Improvements in and connected with Window Cleaning Devices.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Feb., 1893-Accepted. 26th Apr.. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Window Cleaning Devices.
WILLIAM COLIN MORISON 12 Mutley Plain Plymouth Gentleman do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is a device to enable water to be readily duly conveyed to, or
close to, and duly applied to, the surfaces of windows for the purpose of washing
them, and also to enable water to be readily removed from said windows for the
purpose of cleaning the same.
Said windows being either shop large windows, or house, or other, windows.
The chief feature of this invention consists of a piece, which may be termed a
handle, duly connected with a receptacle containing water which said handle
enables to be readily and suitably applied to windows for the purpose of washing
them; said receptacle may either be attached to, and therefore carried by, said
handle and the water be duly forced from said receptacle in any convenient
manner; or said receptacle may be apart from said handle and be duly connected
with it, by means of suitable tubing, and suitable arrangements for forcing the
water as required.
As one of the many ways a receptacle containing water may be carried by said
handle and said water be duly applied to windows may be mentioned the following:
By forming said receptacle of a rubber bag with a sponge duly fixed in the
opening and duly placing said receptacle at the upper end of said handle the water
may readily be forced from said bag on to a window by duly pressing the sponge
against the window or by means of pressure that may readily be applied by
pulling suitable connections that may be placed by the side of said handle.
Duly connected with said handle, or with a similar piece, is a device with which
water may readily be removed from windows for the purpose of cleaning them.
Said handle may be formed either in one piece, or several pieces so that it may
readily be lengthened or shortened as may be desired; it may be of telescopic form
or jointed in any convenient manner.
I prefer to arrange said device thus:
Said handle is suitably jointed so that it may readily be lengthened or shortened
as may be desired to reach the various portions of large windows; to the upper
end of said handle is duly fixed a suitably shaped nozzle duly connected by means
of a tube, preferably flexible, with a suitable device that may be operated by hand
as a force pump to force water, from a suitable receptacle, up said tube to, and
duly ejected from, said nozzle against a window to wash it as may be wanted, said
pump being duly connected with said receptacle by means of a suitable tube.
The water need not be ejected more than a few inches from the nozzle and it
may be in the form of a jet, jets, or spray, as may be preferred.
To the upper end of said handle is also suitably fixed a properly formed frame to
which is suitably fixed, preferably, a strip of suitable india rubber, of proper
thickness, so that a suitable portion of said rubber may project, from said frame,
in order that it may be duly placed against, and moved over, the surface of a
window to remove water from it for the purpose of cleaning the same.
In lieu of rubber, cork or other suitable substance may be used; and instead of
one piece, of rubber or of other substance, several pieces may be used, placed as
may be desired for the aforesaid purpose, either all of the same substance or of
different substances as may be preferred.
Said nozzle, tube, and pump, may either be used with the handle and without
the frame, when it is desired simply to wash the window by duly applying water to

page_text: it, or they may be arranged to be used with the frame and without the handle if
so desired.
By means of the aforesaid device large windows, of shops, may readily be duly
washed and cleaned from the side walk without the use of steps; and also the
outside of house ordinary windows may with said device be duly washed and
cleaned by a person standing on the inner side of said windows.
When convenient to obtain suitable water pressure said hand pump may, of
course, be removed and said pressure be duly used.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Window Cleaning Devices.
WILLIAM COLIN MORISON Lympstone Devon Gentleman do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention is to enable water to be readily duly conveyed to, or close to, and
duly applied to, the surfaces of windows for the purpose of washing them over the
entire surface or only a part or parts of the same each of said parts being, if
desired, confined within two or three inches in any direction; and also to enable
water to be readily removed from said windows for the purpose of cleaning
the same.
Said windows being either shop large windows, or house, or other, windows.
This invention consists of a piece, which may be termed a handle, duly connected
with a nozzle and a receptacle containing water which said handle enables to be
readily and suitably applied to windows for the purpose of washing them; said
receptacle may either be attached to, and therefore carried by, said handle and the
water be duly forced from said receptacle in any convenient manner, or said
receptacle may be apart from said handle and be duly connected with it, by means
of suitable tubing and suitable arrangements for forcing the water as required.
As one of the many ways a receptacle containing water may be carried by said
handle and said water be duly applied to windows, may be mentioned the following.
By forming said receptacle of a rubber bag with a sponge duly fixed in the
opening and duly placing said receptacle at the upper end of said handle the water
may readily be forced from said bag on to a window by duly pressing the sponge
against the window, or by means of pressure that may readily be applied to the
bag by pulling suitable connections which may be placed by the side of said
handle.
Duly connected with said handle, is a device with which water may readily be
removed from windows for the purpose of cleaning them.
Said handle may be formed either in one piece, or of several pieces so that it
may readily be lengthened or shortened as may be desired; it may be of telescopic
form, or jointed in any convenient manner.
For use on ordinary house windows I prefer to arrange this invention as shown
by the accompanying drawings in which
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Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a side view and a view on top.
Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a front and side view showing how portions forming
together the handle may be arranged to enable said handle to be readily lengthened
or shortened as may be desired.
The pieces 4 and 5 are hinged together so that they may be placed in line with
each other and maintained in position by the catch, 7, engaging with the piece 8
(Fig. 3) or they may be folded by the side of each other (Fig. 4) and held as
required by a rubber band or other well known device.
The upper end of the handle, a, (out of which much is broken) is fitted to and
secured, by the pin, b, in the socket, c, which extends downwards from and forms

page_text: part of the frame, d, on the upper and, preferably, central portion, of which is
placed the nozzle, e, formed, in line with its axis, with preferably one very small
hole, from each side of, e, extends a suitable flange forming a bearing surface for,
and enabling, e, by means of the two screws, f,f, to be fixed to the frame, d.
Into said nozzle is suitably inserted the outer end of the tube, h, which is fixed
to and projects from the small end of the preferably indiarubber receptacle, i, (to
contain water) while the large end of, i, is maintained in proper position by the
small somewhat conically shaped piece, k, fixed to and projecting from said large
end and inserted into a suitable hole respectively in the, preferably indiarubber,
pad, Z, and in the upper end of the lever, m, the pad being fixed to, m, by the
screw, n.
The lever, m, is formed in one piece with the lever, o, and works on the shank
of the screw, p, screwed into the piece, 9, which projects downwards and outwards
from the lower end of the socket, c.
To the outer end of the lever, o, is attached the cord, r, by pulling which down-
wards causes the upper end of, m, to duly press the pad, l, against said receptacle,
which having been suitably supplied with water, said water will be duly forced
through the tube, h, and the said nozzle, and thus water may readily be applied to
a window to wash it.
When desired, to replenish, the receptacle, with water, it may readily be
removed by moving the upper end of, m, backwards sufficiently to free the
piece, k, and to clear said receptacle when its tube, h, is being withdrawn from the
nozzle, e.
Projecting from, parallel with, and fixed to the underside of the frame, d, by
means of the piece, 8, and screws, t, (only one of which is shown) is the flexible,
preferably indiarubber, strip, u, on a suitable portion of the upper, and projecting,
side of which bears lightly the underside of the outer portion of the rather rigid,
preferably indiarubber, strip, v, projecting from and parallel with the frame, d, to
the upper surface of which it is fixed by the piece, w, and the screws, x.
By duly applying the outer edge of the strip, n, to, and moving it over, the
window water may be readily removed from said window.
For large windows I prefer to arrange this invention, thus: Said handle is
suitably jointed so that it may readily be lengthened, or shortened, as may be
desired to reach the various portions of large windows; to the upper end of said
handle is duly fixed a suitably shaped nozzle duly connected by means of a tube,
preferably flexible, with a suitable device that may be operated by hand, as a force
pump, to force water, from a suitable receptacle, up said tube to, and duly ejected
from, said nozzle against a window to wash it as may be wanted, said pump being
duly connected with said receptacle by means of a suitable tube.
The water need not be ejected more than a few inches from the nozzle and it
may be in the form of a jet, jets, or spray, as may be preferred. To the upper end
of said handle is also suitably fixed a properly formed frame (similar to, d, but
made in a separate piece to enable it, when desired, to be used without the nozzle
and either with or without the handle) to which is suitably fixed, a strip preferably
of suitable indiarubber of proper thickness, so that a suitable portion of said rubber
may project, from said frame, in order that it may be duly placed against and
moved over the surface of a window to remove water from it for the purpose of
cleaning the same.
In lieu of rubber, cork or other suitable substance, may be used; and instead of
one piece, of rubber or of other substance, several pieces may be used, placed as
may be desired for the aforesaid purpose, either all of the same substance or of
different substances as may be preferred.
Said nozzle, tube and pump, may either be used with the handle and without the
frame (which carries the rubber) when it is desired simply to wash the window by
duly applying water to it, or they may be arranged to be used with the frame and
without the handle if so desired.
By means of the aforesaid invention large windows of shops may readily be duly

page_text: washed and cleaned from the sidewalk without the use of steps; and also the
outside of house ordinary sash windows may with said invention be duly washed
and cleaned by a person on the inner side of said windows.
When convenient to obtain suitable water pressure said hand pump way, of
course, be removed and said pressure be duly used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
⚫ claim is :
1. The construction or general arrangement and combination of my invention
substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore described.
2. The nozzle, e, in combination with the receptacle, i, the rubber pieces, u, v,
and handle, a, substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore described.
3. The nozzle, e, in combination with the handle, a, and duly connected with a
receptacle containing water, substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore
described.
4. The nozzle, e, duly connected with a receptacle containing water in com-
bination with the rubber pieces u, v, substantially as, and for the purpose, herein-
before described.
5. The handle, a, jointed substantially as shown in the accompanying drawing
-and substantially as, and for the purpose, herein before described.
Dated 23rd day of February 1893.
W. C. MORISON.