An Appliance for Beating Mats, Rugs, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1899
TRUVIDIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Beating Mats, Rugs, and the like.
I, CHARLES JAMES ENGLAND, of 1, Clyde Park, Redland, Bristol, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
My invention relates to an appliance for use in the domestic beating of rugs,
mats, and the like and has for its object to provide means whereby the removal of
dust and other dirt may be more conveniently, rapidly, and effectually accomplished
without contaminating the surrounding atmosphere or giving rise to any of the
objections incidental to the operation as usually practised by domestic servants.
By means of this appliance the operation may therefore be performed within doors
without inconvenience and without injury to the furniture of a dwelling-house.
The invention consists of an enclosed bex-like structure within which the mat
or rug (or several of them) would be enclosed whilst being subjected to the beating
action of any suitable kind of flail or beater wielded by hand in the ordinary way,
the dust and dirt which is thereby eliminated being confined and deposited within
the box.
The appliance comprises a box body portion over the open top. of which is
stretched or supported a reticulated mattress of wirework or a grid upon which
the mat or rug is placed face downwards so that the dust loosened from the mat
or rug by beating will pass through the wirework or grid and be received in the
lower part of the box from which it can be discharged through a door. It also com-
prises a cover or top portion formed of an open frame making a dust-tight joint
with the body portion and having loosely stretched over it a sort of tympan of
leather or dust-proof canvas or other fabric through which the blows of the flail
are transmitted to the mat or rug lying immediately beneath it on the mattress or
grating, this cover being either hinged to the body portion or entirely separate.
It will be obvious that the lower or body portion may be used without the cover,
the blows of the flail being in that case applied directly upon the mat or rug instead
of through the medium of the tympan.
Dated this 24th dow of Tanu 1900
I, CHARLES JAMES ENGLAND, of 1, Clyde Park, Redland, Bristol, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
5 performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to an appliance for use in the domestic beating of rugs,

page_text: mats, and the like and has for its object to enable the removal of the dust and
other dirt to be more conveniently, rapidly, and effectually accomplished without
allowing the dust to escape into the atmosphere or to settle on the surroundings
and without giving rise to any of the other objections incidental to the operation
of rug and mat beating as usually practised by domestic servants. By means of
this appliance the operation may even be performed within doors without incon-
venience and without injury to the furniture of a dwelling-house.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the appliance closed and
Figure 2 is a similar view of the appliance with the cover raised.
The appliance comprises a box-like body portion A over the open top of which
is stretched or supported a mattress of reticulated or other open mesh wirework
or other suitable material B which may be supported by cross bars b at suitable
intervals to prevent it sagging and strengthen the sides of the box. Or instead of
wirework it may be a grid of any kind, the mat or rug being in either case, placed
face downwards thereon so that the dust loosened from the mat or rug by beating
will pass through the wirework or grid and be received in the body A of the box
from which it can be discharged through an aperture closed by a flap C. The
body A. is provided with a cover of sufficient depth to afford space beneath it for one
or more rugs or mats when placed upon the mattress or grating as above mentioned,
the cover being adapted to entirely enclose the mat or rug when undergoing the
beating operation. The said cover is formed of a sort of tympan D of leather or
dust-proof canvas or other fabric loosely stretched over a marginal frame E which
is preferably hinged to the body A and is adapted to make a dust-tight joint
therewith.
The heating operation is performed by striking the tympan or cover D with any
suitable kind of flail or beater wielded by hand in the ordinary way, the blows of
the flail being transmitted through the cover to the mat or rug lying immediately
beneath it on the mattress or grating, the dust and dirt thereby eliminated being
received in the body portion of the box. The cover may however be entirely
separated from the body portion and it will be obvious that the latter may be
used without the cover, the blows of the flail being in that case applied directly
upon the mat or rug instead of through the medium of the tympan or cover.
The body portion may be provided with suitable handles, such as at a, for lifting
it up on end when not in use or for moving it from place to place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. An appliance for use in beating rugs, mats, and the like consisting of a box-
like body portion having an openwork mattress or grid stretched or fixed over it
for the support of the articles whilst being beaten, the body portion being adapted
to receive the dust disengaged in the operation substantially as specified.
2. An appliance for use in beating rugs, mats, and the like consisting of a box-
like body portion having an openwork mattress or grid stretched or fixed over it
for the support of the articles whilst being beaten, in combination with a cover
adapted to make a dust-tight enclosure of the articles and formed of a sort of
tympan loosely stretched in a marginal frame so as to allow the blows to be trans-
mitted through it to the articles on the mattress beneath substantially as specified.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1 1800
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53. Chancery Lane, London.