US605724A - Jules lafaurie - Google Patents

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I (No ModeL) BRUSH.

June 14,1898.

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` JULES LAFAURIE, OF CASTELMORVAN, AND GUILLAUME GIRON-LANAUZE,

OF MONFLANGUIN, FRANCE.

y BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,724, dated June 14, 1898.

Application tiled December 19, 1896. Serial No. 616,362. (No model.)

To all whom iv' may concern.-

Be it known that we, JULES LAEAURIE, residing at Castelmoran, and GUILLAUME GIRON-LANAUZE, residing at Moniianguin, France, citizens of the Republic of France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flexible Brushes; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a flexible brush or brush-belt properly guided in its motion so that it will act on all surfaces of the footwear-plane, hollow, or convex-in order to clean the shoes from the mud before applying the blacking and finally to give the shine or polish.

To this end the bristles of the brush are inserted into a body having the shape of a iieXil ble belt, to which either a continuous motion in one direction or a reciprocation is imparted. This brush is conducted and directed in its travel by Ineans of a special rail, from which it cannot come apart.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows a part of the brush or brush-belt in ele# vation; and Fig. 2 shows a cross section through this belt, the guiding-rail, and part of the stiff framework, with a yielding device with which the guide-rail is provided.

A is the belt; A', the brush-bristles.

B is the guide-rail, on the edges of which gorge-pulleys C are running, having their pivots securely inserted into the belt and running loose on said pivots. The pulleys or rollers clamp the edges of the guide-rail with their Iianges, as shown in the drawings, and thus the brush-belt is obliged to follow its motion along the rail B iny all its points or curves, which are substantially parallel to the stationary frame D; but the guide-rail B may itself be made of flexible material-such as leather, rubber, thin metal strips, zcand the connection with the fixed frame D is preferably obtained by yielding devices, so that the brush-belt can easily yield when passing over boots or shoes of different sizes. These devices are shown in Fig. 2 in cross-section.

A sleeve or cap F is inserted into the fixed 5o frame D at determined distances,being closed by the screw-cap F and surrounding a coiledspring G. A pin E is provided with a collar E' and is securely screwed, riveted, or otherwise fastened into the guide-rail B, its shaft passingthrough holes in the caps F F. The spring G presses with one end against the inner face of the cap F and with the other end against the collar E'. It is evident that with this construction vthe guide-rail B, with the 6o brush-belt, can yield, compressing the spring G, and that by unscrewing the cap or sleeve F more or less the position of the guide-rail B can be regulated. Any number of yielding devices with springs'can be disposed along 6 5 rail being provided with headed pins, a frame 8o` provided with adjustable caps or sleeves Within which the pins pass, and springs within the caps orsleeves pressing against the headed pins, whereby the guide-rail may yield, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we afx our signatures. JULES LAFAURIE. GIRON-LANAUZE. In presence of- PAUL GUTH, JEAN BEIoL.

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