Improvements in Cleansing or Rubbing Surfaces for Wet or Dry use.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cleansing or Rubbing Surfaces for Wet or Dry use.
I, MARY ROBERTS, of 312, Deansgate, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Certificated Nurse, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cleansing and rubbing surfaces for
wet or dry use, that is to say, for massage and for cleansing purposes generally
and consists in forming such surfaces of ribbed or roughened india rubber in
various shapes or designs with or without backs, handles or bands suitable for
holding and manipulating the same in the various uses.
To this end according to one form of my invention, I use the said rubbing or
cleansing surface in the form of a strap furnished at each end with a loop shaped
handle, preferably made of wicker-work, so as to enable the user of drawing the
strap to and fro over any part of his person or in a like manner apply same to
other bodies.
The said strap may be ribbed or roughened on both sides, or on one side only
as will be readily understood; in the former case one side may be made coarser
or rougher than the other.
According to another form of my invention my improved rubbing or cleansing
surface may take the form of a pad, also ribbed or roughened on one or both
sides, and if desirable furnished with a band for the insertion of the hand, the
said band being formed either in one piece secured to the pad or in two pieces
capable of being buttoned or otherwise secured together.
According to another form of my invention I may mould in the back of the
said pads impressions shaped to receive the fingers or hand.
According to a further form of my invention may secure the said improved
rubbing or cleansing surface to a back and use the same in brush form, say for
cleansing and polishing the finger nails, or in file fashion for use between the
fingers or toes or for cleansing and polishing knives and forks or for other uses,
or in the form of a tooth brush, or in the form of a disc having long handle, the
cleansing or rubbing surface in the two latter cases being formed with a narrow
neck which being flexible causes the cleansing or rubbing surface to accommodate
itself to the surface to which it is applied and thus become very effective.
It will be obvious that my improved cleansing or rubbing surface may be used
in other forms and for other purposes than those described, without departing
from the nature of my invention.
Dated this 19th day of December 1899.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: I, MARY ROBERTS, of 312, Deansgate, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Certificated Nurse, 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 relates to improvements in cleansing and rubbing surfaces for
wet or dry use, that is to say, for massage and for cleansing purposes generally
and consists in forming such surfaces of ribbed or roughened india rubber in
various shapes or designs with or without backs, handles or bands suitable for hold-
ing and manipulating the same in the various uses.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2 & 3, according to
one form of my invention I use the said rubbing or cleansing surface in the form
of a strap a furnished at each end with a loop shaped handle b, preferably made
of wicker-work, so as to enable the user of drawing the strap to and fro over any
part of his person or in a like manner apply same to other bodies.
The said strap may be ribbed or roughened on both sides, for instance as shown
in Fig. 2, or on one side only as will be readily understood, in the former case
one side may be made coarser or rougher than the other.
According to another form of my invention my improved cleansing or rubbing
surface may take the form of a pad a', as shown in Figs. 4 & 5, also ribbed or
roughened on one or both sides, and if desirable furnished with a band c for the
insertion of the hand, see Figs. 6 & 7, the said band being formed either in one
piece secured to the pad, as shown in Fig. 7, or in two pieces c¹, c¹ capable of being
buttoned or otherwise secured together, as shown in Fig. 6.
Acording to another form of my invention I may mould in the back of the said
pads impressions d, as shown in Fig. 8, shaped to receive the fingers to prevent
same slipping.
According to a further form of my invention, I may secure the said improved
cleansing or rubbing surface to a back e and use the same in brush form a², say
for cleansing and polishing the finger nails, see Fig. 9, or in file fashion, as shown
in Fig. 10, for use between the fingers or toes or for cleansing or polishing knives
and forks or for other uses, or in the form of a tooth brush, see Figs. 11 & 12,
or in the form of a disc having a long handle, as shown in Figs. 13 & 14, the
cleansing or rubbing surface a² in the latter two cases being formed with a narrow
neck e which being flexible causes the cleansing or rubbing surface to accommo-
date itself to the surface to which it is applied and thus become very effective.
It will be obvious that my improved cleansing or rubbing surface may be used
in other forms and for other purposes than those described, without departing from
the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1st. A cleansing or rubbing surface formed or ribbed or otherwise roughened
india rubber, substantially as set forth.
2nd. A cleansing or rubbing surface of india rubber formed in strip fashion
ribbed or otherwise roughened on one or both sides, all substantially as set forth.
3rd. A ribbed or otherwise roughened india rubber cleansing or rubbing sur-
face formed in strip or pad fashion, with or without handles or a band for holding
and using same, all substantially as set forth.

page_text: 4th. A ribbed or otherwise roughened india rubber cleansing or rubbing surface
formed in pad fashion with finger impressions, all substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
5. A ribbed or otherwise roughened india rubber cleansing or rubbing surface
formed in brush or file fashion, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6th. A ribbed or otherwise roughened india rubber cleansing or rubbing sur-
face formed in brush fashion with a flexible neck, all substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 10th dor of Content
1000
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.