AN IMPROVED COMBINATION OF MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING SILVER OR OTHER METAL, AND KNIVES, FORKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC USE, APPLICABLE ALSO A MOTOR FOR OPERATING MINCING, GRINDING, & OTHER SIMILAR MACHINES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Beresford, of Altrincham, in the County of Chester,
for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED COMBINATION OF MACHINERY AND
APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING SILVER OR OTHER METAL, AND
KNIVES, FORKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC USE, APPLICABLE ALSO
A MOTOR FOR OPERATING MINCING, GRINDING, & OTHER SIMILAR
MACHINES."
AS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Beresford at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st August 1880.
JOHN BERESFORD, of Altrincham, in the County of Chester. "AN IMPROVED
COMBINATION OF MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING
SILVER OR OTHER METAL, AND KNIVES, FORKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
DOMESTIC USE, APPLICABLE ALSO AS A MOTOR FOR OPERATING MINCING,
GRINDING, & OTHER SIMILAR MACHINES."
In performing my Invention I use a horizontal shaft working in bearings on a
suitable frame and driven by a treadle or otherwise. On one end of this shaft
projecting beyond the frame I place a soft buff for polishing dish covers, trays, or
other large articles, and on the shaft between the bearings I place a small soft
buff for polishing small articles of silver or other metal; at a short distance from
this buff I place a thin polishing wheel, formed preferably of a disc of leather for
cleaning between the prongs of forks, and near this thin wheel I place a larger
wheel for cleaning knives. On the other end of the shaft outside the frame I
place an attachment for driving a "Kent" or other knife cleaning machine, or a
machine for grinding or for mincing various kinds of food. I fix suitable brackets
on the frame for holding the grinding, mincing, or knife cleaning machine. In
front of the polishing wheels between the bearings I place a table fixed to the
frame containing drawers or cups for holding the materials used, and to the top of
the table I attach fixed or sliding rests for holding or supporting the articles to be
cleaned or polished. I also use a rest for articles polished on the buff outside the
frame when desirable.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Beresford in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
February 1881.
JOHN BERESFORD, of Altrincham, in the County of Chester. "AN IMPROVED
COMBINATION OF MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING
SILVER OR OTHER METAL, AND KNIVES, FORKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
DOMESTIC USE, APPLICABLE ALSO AS A MOTOR FOR OPERATING MINCING,
GRINDING, AND OTHER SIMILAR MACHINES."
In performing my Invention I use a horizontal shaft working in bearings on a
suitable frame and driven by a treadle or otherwise. On one end of this shaft
projecting beyond the frame I place a soft mop for polishing dish covers, trays, or
other large articles, and on the shaft between the bearings I place a small soft
brush for polishing small articles of silver or other metal; at a short distance from
this small brush I place a thin polishing wheel formed preferably of a disc of
leather for cleaning between the prongs of steel forks, and near this thin wheel I
place a larger wheel for cleaning knives; on the other end of the shaft outside the
frame I place an attachment for driving a "Kent or other knife cleaning machine,
or a machine for grinding or for mincing various kinds of food.
"
I fix suitable brackets on the frame for holding the grinding, mincing, or knifo
cleaning machine. In front of the polishing wheels between the bearings I place
a table fixed to the frame containing drawers or cups for holding the materials
used, and to the top of the table I attach fixed or sliding rests for holding or
supporting the articles to be cleaned or polished.
I also use a rest for articles polished on the buff outside the frame when
desirable.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, reference being
had to the Figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of my improved
machine for polishing; a is the frame; b, b, are the bearings cast with the frame:
c is a table fixed on the frame a; d, d, are rests fixed on the table c; e is the shaft
carrying the buffs, mop, and polishing brush; f is a hard buff or wheel fixed on
the shaft e for polishing knives or other articles of steel, iron, or brass; g is a
brush for cleaning and polishing between the prongs of forks or other small articles
of silver or plate; h is a thin leather disc for cleaning and polishing that will pass
readily between the prongs of steel forks or in other narrow spaces; i is a soft
mop for cleaning dish covers, tea services, tankards, and other articles of plate or
metal; j is a friction roller on the shaft e driven by the fly wheel n on the crank
shaft k, actuated by the treadle and connecting rod m; o is a pinion on the
crank shaft k which drives the spur wheel p keyed on the shaft q; this shaft may
give motion to a "Kent" knife cleaning machine, or to a machine for grinding or
mincing various kinds of food fixed on the bracket 1.
e may be
The arrangement or number of the wheels, brushes, and buffs on
varied according to the work, and any number of rests may be fixed to the
table c.
Having stated the nature of my Invention and described the manner of
performing the same, I declare that
I claim,
1. The combination of the buff f, brush, g, disc h, and mop i for cleaning and
polishing, substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 2. The use of the shaft of the polishing machine for driving a separate machine
for polishing knives, or for grinding or mincing food, as shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Beresford, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty sixth day of February, One thousand eight hundred
and eighty one.
JOHN BERESFORD. (L.S.)