CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO THE PURPOSES OF BRUSHING AND CLEANING
Year: 1852

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
BUTLER CLOUGH, of Tyddyn, Mold, in the County of Flint, Gentleman, Justice
of the Peace, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Nineteenth day of August, in the sixteenth year of Her reign, and
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Charles
Butler Clough, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said Charles Butler Clough, ny exors, adiñors, and assigns, and
such others as I, the said Charles Butler Clough, my exors, adiiors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England and Wales and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO THE PURPOSES OF BRUSHING AND
CLEANING;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the
said Charles Butler Clough, shall cause a particular description of the nature
of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
enrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent,

page_text: as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Charles Butler Clough, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly
described and ascertained in and by the Drawings hereto annexed, and the
following explanation thereof; that is to say :-
My improvements in machinery or apparatus applicable to the purposes of
brushing and cleaning consist,-
First, in a particular novel construction or arrangement of apparatus con-
taining a brush or brushes revolving in an horizontal, perpendicular, or oblique
position, or otherwise moving for the purposes of brushing and cleaning
various articles or substances, such as grain, china, glass, earthenware, brick,
stone, wood, metal, leather, bone, ivory or horn, or any other manufactures or
structures of these or similar materials, either in combination or separate; also
paper and fibrous fabrics or manufactures, and for other similar purposes.
Secondly, my improvements consist in a somewhat similar apparatus having
one or more brushes or rollers, or both, for laying on by brushing color,
whitewash, oil, paint, tar, varnish, paste, gum, cement, or any polishing fluid or
material, upon any of the above-mentioned articles. And,
Thirdly, my improvements consist in the application of gutta percha, leather,
india rubber, or other elastic substance, to form, when required, the whole
or any part of the foundation or back of such brushes, and the whole or any
part of the said rollers.
In order more particularly to describe my Invention, and to shew the
pracital application thereof, I have attached to these Presents a Sheet of
Drawing illustrative of the same, and have marked thereon figures and letters
of reference corresponding with those in the following description thereof, that
is to say:
Figure 1 represents a side elevation, and Figure 2 a front elevation of a
small apparatus applicable to ordinary domestic purposes of brushing and
cleaning, but adapted principally for use at doorways and other places, for
brushing and cleaning boots and shoes, et cetera, and drawn to a scale of about
two inches to a foot. a, a, represents the framework or standards of the
apparatus supporting two revolving shafts b, b, and c, c. The upper shaft b, b,
is the driving shaft, and is furnished with a winch handle d, d. Upon the
other end of the shaft b, b, a pulley e, e, is keyed, which gives motion to the
shaft c, c, by means of a gut or cord f, f, passing around it, and the small
pulley 9, 9, at the end of the shaft c, c. Upon the shaft c, c, are keyed two

page_text: brushes h, h, and i, i, which, upon the handle d, d, being turned by an
attendant or otherwise, will revolve swiftly and thereby brush or clean boots,
shoes, or other articles that may be held in contact with them.
Figure 2 shews another construction of brush (having an interior set of
brushes) that may, if preferred, be employed instead of or in combination with
either of the before-mentioned brushes. I would also here remark, that if
thought desirable a revolving brush or brushes may be keyed upon the driving
shaft b, b, and be used or employed for any ordinary domestic or other pur-
poses of brushing and cleaning.
Figure 3 represents a section of a small apparatus which is adapted princi-
pally for the purposes of laying on by continuous brushing paste, gum, color,
paint, tar, varnish, or any other similar fluid or material on to paper, fibrous
fabrics, or manufactures or surfaces, and for other similar purposes. a, a, are
the standards of the apparatus in which the journals or axles of the roller b, b,
and revolving brush c, c, are mounted. Upon one end of the axles of the
brush c, c, a winch handle d is keyed. c, c, is a trough or reservoir to contain
the paste, color, or other fluid or material to be laid on. The method of using
this apparatus is as follows:-First raise the roller b, b, and place the end of
the fabric between it and the brush c, c, then lower the roller and turn the
winch handle d.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said improvements,
together with the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I would
remark, in conclusion, that I claim as my Invention,―
First, the novel construction and arrangement of apparatus shewn in the
Drawings and above described, or any modification thereof, for the purposes of
brushing and cleaning various substances, articles, or manufactures, as herein-
before mentioned.
Secondly, I claim the novel construction and arrangement of apparatus
shewn in the Drawing and above described, or any modification thereof, for
laying on by continuous brushing color, oil, paint, varnish, paste, gum, or other
fluid or material upon paper, fibrous fabrics, leather, et cetera, and for other
similar purposes. And,
Thirdly, I claim the application of gutta percha, leather, or india rubber, or
other elastic substances, to form the foundation or back of such brushes, and
the whole or any part of the said rollers.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Butler Clough, bath hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Sixteenth day of February, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-three.
CHARLES BUTLER (L.S.) CLOUGH.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Sixteenth day of February,
in the year of our Lord 1853, the aforesaid Charles Butler Clough came
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified,
in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.