Improvements in Combined Powder Receptacles and Cleaners for Cleaning Knives and other Articles of Cutlery.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1886.
Complete Left, 19th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 18th Mar., 1887.
Improvements in Combined Powder Receptacles and Cleaners for
Cleaning Knives and other Articles of Cutlery.
I ELLEN APPLETON of 28 George Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Spinster do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My said Invention consists in providing the ordinary tin boxes or receptacles in
which cleaning powder for polishing cutlery is sold with a simple and inexpensive
attachment or cleaning pad which is supplied with powder from the interior of the
In a simple
box so as to form a combined powder receptacle and cleaner in one.
form of my invention the lid or end of the tin is covered with a pad of felt, cork,
leather cloth or other suitable material and upon this is placed a second pad the two
pads being secured together to the lid or end of the box in such a manner as to permit
of a knife fork or other article of cutlery being passed through between the pads so
as to be acted upon from both sides. I form a hole or holes in the lid or end of the
box and through the inner pad so that the cleaning powder in the box has access
between the pads a constant supply of cleaning powder being thus secured. In using
the combined receptacle and cleaner the box is held pad downward, and the knife or
other article inserted between the pads and drawn backward and forward so as to
obtain a polishing effect the powder being supplied to the pads through the aforesad
hole or holes as required. The said pads may be applied at the ends, sides or in any
other suitable position on the exterior of the box or receptacle and may if desired be
made removable so as to be capable of application to another box. By a modification
of my invention the pads may be placed in the interior of the box and in communi-
cation with the cleaning powder therein contained, the knife or other article being
inserted through a slit or opening in the side or end of the vessel.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Powder Receptacles and Cleaners for
Cleaning Knives and other Articles of Cutlery.
I ELLEN APPLETON of 28 George Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to he particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement and accompanying drawings:-
My said Invention consists in providing the ordinary tin boxes or canisters in which
cleaning powder for polishing cutlery is sold, with a simple and inexpensive attach-
ment or cleaning pad which is supplied with powder from the interior of the box so
so as to form a combined powder receptacle and cleaner in one.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I will now proceed
more particularly to describe the same, reference being had to the annexed sheet of
drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a vertical section of an ordinary or suitable polishing powder tin or
canister fitted or combined with a polishing attachment in accordance with my inven-
tion. The tin or canister which is marked A is or may be made in any convenient
manner and contains polishing powder indicated by the stippling marked b. In the
example the tin or box A is of a circular shape as clearly shown by Fig. 2 which is a
plan view of the bottom or end of the box to which the polishing attachment is secured.
The said polishing attachment consists of an inner piece or pad of felt, cork, leather,
cloth, or other suitable material and a similar outer pad d the two pads remaining in
contact and being both secured to the bottom of the box A by fastenings e. In the
bottom of the box are formed three or any greater or less number of holes which
also extend through the inner pad e as shown. The outer pad is not perforated. The
powder in the box falls through these holes and thus finds its way between the
pads c and d. The article of cutlery, for example a knife blade g is thrust between
the polishing pads c and d and is pushed rapidly to and fro, the bottom pad meanwhile
resting upon the table and the box being pressed firmly down by the unoccupied hand
of the operator. The knife blade or other article is thus polished on both sides at
the same time. The holes ensure a constant supply of fresh powder to the pads
and the powder is used in the most economical manner possible.
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In Fig. 3 my invention is shown applied to a double powder box A A' and the
pads c d are shown capable of being separated to a greater extent than in Figs. 1 and 2,
this form of my invention being suited not only for polishing the blades of knives and
the like but also for treating articles of greater thickness and bulk. The two powder
boxes A and A' are each fitted with a pad c and d and holes are formed
in the boxes and pads so as to allow the powder to have access between the
pads. Powder is thus supplied to both sides of the article being polished. The
box A is attached to the box A¹ by means of screws (or it might be headed studs
or rivets) which allow the portions A A¹ to come a certain distance apart so as to

page_text: admit comparatively bulky articles between the pads while at the same time thin
articles such as knife blades can be equally well treated by pressing the upper box
against the lower in the manner described with reference to Fig. 1. When the perfora-
tions in the polishing pads are arranged opposite to each other the polishing powder
passes from one box to another and the relative positions of the boxes under working
conditions may from time to time be reversed. The boxes containing the powder may
be of any suitable size or shape and the polishing pads may be applied at the ends,
sides or in any other suitable position on the exterior of the box or receptacle and
may if desired be made removable so as to be capable of application to another box.
By a modification of my invention the pads may be placed in the interior of the box
and in communication with the cleaning powder therein contained, the knife or other
article being inserted through a slit or opening in the side or end of the vessel. The
salient features of my invention are (1) The utilization of the ordinary boxes or
canisters containing polishing powder to receive the polishing pads. (2) The improved
knife cleaner is light and portable. (3) The pressure upon the article being polished
is given by hand and is not due to the employment of springs or other apparatus.
(4) When a duplex powder box is used as shown at Fig. 3 the cleaner is reversible.
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 :-
(1) The combination of polishing pads or surfaces of the indicated nature, with the
ordinary boxes or canisters containing polishing powder, the said pads or surfaces
being fed with a constant supply of powder from the box, through perforations or by
other convenient means substantially as and for the purposes, hereinbefore described
and shown.
(2) The polishing pads c and d fixed to and used in combination with the powder
canister A substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
(3) The polishing pads e and d in combination with the duplex box A A' substan-
tially as described and shown at Fig. 3 of the drawings.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.