"A COMBINATION BRUSH AND SHOE FOR POLISHING FLOORS
Year: 1884

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I, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the General Patent Office, N° 4 South
Street, Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the
nature of the said invention for "A COMBINATION BRUSH AND SHOE FOR POLISHING
FLOORS a communication to me from abroad by Mathéus Clunet the elder of
Lyons, in the Republic of France Brush Manufacturer and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
Hitherto for rubbing or polishing waxed parquet flooring it has been the custom
to employ ordinary brushes which are sometimes provided with a transverse strap
into which the foot is placed, but frequently these brushes have not even this
simple means of holding the foot of the rubber or person who uses the brushes;
the rubber having only stockings on his feet has therefore to hold the brush with
his foot and to give it the necessary to and fro movement, which is very fatiguing.
The object of this invention is to obviate the above named objections by the
construction of a shoe-brush by the use of which any person will be enabled to rub
or polish wax parquet flooring with scarcely any fatigue.
In order to enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing in the several figures of which similar
letters of reference are used for similar parts.
a, is the back or body of the brush constructed of two pieces of wood, the
breaking of the joint o, occurring just at the contre of the sole of the foot. b, is a
sheet of leather of the same size and shape as the back of the brush which it
covers. Strong cords pass through the wood and the leather and hold them
together by which arrangement the leather forms a linge thereby allowing the two
parts of the brush to follow the movements of the foot as it bends.
c, is the joint between the two parts of the back of the brush; d, are the bundles
of silk fixed to the back of the brush; e, is a shoe fixed by sewing passing through
its sole and the leather b.
The forin or shape of the divided brush back may be varied. In figure 1. it is
simply square and flat; in figure 2, it is square but thicker at the front so as to

page_text: offer a resistance as the foot advances; figure 3, shews the same thick front with an
oval form of brush back and figures 4, and 5, shew a shoe-brush, the back of which
is of the same outline as that of the human foot.
In figure 5, which shows a complete shoe-brush, the shoe e, is merely shewn as
an example; it will bo obvious that any other kind of shoe may be employed.
The bundles of silk may be placed not only underneath but also on the sides and
ends of the brush back.
Instead of connecting the leather to the back of the brush and the sole of the
shoe to the leather by sewing as above named, the connection may be effected by
means of cement, screws, nails or in any other suitable manner.
The leather b, may be replaced by any other suitable flexible material and in
p'ace of only one division c, the back may be divided in two or more places.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The combination of a shoe with a divided brush, the parts of the brush being
connected together hingewise substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.