US1323409A - Joseph rttssell stjde - Google Patents

Description

I. R. RUDE.

SHOE CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED 0CT.-2, I918. 1,323,409. Patented Dec.,2',1919.

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JOSEPH RUSSELL RUDE, F WINTON, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed. October 2, 1918. Serial No. 256,558. 7

To all tuhom it may concern: Be it known that I, JosErH R-Runn,

-a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Winton, in the county of Merced and State -of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shoe cleaning devices.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is entirely foot operated and will readily clean mud and dirt from a shoe in a minimum amount of time.

-Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device of this character which will include a plurality of rotary brushes and a shoe supporting member mounted for reciprocating movement to move the shoe back and forth between the brushes and to impart rotary movement to the brushes to thoroughly clean all exposed parts of the shoe.

Another object of the invention resides in the specific connection between the shoe supporting member and the rotary brushes whereby rotary movement is imparted to the latter and in the means for mounting said shoe supporting member within a suitable frame.

Other objects of the invention as well as the specific details of construction thereof will be more readily understood from the following description and drawings, in which Figure 1 taken through a shoe cleaning device constructed in accordance with my invention, parts thereof being shown in elevation.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the device on the line 22 of Fig. 1. In the drawings, the supporting frame of the device is designated in general by the numeral 1. Journaled in this frame are the vertical shafts 2 and 3 the ends of which are rotatably mounted in the upper and lower portions respectively of the frame;

Each of these shafts is provided adjacent its lower end with a spirally twisted portion 4 for a purpose to be later set forth.

Mounted upon the upper portion of each of said shafts and fixed to rotate therewith are the brush heads 5 and 6. Each brush head 5 is substantially cylindrical in form and is provided with the bristles 7 which are is a longitudinal sectional view preferably madeof wire or other coarse material." The heads 6, however, are in the form of flat circular disks resting upon the upper ends of the heads 5 and provided with the Wire bristles 8 which extend from the lower side face thereof and completely surrounds the upper endsof the heads 5.

The spirally twisted portions at of the shafts extend through suitable apertures provided therefor in the ends of a vertically sliding beam 9. This beam is normally supported in spaced relation to the lower por tion of the frame by means of the coil springs 10 and when depressed against the tension of, said springs is adapted to impartrotary movement to the shafts 2 and 3 through the medium of the spiral portions 4 thereof. A scraping blade indicated at 11 has the lower end thereof secured to one side of thisv beam and the upper end thereof extended vertically between the bristles 7 the upper end of the blade terminating a short distance below the bristles 8 This scraping blade is provided with a longitudinally extending slotv 12. A stationary plate 13 has its lower end secured to the lower portion of the supporting frame and is provided adjacent its upper end with a' laterally projecting lug'lc which extends through the slot 12 and serves to guide the scraper blade during its sliding movement.

In the use ofthis device, the shoe is forced beneati the bristles 8 and is rested upon the upper edge of the scraper blade 11. By pressing downwardly upon this blade, rotary movement will be imparted to the shafts 2 and 3 and to the brushes thereon through the medium of the spirally twisted shafts and brushes in the reverse direction and eflecting a thorough cleaning of the shoe as it moves up and down between said brushes with the scraping blade 11.

If desired, I may mount at either end of the frame a pair of brush cleaning devices substantially as shown at 15. These cleaning devices are provided with teeth 16 which engage the bristles 7 of the brush heads 5 and will serve to remove mud and other dirt therefrom during revolution of the brushes.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings have reference to what might be considered to be the preferred or approved form of my invention. I desire it to be understood, that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 A shoe cleaning device comprising a frame, vertical shafts rotatably mounted in said frame and having spiral portions, brushes carried by said shafts, and a shoe supporting member mounted for sliding movement upon the said spiral portions of the shafts to impart rotary movement to the said brushes when the said member is actuated.

2. A shoe cleaning device comprising a frame, having vertical shafts mounted therein, brushes mounted upon the shafts, the latter being equipped with spiral portions at their 'loWer ends, a reciprocating beam movably mounted and having connection with the said spiral portions of the shafts to turn the latter when the said beam is reciprocated, resilient means normally supporting said beam in raised position and exerting a tension on the said beam, and a scraping blade fixed to the beam and adapted to be depressed against the tension of the said means to actuate the beam for imparting turning movement to the said shafts.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH RUSSELL RUDE. Witnesses:

G. H. DRAKELEY, W. H. OSBORN.

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