US1110351A - Painter's tool. - Google Patents

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O. SGHORN. PAINTERS TOOL.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 7, 1912.

1,1 10,351 Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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@SCAR SGHORN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T JOHN P. WEIGEL,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

PAINTER S TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

Application filed March 7, 1912. Serial No. 682,327.

Toallwhomitmay concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR sCI-IORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Painter's Tool, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to painters tools and has particular reference to a tool wher a by liquid can be collected from the nude side of a horizontal surface without dropping upon the body or clothes of the workman, and is particularly devised for the purpose of removing calcimine from ceilings, or for the washing of ceilings.

It is a well known fact among painters that the removal of a coat of calcimine is more expensive than the application of such a coat, and that the removal of the calcimine from the ceiling is more diflicult than the removal of the same from the whole remainder of the room. The method of removing the same is to spray or sprinkle it with water from time to time until it has become thoroughly softened, when it will possess the thickness of molasses and be susceptible of removal by scraping. At the same time its viscid and sticking character (owing to'the fact of its bein composed largely of an inferior grade 0 glue) has heretofore rendered its removal from a ceiling an extremely unpleasant operation.

One of the objects of my invention is the provision of a tool which shall permit the rapid'and cleanly removal of such a substancefrom a ceiling and to catch and impound the same so as to prevent it from fallin upon the workman; the provision of a. evice of this character which can be operated in either direction and which may be employed in close proximity to the corners and obstructions; the provision of a device of this character in which the squilgee can be readily replaced when worn; the provision of a device which can be quickly emptied and conveniently cleansed; the provision of a device of simple and durable construction which can be made and sold at a price which shall recommend it to painters. Further objects of my invention will become apparent in the course ofthe following description nd claims.

Generally speaking, my invention may be defined as consisting of the combinations of elements recited in the claims hereto annexed and illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved painters tool a'nd Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view taken immediately within one of the end plates thereof and showing the same in operative position with respect to the surface upon which it is used.

Describing the parts by reference characters, the device comprises an elongated hollow head having upwardly converging sides 1-1 and vertical ends 2-2, the whole being secured to the end of a suitable'handle 3 which preferably makes a ri ht angle therewith, as shown at Fig. 1, ut is inclined laterallv from the head, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The handle may, if desired, be-

braced byhollow metallic shells 4 in. a well known manner. This construction provides a reservoir which has an upwardly opening elongated mouth defined by parallel lips 5.' and between these lips I secure a squilgee 7 of rubber or other suitable material, the body whereof is preferably re ceived in a U-shaped stiffening clip 8. Part of the squilgee lies inside and part outside the plane of the lips 55, but its sides are spaced from both of said lips. Obviously a great number of expedients can be adopted for securing the squilgee to the head, the preferred method consisting in the employment of a metallic block 10 secured between the lips 5-5 at a point somewhat removed from each of the ends 2, each of said blocks having a slot for the reception of tlieclip 8 and having a set screw 11 whereby the clip is held in place. This construction permits the ready replacement of squilgees as they become worn, or the employment of squilgees of different stifi'ness for different purposes. The arrangement of the blocks '10 at a distance from the ends 2 permits the reservoir to be emptied of collected liquid 'without the same being caught behind obstructions, while the position of the squilgee partly within and partly without the mouth of the reservoir causes the liquid removed from the surface being cleansed to be conducted within the reservoir. Owing to the fact that the squilgee is spaced from each of the lips, the tool can be used in either direction. The souilgee is extended the full length of the device so as to permit the, operation of the same to the very corners of the surface.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a receptacle having upwardly extending uninterru ted sides terminating abru tly in spaced lips which define an upwar ly opening'elongated mouth, of a squilgee projecting partly within and partly Without said mouth and extending substantially the lengththereof, but occupying only a part of its width, the interior ofv said receptacle being devoid of-proj ec tions or pockets and" being spaced from said squilgee at all oints.

2. In a device-of? the character set forth, the combination ywith a reservoir member having upwardly converging sides terminating abruptly in-spaced lips which define an upwardly opening elongated'mouth, and also having substantially vertical end pieces, of a squilgeefprojecting partl within and partly without said mouthand spaced from both lips thereof andalso-spaced from the bottom of the reservoir,=saidsquilgee extending from one end of said'reservoirto the other, and a handle projecting froma part oisa-id reservoir member removed from said mouth.

3. In a device of the character described, in combination, an elongated reservoir memher having upwardly converging substantially flat sides, and substantiall vertical ends, the u per edges of said si es t erminating in ips which define an elongated upwardly opening mouth, metallic blocks mounted between said lips at points removed from said ends and having squilgee receiving slots, a squilgee having a rigid portion secured in said slots and extending from end to end'of said mouth, said rigid portion being partly within and partly without the lane of said mouth and spaced from both-o said lips, the outer portion of said squilgee being flexible, means for detachably securing said squilgee in said slots, and a handle secured to said reservoir member at a pointiremoved from said month.

In testimon whereof, I hereunto aflix my signaturt in t e presence of two vn'tnesses.

' OSCAR SCHORN. Witnesses: v Hanoi E. SMITH,

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