US789318A - Blacking-brush. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

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S, W. EMORY.

BLAGKING BRUSH.

ABPLIUATION FILED JULY 13,1904,

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Patented may e, 1905.

SILAS VR'IGHT EMORY, OF WASHING-TON, MISSGURI.

BLACKlNG-"BRUSl-ln SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,318, dated May 9, 1905. application filed July 13, 1904. Serial No. 216,400.

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Be it known that 1', SrL/is Wmen'r Erreur, a citizen et' the United States, residing at Washl ington, in the county of Franklin and State l of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Blacking-Brush, of which the Following is a specification.

lhis invention relates to implements for ap plying the polishing compound to shoes, and has Jfor its object to simplify and improve the construction and produce a device of this character which may be inexpensively mannf'actured, easily charged with the blaclting compound, and by means of which the coinpound may be applied to the shoe uniformly and without danger of soiling the fingers.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature oi the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel f'eatures of' construction, as hercinalfter fully described and claimed.

.1n the accompanying' drawings, forming a part o' this specification, and in which correspending parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form etl the embodiment of the invention capable of' carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage ofl the parts maybe resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

ln the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, of the improved im. plement. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of a modified construction et' the body portion of the device.

The improved implement comprises a stock or body portion '10, having a handle 11 attached at one side and with a longitudinal recess '12 opening rearwardly and threaded at 13 exteriorly of the open end. A transverse recess 14 intersects the longitudinal recess near the forward end of the stock 10, and arranged in said recess 14 is a revoluble brush 15.

Between the brush-recess la and the longin tudinal recess 12 is a plate or partition 16, ex-

tending partially across the inner end of the longitudinal recess to partly close it, as hereina't'ter explained.

Fitting' the longitudinal recess 12 is a tubular member 17 Vlfor holding the blaeking and formed with the edges el the inner or discharge end 1S relatively sharp and bearing against the stop 1G and the outer end provided with an annular flange 19 bearing against the outer end of the stoel( 10. A threaded cap 2O fits over the threaded end of the stoel( and serves the twofold purpose of a closure to the aperture 12 and the tubular receiver 17, but also holds the receiver in position by bearing upon the flange 19.

lVithin the tubular receiver 17 a weighted follower member 21 is free to move and presses upon the blaclring material within the receiver.

To charge the receiver with its supply of blacking, the cap 2.0 is detached, the tubular receiver 17 removed, and its sharpened discharge end 18 pressed into a mass of the blacling material, which cuts ont a core ofl the material and leaves it within the receiver, and by repeating the operation the receiver is soon lilled and the follower Q1 is forced in through the flanged end 19. The receiver' is then returned to the recess 12 and the cap 2.0 restored.

Then the implement is to be employed, a shaking motion is imparted longitudinally to the stock, which will canse the relatively heavy follower 21 to drive a portion of the material over the stop-plate 1G and into position to be taken up by the brush 15 as it rotates.

In using the implement the brush 15 is drawn back and 'forth over the shoe, which action causes the brush to piel: up and uniformly spread the blaching to all parts of the shoe and without waste of' material or endangering the cleanliness of the operator, as the handle member 11 is the only part with which the hands come in contact'.

rlhe blaclring material being' confined within the tubular receiver is protected from the action of' the air and will retain its semiliquid condition and in the best possible condition for application to the shoe. ing is exhausted, the receiver can be quickly recharged, as before.

The follower 21 will preferably be of lead or similar heavymatcrial to facilitate its propeiling action on the material in the receiver.

The transverse stop 16 is an important feature of the invention, as the area of the discharge from the receiver is thereby reduced and excess of supply to the brush obviated. The stop-plate also serves asa support against which the inner end of the receiver rests to increase the steadiness with which the receiver is held.

Attached to the inner side of the stock lO is a small brush 22 to serve as a preliminary cleaner to remove adhering mud and other foreign matter from the shoe prior to the application of the blacking.

A flexible polishing-strip 23 is connected by its ends, respectively, to the forward end of the stoel; lO and a block 2% upon the handle ll, as by clamp-plates 25 26 and screws 2T 28, the polishing-strip being stretched taut, as required.

A pad 29, of felt or other suitable compressible material, is inserted between the block 24 and strip 23 to sustain the latter and increase its eliiciency.

Several thicknesses of the fabric 23 are employed, so that when one becomes soiled or worn it can be cut loose and the next thickness used, and when all are worn out the polisher may be readily renewed, as will be obvious, by attaching a new stoel; of the polisher-strips.

Under some circumstances the tubular member 17 may be dispensed with and the blacking inserted directly into the cavity l2 in the stock l0, this modified construction being shown in Fig. 3; but this would not be a departure from the principle of the invention, as the same results would be accomplished in substantially the same manner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a device of the class described, a recessed casing having a magazine or reservoir provided with a contracted discharge-opening, and a revoluble brush partly housed in the recess and arranged adjacent to said dischargeopening.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing having a longitudinal recess open at one end and intersected at its other end by a transverse recess, a blacking-receiver for detachable insertion in said longitudinal recess, a

brush mounted for rotation in said transverse recess, and a follower in said receiver and bearing by gravity upon the blacling to force it against the brush.

3. In a device ot the class described, a casing having a longitudinal recess open at one end and intersected at its other end by a transverse recess, a blacling-reeeiver for detach- Then the blacll able insertion in said longitudinal recess, a brush mounted for rotation in said transverse recess, a stop-plate extendingtransversely of the discharge end of said receiver and reducing the area of the same, and means operating in said receiver for forcing the blacling over said stop-plate and against the brush.

4. In a device of the class described, a casing having' a longitudinal recess open at one end and intersected at its other end by a transl verse recess, a brush mounted for rotation in said transverse recess, a blacking-receiver for insertion in said longitudinal recess and having parallel sides and open at one end with the edges of the open end relatively sharp to facilitate the insertion of the blacliing, and means operating in said receiver for forcing the blacliing therefrom upon the brush.

5. In a device of the class described, acasl ing having a longitudinal recess open at one end and intersected at its other end by a transverse recess, and threaded exterior-ly of said open end, a bl'acliing-receiver forinsertion in said longitudinal recess and with an annular flange engaging the threaded end of the casing, a threaded cap engaging said threaded end and bearing upon said flange, a brush mounted for rotation in said transverse recess, and means operating in said receiver for forcing the blacking therefrom against the brush.

6. `In a device of the class described, a casing having a longitudinal recess open at one end and interseeted at its other end by a transverse recess, and threaded exteriorly of said open end, a blacliing-receiver for insertion in said longitudinal recess and with an annular flange engaging the threaded end of the casing, a threaded cap engaging said threaded end and bearing upon said flange, a brush mounted for rotation in said transverse recess, a stop-plate extending transversely of the distially across the saine to reduce the discharge area and against which the receiver is held by the screw-cap.

7. In a device of the class described, a casing having a longitudinal recess open at one f end and intersected at its other end by a transl verse recess, a blacling-receiver for detach- I able insertion in said longitudinal recess, a l

brush mounted for rotation in said transverse recess, a stop-plate extending transversely of the discharge end of said receiver and reducing the area of the same, anda follower withl in the receiver and bearingbv gravity upon i the blacliing to force 1t against the brush.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aliixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

`l SILAS WRIGHT EMGRY.

l/Vitnesses:

JULiUs F. Ninnnnicx, Gno. K. VVYNNE.

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