Improvements in Pattens or Holders for Floor Waxing Brushes
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left 16th Oct 1897 Accepted 4th Dec.
1897
Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left 16th Oct. 1897 Accented 4th Dec
1897
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pattens or Holders for Floor Waxing Brushes."
We, JEANNE DUREL, of No. 7 Boulevard Denain, Independent Lady and JEAN
ADOLPHE DROUARD, of No. 156 Rue Marcadet, Manufacturer, both of Paris, in
the Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to a kind of patten for holding brushes for waxing French
or inlaid floors, the said patten being applicable to all kinds of brushes and
adapted to fit any size of foot while the foot remains flexible and supple.
By using our patten the work to be done by the brusher becomes easier, is done
in less time, and can be done by a person not accustomed to it.
We will hereinafter describe two arrangements of a brush provided with our
improved patten, the first of the two arrangements comprising a metal patten,
and the second one a wooden patten.
The patten consists essentially and in every case of two plates either full or
open and which are pivoted one to the other in a variable manner, one of the
plates being always fixed to the top of the brush, and the other forming a movable
sole with heel-piece, and which is adapted to be suitably attached to the foot of
the operator.
In the case of the metal patten the plate is fixed by screws, nails, or any other
suitable means, to the top of the waxing brush. Its longitudinal edges are raised
vertically, and one of the said edges is provided with holes, while the other edge
is only cut with rack-like notches, the inside of which is hollowed out.
The plate or movable sole is pivoted to the fixed plate, and can be adapted to
the foot of the brusher, and for that purpose it is provided at its forward end
with two side trunnions or pins the former of which engages with one of the holes
of the plate, and the latter with one of the corresponding hollowed out notches
of the rack. At the other end of the sole is hinged a vertical heel-piece, to the
upper edge of which is fixed a metal collar, to which can be attached a leather
strap, intended to be passed round the instep of the foot to fix the patten on.
The width of the sole is such as to allow of its passing freely down between
the raised edges of the fixed plate.
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The hollowed out notches of the rack, are wider at the bottom than at the top,
and the trunnions or pins of the sole, are slightly flattened so as to be parallel to
the faces of the said sole, so that, as the trunnion or pin is put in its place in any
one of the notches by holding the plate or sole upright, the said trunnion or pin
can no longer be forced out of the said notch when the work of waxing is being
done, the sole then remaining in nearly a horizontal position.
As the heel-piece is hinged to the sole, and as the latter is pivoted to the plate,
the brusher's foot remains quite flexible and supple when the work is being done,
while a reciprocating horizontal movement is given to the brush, which does not
move up from the floor, the result being the greatest amount of work is done
in the shortest time.

page_text: The forward part of the foot is held on the brush by the ordinary strap, which
is fixed to the sides of the brush; and the sole is, preferably, provided all round
with an upright edge, which serves as a frame for the foot, and allows of the patten
being well adapted to the latter.
As the trunnions or pins of the sole can be put in any one of the holes of the
edge, and in any one of the notches of the rack, the patten can be made to suit
any size of foot, the only thing required being to move the heel-piece away from
or towards the strap which passes round the instep.
The wooden patten also comprises a flat piece, which is fixed by screws, nails,
pegs, or glue even to the top of the waxing brush, and a wooden sole which is
pivoted to the flat piece.
The said flat piece of wood has on one side a wide rectangular mortice, and the
sole has a tenon of corresponding shape and which registers with the said mortice,
its length being equal to the depth of the latter. The fixed flat piece is pierced
through and through and crosswise by holes along the mortice, and in the end of
the tenon is a hole, having the same diameter and which can be brought to
register with any one of the holes. A pin or peg which is put in these holes,
serves to hinge the sole to the flat piece.
To fit this patten on, the peg is taken out, and, according to the length of the
foot the sole is drawn more or less back, the tenon sliding in the mortice and then
the peg is put into the corresponding hole.
When the foot is shorter, or when the patten is left unused, the tenon is fully
engaged in the mortice.
A place is cut in the back end of the sole to receive the lower end of the wooden
heel-piece and the two pieces are jointed together by means of a leather strip or
band, nailed to the back of the said heel-piece and to the lower face of the sole.
The strap surrounding the instep is fixed in the same manner as in the metal
patten, and the strap for the upper part of the foot is simply nailed to the upper
end of the heel-piece and on the inside of the latter.
The flat piece and the sole can be of different thicknesses according to the kind
of wood used, and both pieces may be more or less hollowed out so as to give
them a shape to fit the foot.
Dated this 27th day of January 1907
HASELTINE LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.
Agents for the Applicants.
improvements in Pattens or Holders for Floor Waxing Brushes.”
We, JEANNE DUREL, of No. 7 Boulevard Denain, Independent Lady, and JEAN
ADOLPHE DROUARD, of No. 156 Rue Marcadet, Manufacturer, both of Paris, in
the Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
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The subject of our invention is an improved patten for holding brushes for
waxing French or inlaid floors, the said patten being applicable to floor-brushes
of every description and adapted to fit any size of foot, whilst enabling the foot
to retain its flexibility and ease.
By the employment of our patten the work to be done by the floor-polisher
becomes fair less fatiguing than it has been hitherto, while it may be accomplished
more rapidly even by unskilled persons.

page_text: In the accompanying drawings we have represented two complete arrange-
ments of a waxing-brush and patten constructed in accordance with our invention,
one arrangement comprising a metal patten, and the other, a patten 'made of wood.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the metal patten floor brush, supposed to be attached
to the floor-polisher's foot;
Figure 2 is a plan of the metal patten and brush removed from the foot.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section on line 1-2, Figure 2, showing the movable
plate or sole of the patten placed at an angle to the waxing brush; and
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views corresponding to Figures 1, 2 and 3, illustrating
the wood-patten arrangement.
The patten in all cases mainly comprises two plates or boards, either solid or
recessed, and linked together by means of a pivot-joint the arrangement of which
may be varied; one such plate or board being invariably fixed to the top of the
brush, while the other forms a movable sole combined with a heel-piece and
capable of being attached and fitted to any size of foot.
In the case of the metallic patten (Figures 1 to 3), the plate a is permanently
secured by means of screws, nails or other suitable means to the top of the waxing
brush the longitudinal edges d d are raised vertically, one edge being provided
with a series of perforations a¹, while the other, d, is simply notched to form
a rack, with recesses or depressions a² between raised or projecting portions.
The movable plate or sole b is linked or hinged to the stationary plate a and
adapted to fit the operator's foot. To this end it at one end terminates in two
small side-pins or trunnions e e¹, one of which, e, engages in one of the perfora-
tions a' of the plate a, while the other e¹ enters a corresponding recess or notch, a²,
in the rack. To the opposite end of the sole there is hinged a vertical heel-
piece f to the upper edge of which is fastened a metal band g which serves as a
means of attachment for a loop, band or strap h, preferably of leather, arranged
to be passed over the instep when it is desired to secure the patten to the foot.
The width of the sole b is so calculated as to admit of its being freely lowered
between the edges of the fixed plate a, as shown in Figure 2.
The recesses or notches a³ of the rack are narrower at the top than at the
bottom, and the trunnions e e¹ of the sole bare slightly flattened, parallel to the
sole-faces, so that, as in inserting the trunnion el into any one of the notches of
the rack, the plate 6 has to be raised to the vertical position, such trunnion e¹ is
effectively prevented from slipping out of its notch while the patten and brush
are being used; the sole b, after the insertion of the said trunnion remaining in
some position approaching the horizontal plane.
The pivotal connection between the heel piece f and sole b, and between such
sole b and the plate a, leaves the wearer's foot perfectly at ease, and free to move
or bend as the work may require, without interfering with the horizontal back-
ward and forward motion of the brush or raising it out of contact with the floor;
so that a maximum of work is accomplished in a minimum of time.
The tip or forward end of the foot is held down on the brush by the ordinary
loop & attached to the brush-sides. Also, the sole 6 is best provided with a raised
edge b' all around, so as to support the foot in a species of frame and thus to secure
a still better fit of the patten.
Inasmuch as the trunnions of the sole b may be shifted from one of the
apertures a of the edge d to another, and from one of the notches a of the rack d',
to another, at will, the patten may be readily adjusted to widely varying sizes of
feet, since all that requires to be done for the purpose is to move the heel-piece f
closer to, or farther away from, the instep-loop k.
On referring to Figures 4 to 6, it will be seen that the wood patten also com-
prises a plate, or board, a, permanently secured to the top of the floor-waxing
brush c, by screws, nails, pins or the like; or it may be simply glued onto the
brush top or back; and a sole b, also made of wood, pivotally connected or linked
to the stationary board a.
This board a has a wide rectangular slot groove or mortice m formed in one

page_text: side of it, and the sole b is provided with a projection n corresponding to m in
position and shape the length of the projection being equal to the depth of the
groove.
The fixed board a has transverse perforations m¹ made right through it
at the part corresponding to the location of the groove m, while the projection or
stud has a perforation n¹, equal to m' in diameter, formed in its extremity, which
is intended to be placed in coincidence with any one of the apertures m² as may
be required. A spindle or peg o, which is inserted into the pair of apertures,
thus coinciding, serves to form the pivotal connection or hinge-joint between
the sole-piece b and board a.
According to the length of the foot, the sole 6 may, after the removal of the
pivot o,
be moved back for a greater or less distance, by sliding the projection n
in the groove m, and when the adjustment is completed, the pivot-pin o is replaced
in the corresponding aperture.
In the case of comparatively short feet, or where the patten is left unused, the
projection n is fully engaged in the groove m.
The sole piece b is recessed at the back for the reception of the lower end of
the wooden heel-piece f, and these two parts are linked or hinged together simply
by means a leather band p nailed to the rear face of the heel piece and the lower
surface of the sole. The instep loop or strap k is attached to the arrangement in
the same way as in the type of patten first described, while another strap h, which
is to surround the foot above the instep is simply nailed down to the top-end and
inner surface of the heel piece.
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The wooden board a and the sole-piece b, also of wood, may vary in thickness
or depth according to the nature of the wood employed, and they may be hollowed
out more or less so as to approach the outline of a foot and secure a more perfect
fit of the whole appliance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. An improved patten for inlaid floor waxing-brushes, applicable to floor
brushes of every description and made to fit any size of foot; such pattern being
adapted to securely attach the brush to the operator's foot, whilst leaving this
limb perfectly flexible and at ease, and mainly comprising two plates or boards
hinged together by means of adjustable pivots; one of which plates or boards
is permanently secured to the top of the brush, whatever the length of such brush
may be, while the other forms the sole of the patten, and is provided with a heel
piece and adapted to be attached to, and properly to fit, the wearer's foot what-
ever the size of the same.
2. The metal patten, constructed in accordance with the principles laid down
in the 1st claim, comprising a stationary plate with raised edges, one of which
is provided with a set of perforations, while the other is correspondingly notched
to form a rack; and a movable plate or sole piece fitted with trunnions adapted
to engage in the perforations and notches, respectively, of the edges of the
stationary plate; such sole being provided with a hinged heel-piece which is
looped round the lower part of the operator's leg; substantially as described and
illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 of the drawing.
3. The wood patten constructed in accordance with the principle enunciated in
the first claim, comprising a board fixed on to the top or back of the floor waxing
brush and having a rectangular mortice or groove formed in the rear of it, and
transverse apertures extending right through it at the part corresponding to the
situation of the groove; also a wooden sole-piece provided at its front end with
a tenon or projection having a transverse perforation formed in it; such stud being
designed to engage in the groove in the board, where it may be pivotally attached at
any point according to requirements, by means of a pivot-pin or peg which is
inserted for the purpose into one of the perforations of the sole piece and in the
perforation or eye of the projection; all in combination with a wooden heel piece

page_text: hinged onto, and in the rear of, the sole-piece by means of a simple leather strap
nailed to the rear plate of the said heel piece and to the lower surface of the sole;
substantially as described and illustrated in the drawing.
Dated this 16th day of October 1897
HASELTINE LAKE & Co.
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.
Agents for the Applicants.