US833003A - Shoe-polishing device. - Google Patents

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No. 833,003. IPA'lElTTED OCT. 9, 1906. R. E. SAPFOLD.

SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

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REUBEN E. SAFFOLD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed June 23. 1905; Serial No. 266.651.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN E. SAFFOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State easily held by an loperator and any degree of pressure or friction desired a plied to the sh'oe to produce a high degree o polish thereon.

The invention consists in certain features of construction, which will be fully disclosed in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure l represents a side elevation of my invention;

Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3, an inverted plan view of the adjustable supporting lug, the polishing member being omitted; and Fig. 4, an end view of the same.

Reference beinlr had to the drawin s and the designating characters thereon, t e numeral 1 indicates theback or base, which may be made of wood or sheet metal and is provided with grooves 2 2 in the edgesthereof for the thumb and fingers of a hand to seize and hold the brush rigidly and securely. On the under side of the back and at each end thereof is a lug or bracket 3, having bisected arms 4 4 for supporting the polishing member 5 and holding it out of engagement with the underside of the back 1.

The arms are bisected to admit of readily inserting and removing the member 5 through the opening 5. The polishing member is made of fabricsuch as canvas, Turkish toweling, or other coarse fabric having a soft body--and is preferably endless, so that as one portion becomes worn or iilled with the polish used it may be adjusted on the j arms of the lugs and a fresh unsoiled portion presented for use.

The polishing member is resilient under pressure, and tension is applied thereto to keep it taut or stretched on the brush by adjusting one of the lugs 3, which is provided with slots '6, through which the screws 7 are inserted, and a screw 8, supported in a lufr 9 and engaging a nut 10 on the lug 3. The lug 9 is secured on one end of the back by screws 11 11. The lug 3 at the oppositeend of the brush is secured to the back l by screws 12.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isl. A shoe-polishin device provided with an endless liexible po ishing member, a fixed and a movable support for said member and means for adjusting said movable support longitudinally and applying tension to the polishinglmember.

2. A s oe-polishing device provided with a rigid back or base, a flexible olishing member, and lugs having arms t ereon for supporting said member out of engagement with said base, and means for adjusting one of said lugs longitudinally.

3. A shoe-polishing device provided with a rigidvback or base, an endless flexible polishing member, lugs for supporting said member, and means for adjusting one of said lugs longitudinally.

4. A shoe-polishing device provided with an endless polishing member, lugs having bisected arms for supporting said member, and provided with an opening between the adj acent ends of said arms, and means for adjusting one of said lugs the polishing member.

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

REUBEN E. SAFFOLD.

Witnesses:

HENRY MYLACRAINE, JAMES OHARE LOVE.

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