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Patented Mar. l4, I899.

F. FARMER.

BOOT BLACKING MACHINE.

(Apphcat nfil a July as 1898) (No Model.)

L 7 NITED STATES f ATENT FFICE.

FRANK H. FARMER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO PHILO G. FORSYTH AND THOMAS O. HARVEY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT-BLACKliNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,236, dated March 14, 1899.

Application filed July 28,1898. Serial No. 687,141. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. FARMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Boot'and Shoe-Blacking Machines, 'of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to machines adapted to be operated bypower for the purpose of polishing boots and'shoes.

Since the, introduction into use of large numbers of tan shoes, it is essential in order to produce a successful power-machine that the brushes be capable of ready removal and replacement in the machine in order to adapt the machine for polishing tan shoes or for black shoes, as may be desired.

The object of my invention is to provide a blacking-machine which will be adapted for operation by power, will be arranged to allow of the ready removal and introduction into place of the brushes or polishing devices, and will be so arranged that when the brush is introduced into place it may be quickly connected with the power, and in which when the power is applied there will be no liability whatever of accidental displacement of the parts.

My invention comprises the Various features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal mid-section of the same on line indicated by 2 2, Fig. 1. In each view only a fragment of the flexible driving shaft is shown. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental view.

In the drawings, A represents a case which is provided in one end with a journal-opening a and is provided in the other end with a handle-socket a. This handle-socket is preferably screw-threaded, as shown in Fig. 2, and is adapted to receive the screw-threaded end of a hollow handle 13. This handle is provided in its screw-threaded end with a end of the shaft C of the brush 0'.

journal-opening b to receive and journal one This shaft 0 is provided at one end with a bearing 0 to seat within the journal-opening a in the end of the case, and at its other end is reduced in size and is provided with a spindle or hearing 0 to seat within the journal-opening Z) within the handle. The spindle is sufficiently long to project through the opening into the cavity 1) of the hollow handle and is made angular at its end and provided with a notch 0, into which enters a catch d, provided in the socket d upon the end of the flexible shaft D, so that the shaft may be readily slipped upon the end of the spindle or removed therefrom. The shaft 0 is provided with a shoulder O, which engageswith the end of the handle B when the handle is seatedin the socket, as shown in Fig. 2, and the other end of the shaft is seated in the j ournalopening a, provided in the end of the case.

In order to avoid necessity of discarding the case when the journal-bearing in the end of the case becomes worn out, I provide a removable journal-block E, which is adapted to seat Within the journal-opening a in the end of the case and to receive the end of the shaft.

In order to facilitate the use of the brush,

- electric motor and may be arranged beneath the stand or chair upon which the customer is seated. Other means of applying power may be used, however, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In practical operation, the device being arranged as shown in the drawings, power is applied to rot-ate the flexible shaft, thus rotating the brush rapidly, and by means of the two handles the brush may be applied to every portion of the shoe without difficulty. In practice I propose to make the brushes of circular disks of cloth or felt held upon the shaft 0 by a clamp-nut 0, having screwthreads reverse from the direction of rotation of the brush to thereby prevent the nut from unscrewing when in' use.

When it is desired to substitute one brush for another, the flexible shaft is removed from the spindle by pulling it outward, thus disengaging the catch (1 from the spindle, the hollow handle B is unscrewed from its socket and removed, the shaft of the brush is then slipped endwise into the screw threaded socket, and its rear end is thus disengaged from the journal-opening a, and the brush may be removed from the case, the large size of the socket a permitting the shaft to be canted sufiiciently to slip the brush from the case. The other brush is introduced in the reverse manner to that just described, the hollow handle replaced, the flexible shaft secured to the brush-shaft, and the device is again ready for operation.

Now, having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a brush, the combination set forth of the case provided in one end with a journalopening and provided in the other end with a handle-socket; a handle, provided with an axially-arranged journal-opening and adapted to be removably secured in the handlesocket; a brush, having a shaft provided at its end with hearings to seat in the journalopening in the handle and in the end of the case, and with a shoulder to engage with the end of the handle when the handle is seated in the handle-socket and the other end of the shaft is seated in the journal-seat in the end of the case; and a flexible power-shaft adapted to be detachably secured to the brushshaft.

2. In a brush, the combination set forth of a case provided in one end with a journalseat and provided in the other end with a screw-threaded handle-socket; a handle provided with an axially-arranged journal-seat and adapted to screw into the screw-threaded handle -socket; a removable journal-block adapted to seat Within the journal-seat in the 'end of the case, and provided with a journalopening to receive the end of the brush-shaft; a brush provided with a shaft, one end being arranged to fit in the removable journalblock and its other end being provided with an angular end, a bearing to fit within the journal-opening in the handle, and a shoulder to engage with the end of the handle when the handle is screwed into the handle-socket and the other end of the shaft is seated in the removable journal-block; and a flexible shaft adapted to be detachably connected with the angular end of the brush-shaft.

3. A brush com prisinga case provided at one end with a handle projecting from the side of the case, and provided in one end with a journal-opening; a rotary brush having a shaft, one end of which is journaled in the case; a removable hollow handle forming the other bearing for the shaft, and arranged at substantially right angles with the other handle; and a flexible shaft passing through the hollow handle and adapted to rotate the brush.

' FRANK H. FARMER.

\Vitnesses:

ALFRED I. TOWNSEND, JAMES R. TOWNSEND.

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