free, or it may be on one or more sides thereof, as desired.
The outer material, so attached, is made porous, or otherwise roughened, so as
to present a rough surface to the article to be cleansed, such roughened surface
being produced in a manner well understood in the business of india rubber
manufacturing,
By passing the improved clothes reviver over the material to be cleaned or
revived, as a clothes brush is used, it will effectually prevent the accumulation of
grease marks especially on the collar and at the edges of the coat or other garment,
and remove atmospheric discoloration of the cloth or other material.
When the grease on the material has been allowed to harden, or the seams
become glossy, by age, it may be necessary to use a little liquid ammonia first with
a woollen rag, and after about five minutes have elapsed the reviver can be applied
and the grease or polish will be removed.
By the use of my invention light clothes will retain their original clean
appearance and dark ones will not assume the brown dingy appearance caused
chiefly by atmospheric accumulations which ordinary clothes brushes cannot
remove.
My invention is also applicable to the cleaning of gloves for which purpose it
should only be rubbed lightly.
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
The use and manufacture of the improved clothes reviver made and constructed
of the materials and in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant,