US1647393A - Shoe-shining machine - Google Patents

Description

Nov. 1, 1927. 1 I

- c. c. CAREK SHOE snmme MACHINE Filed Jan. 21, 1927 1580676607: C/zarZe' G. C'oarek,

W KAA/xam 1 as clearly 1 brush 12 carried by the sleeve13 is also'car- 1 1 Patented Nov. 1, i927.

SHOE-SHINING MACHINE' Application filed January 21, 1927'. Serial no. 162,495.

, This invention relates toimprovements in portable hand operated shoe shining -machines;

I 5 portable hand operated shoe shining ma-' chine whichmay readily be packed in a.

. smallbag and transported from place to place.

' A further object of the invention is to V provide an improved portable hand operrated shoe shinlng 'machine which will be highly efficient in use and quite inexpensive to manufacture. Otherobjects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which constitute a part of my 'appllcation, Figure l is a front elevation of my 1mtheloWer portion of the machine frame and the shining brushes.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line of Figure 3. 3

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding parts.

My nnproved portablehand operated shoe shining machine comprises an inverted U- shape frame 1, a centrally disposed body member 2, and handle member 3 formed at the upper end of. the said body member. An arm 4 is formed integrally with the frame 1,. and extends laterally therefrom,

shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. v A branched arm 5.,is also formed inte 'grally with the body member 2, and extends laterally therefrom, the branches (Sand 7 thereof lying in a vertical. plane with the .arm 4. 1 Y

A pair of-spaced oppositely disposed inwardly extending brushes 8 and 9 are detachably secured to a shaft 10 mounted transversely of the frame 1 adjacent its lower end as by means of the key 11. A

ried by the shaft, 10, intermediate the brushes 8 and 9, and is likewise keyed to the said shaft. The brush 12 is adapted to' proved portable hand operated shoe shining V 20 machine;

shine or polish the upper. surfacefof a shoe,

while the brushes 8 and 9 are adapted to polish the oppositesides of ashes. The shaft f I An object of the invention is to provide a 10 will be retained in placeby means of cot- 1 ter pins '13-, or other suitable means.

A driving shaft 14 is rotatably mounted in the arm 4, bearing bushing 15 and branch {7, and carries the bevel gears 16 and 17 at its upper and lower ends, respectively. The

bevel gear 17 intermeshes with a" similar i 1 on the outer end of the branch .6, and meshes- With the bevel gear 16. An operating arm 19 with attachedhandle portion 20, is provided for rotating the gear 30, and operates throughthe gear 16, drivingv shaft 14, gear '17, and gear '18 to rotatethe shining orfpolishing brushes8, 9 and 12. I

The 'mode of operation will understood, since it isonl'y necessary to apply, polish to the shoe, and then hold the I shining machine with one hand placing the brushes in engagement withtheshoe, and

rotating-the operating arm .19 with I the.

other hand. Various degrees of pressure may be applied to themachine, so thata high polish or shine may be giventhe shoe. j

' Many minor changes in detail of construe tion .may be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my inventionwhat I claim. as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of'theUni ted States is:

I r 1. A portable hand operated shoershining machine comprising an inverted U-shape frame, an-da handle therefor, a body portion intermediate said frame and handle, a shaft mounted transversely ofsaid frame,

removable brushes'ca-rriedby'said shaft, a

branched arm carried by said'bodyv portion,

gearing carried' by'saidbranched arm, a gear on theen-d of said shaft, and means.

operatively connecting said gearing and gear.

machine comprising an inverted, U-sha e 2. A portable hand operated shoe shining frame, a body portion formed integral y therewith and a handle at the opposite end; ofsaid body portion, a 'shaft mounted transversely of said frame, spaced oppositelydisposed inwardly I projecting brushes carried 1 be readily by said shaft, anv intermediate brush car gear on the end of said shaft, and a vertiried by said shaft having its bristles extendcally disposed geared shaft carried by an ing at substantially right angles to the brisarm on said frame and said branched arms 10 v tlesfiin said first mentioned brushes, akey for for connecting saidgearing andgear. securing all of said brushes to said shaft, a In testlmony whereof I affix my signature.

branched arm carried by said body portion, gearing carried by said branched arm, a CHARLES C. CAREK.

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