US1715387A - Applicator and cleaner - Google Patents

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Filed July 27, 1928 [NVbN/OR -A TTORNEY V Patented June 4, 1929..

stars FLORENCE v. RALSTON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPLICATOR AND CLEANER.

Application filed July 27,

The device, the subject. of this invention, while primarily designed for, the purpose of applying a cleaning fluid, and subsequentlycleaning the keys or letter carrying blocks of a typewriter may be employed in its present form or in any modified construction for the application of a cleaning fluid, and the cleaning of' any material or device. 7

The object of this invention is to provide a carrying means for the cleaning fluid, and as such cleaning fluids are usually of a fugitive nature, the provision of a carrier for the fluid, adjacent to, and in contact with the cleaning member I consider of greatest importance.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device that may be inserted into a bottle, and I may, as shown provide a bottle closing means as a part of my construction, and another object of my invention is to so construct the device that it may be so conditioned as to operate with any make of typewriter or for any particular service.

All of the advantages of my invention, and the means for accomplishing them will be fully set forth as the specification progresses.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention, and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specifica tion which follows In the drawing Fig. 1, shows in elevation a deviceprior to its completion. I

Fig. 2, shows a completed device ready to be inserted into a sealing means.

F 3 shows a completed device.

Fig. 4, shows a side elevation of a completed device conditioned for a special service and Fig. 5, is a front elevation of the device as shown in Fig.4. Fig. 6, is a plan view of a modification.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

At 1, I showa twisted Wire member which as indicated may be of any desired length and may be provided with a suspending ring or loop as shown at 21 in Fig. 1. The wire member, however, may be cut and may be inserted into the cork 3, and the cork in turn to be received into a wooden top 4: which serves as a means for the ready manipulation of the 1928. Serial no. 295,739.

the device is removed from thebottle, the

member 4. maybe referred to and may be con sidered as a handle. j

Twisted into the'wire member and near one end thereof, is a set of bristles shown at 5. These bristles form a spiral brush, and the brush is what I term the cleaning member.

After the the bristles have been inserted, and the remainder of the wire member has been twisted, a carrier member 6 is placed upon the free end of the wire member. This carrier member may be a cylinder of felt or other absorbent material.

-After the carrier member 6 is placed in position, the excess portion 7 of the wire member may be cut away and thereupon the wire member is bent as shown at 8, to cause the carrier 6 to impinge upon one side of the brush 5. j

Should it be the intention thatmy device be operated with a cork as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the wire member is cut to the desired length and is inserted into a cork such as that shown at 3, and is secured therein by a suitable means such as cement or glue, and now the device is ready for ordinary use.

For cleaning the keys of some typewriters,

it is desirable that the device be bent so that it may be introduced under the shield which is in front of the keys. I will, therefore, bend the wire member as shown at 9 and 10 in Fig. 4 causing the brush and "carrier to project at an angle out of the parallel with the cork 3, 1

. or handle 4. In making this bend, it is desirable that the carrier and brush be arranged upon the same horizontal plane as plainly suggested in Fig. 5.

' In cleaning typewrlter keys,I employ car- This chemical is quite bon tetrachloride. fugitive, i. e. it dries very quickly, therefore,

unless a carrier such as that shown at 6,-is' employed with the brush, the brush will not remain moist for a sufficient length of time to effectively clean the surface to which it is applied. Inoperation, the carrier wets the surface and at the same time the brush removes the foreign matter therefrom.

It will of course be understood that the device may be made of any desired size that the elongated handle 11, as shown in Fig. 1 may be provided andthat other modifications may be'made within the scopeof the appended.

claims Without departing fr om the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention. In Fig. 6, I show a constructlon Wherem the fibrous or absorbent member is a block re-' tained byvthe bent Wire, and is not a cylinder as shown in the other figures.

Having carefully and'fully described my,

are retained by said Wire member and a carrier member arranged upon said-wire member and parallel With and impinging upon said bristles.

V 2. An applicator and cleaner comprising a nviaesv brush member for cleaning, and an absorbent member for applying a. cleaning medium simultaneously, said absorbent member and brush member being supported adjacent each other and being adapted for coacting operation. p

3. Means for applying and utilizing a fugitive cleaning fluid comprising a'carrier for said fluid, and adapted to spread said fluid over the surface to be cleaned, anda brush for utilizing said fluid simultaneously, said carrier and said brush being arranged upon the same supportingmeans, and said carrier impinging upon one side of said brush.

FLORENCE V. RALSTON.

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