US1219148A - Shoe-shining and hat-dusting machine. - Google Patents

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GASTON POOTMANS, EUGENE POOIMANS & GEORGE EOOTMANS.

SHOE SHINING AND HAT DUSTLNG MACHINE, APPLICATION FILED APR. I-QHIQIS.

1,21 9,148. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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GASTON POOTMANS, EUGENE POO TMANS & GEORGE'POOTMANS.

SHOE SHINING AND HAT DUSTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1 \PR.I9, 1 916- I Patented'Mar. 13, 1917.-

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SHOE SHINING AND HAT DUSTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. I916.

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SHOE SHINING AND HAT DUSTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.I9.I916.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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GASTON Poo'rMA N I fiuaene POOTMA N5 A UNITED sTA Es- PATENT. OFFICE.

GASTON rooTMANs, EUGENE PooTr ANs, AND GEORGE POOTMANS, or REGINA, 1 SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

SHOE-SHINING AND IlIAT-DUSTTN'G MACHINE.

Specification of Lettersllatent. v Patented Mar, 13, 1917,

Application filed April 19, 1916. serial No. 92,242.

of the city of Regina, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Shining and Hat-Dusting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe shining and hat dusting machines, and the objects of the invention are to facilitate in mechanically polishing shoes and cleaning hats, to render the machine compact in construction thereby occupying a minimum of space and capable of being readily shipped, to permit of the shoe polish being readily applied to the brushes, to cheapen the cost of manufacture and generally to adapt the machine to better perform the functions required of it. Q With the above and other objects in view the invention consists essentially of the improved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im proved machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 3isa transverse section through the. gear casing.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the polish container showing the ball for applying the polish.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation, partly sectional, of an alternative form of the machine.

.Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the gear casing showing the means of operating the reciprocating brushes.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a shoe last on which shoes, when not being worn,

are adapted to be secured to facilitate in polishing the same. 2

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents -the shoeshining and hatdusting machine comprising the frame 10having a'gear cas-- ing 11 at one end thereof and provided with an angular-1y disposed foot rest 12 on the back, the front of the frame being provided with a transversely extending bar 13 I operatively supported by the bracket 15 and engaging intermediate of its length with the standard 17 so permitting of shoes being readily positioned for polishing but preventing the clothes of the operator coming in contact with the brush and suffering in consequence.

Rotatably mounted in the frame 10 is a longitudinally extending shaft 18 provided intermediate of its length with afly wheel 19 and a sprocket 20, one end'of the shaft projecting through the casing 11 and carrying a beveled pinion 21 rigidly mounted thereon adapted to 'mesh with the beveled pinion 22 rigidly mounted on the vertically disposed shaft 23 rotatably supported intermediate of its length bv the bracket 24 secured to the upperface of the gear casing11. I v The vertical shaft 23 is provided on the upper end with a hemispherical frame 25 having a concentrically arranged circular brush26 adjacent to the top thereof and a concave brush 27 located in the lower end, the said brushes being adapted to engage the rim, the lateral walls and crown of a hat in a manner to be made clear hereafter. The lower end of the shaft 23 rotatably engages with the bearing 28 mounted on the" base of the frame 10 and is provided with a horizontally disposed circular brush 29 which coacts with a brush 30 formed subs'tantially like an inverted frustuin of a circular pyramid located below the said horizontal brush. The shaft 18 carries a circular brush 31 having two vertically disposed disk shaped brushes 32 arranged along the 55.

lateral faces thereof and adapted to coact therewith, the three said brushes facilitat The polish is applied to-the brushes 31 105 and 32 by a unique means consisting of a casing 35 having a plunger 36 slidably mounted therein and capable of being vertically actuated by the screw spindle 37 making threaded engagement with the casing and 110 thereby permitting of the said polish cas-.

ing being rotated into an oblique position when not in use, while when applying polish to the brushes 31 and 32 the casing will occupy the position illustrated in Figs. 1, 4 and 6.

The shaft 18 is rotated by a chain drive 44 operatively connecting the sprocket 45 with the sprocket 20, the first said sprocket being rigidly attached to the crank shaft 46 rotatably mounted in the gear casing 11 and operatively connected by a link 47 to a pivotally mounted lever 48 designed to be man- 'ually oscillated, the link being operatively connected intermediate of its ends to one end of the spiral spring 49, the other end of which is anchored to the gear casing.

Located below the blacking and polishing brushes 31,32 and 33 is an angularly disposed foot rest 50 provided with a notch 51 intermediate of its length adapted to em brace the standard 17, the said foot rest being adjustably supported intermediate of its breadth by rollers 52 rotatably mounted thereon and being provided on its back edge with a bracket 53 rotatably supporting a roller 54 designed to engage with the vertical wall of theback foot rest 12 in a manner to be made clear hereafter.

This adjustable foot rest is adapted to be fed forwardly during the rotation of the brushes 31, 32 and 33 and may be oscillated about the supporting rollers 52 so permitting the point of the shoe or the instep being polished to the desired extent, the foot rest being retracted to a normal position under the action of the spring 55, one end of which is secured to. the back end of the foot rest while the other end is connected to the base of the frame 10.

In Figs. 6 and 7 an alternative form of the machine is illustrated in which the polishing brushes are located intermediate of the blacking and finishing brushes and consist of a circular brush 5G rigidly mounted on the shaft 18 and adapted to cooperate with a pair of reciprocating brushes 57 slidably mounted adjacent to the lateral faces thereof, while below the said brushes a grid foot rest 58 is located eonsisting of a plurality of vertically disposed plates on which the sole of the shoe is adapted to rest.

The brushes 56 are slightly angularly dis posed and provided on the back with a plate 59 provided with flanged edges 60 slidably engaging with the guides (31 rigidly mounted on the frame 10, the rear end of each of the plates 59 being provided with a bracket 62 making pivotal engagement with one end of the link (33, the other end. of which is 1'0- tatably engaged with the crank of the shaft 46. The other elements of the operating mechanism are the facsimile of those already described, the crank shaft 46 being driven by the chain drive 44 engaging with the sprocket 45 mounted on the crank shaft l0 and the sprocket 20 rigidly mounted on the shaft 18.

The blacking brushes are similar to those described in connection with Figs. 1 to 5, the only'diiferenrc being that the foot rest 50 is slightly modified. and in this case (onsists of a grid 64 pivotally mounted intermediate of its length to the spindle 5 and provided on the ends with feet 66 designed to normally hold the grid in an angularly disposed position relatively to the bottom of the frame 10, but permitting of the grid being oscillated to any desired extent as facilitating in polishing the toe or instep of the shoe.

In describing theelements of the machine, it has been understood that the shoe is being worn, but should this be not the case and the shoe is loose then it may be placed on the last 67 shown in Fig. 8 which may be then manually positioned and the machine actuated by applying oscillating motion to the lever 48.

The assembly of the machine will be readily understood from the foregoing description.

When the machine is in use it is only necessary for the operator to apply oscillating motion to the lever 48 so rotating the several brushes whereupon the shoes are alternately engaged with the brushes 29 and 30 to remove the dirt. The shoe is next placed on the rest 50 and the polish receptacle rotated into a vertical position as shown in Fig. 1, so that the polish extruded through the orifice 39 coming in contact with the rotating ball 41 uniformly applies polish to the face of the brushes 31 and 32 which in turn applies the same to the shoe.

When the desired amount of poiish has been applied to the front of the shoe that foot is then withdrawn and the shoe rested on the fixed foot rest 12 so that the desired amount of polish may be applied to the heel and back of the shoe and when this has been accomplished the shoe is then placed in con tact with the polishing brush 33 and a high. polish is given to the shoe thereby.

Vhen it is desired to clean a hat the lever 48 is oscillated and the crown of the hat embraced by the circular brush 2G and the concave brush and when the vertical shaft the brushes,

23 is rotated to the desired speed the brushes coming in contact with the outer periphery of the hat will remove the dust therefrom and give to the same a high polish or finish.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the user alternately places his shoes in contact with the brushes 29 and 30, first on the one side and then on the other so that the dirt is removed, whereupon the shoe is next engaged with the brushes 31 and 32 so that the desired amount of polish is applied and the shoe is then withdrawn and placed in contact with the polishing brush 33 resulting in a velvet finish being given to the shoe.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the claims, constructed without de arting from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What weclaim as our invention is:

1. A machine of the class described, comprisinga frame, a pluralityof flat brushes having opposing faces spaced apart, a cylindrical brush arranged between the opposing faces of the fiat brushes, means for rotating a pivotally mounted polish container, a ball carried by said container and normally engaging the faces of all of said brushes, said ball being freely rotatable in all directions, and means for feeding polish from said container to the ball.

2. A machine of the class described, comprising a frame, a plurality of flat brushes having opposing faces spaced" apart, a cylindrical brush arranged between the opposing faces of the flat brushes, means for rotating the brushes, a polish container, a cage mounted on the lower end of said container, a vball loosely mounted in the cage above the cylindrical brush and between the flat brushes, and means for moving the ball into and out of engagement with the adjacent brushes.

3. A machine of the class described comprising a frame brushes rotatably mounted therein, an oscillating foot rest located below the brushes, rollers rotatably mounted in the foot rest intermediate of the length thereof, a bracket on the back of the foot rest, a roller rotatably, mounted in the bracket, and resilient means for retaining the foot rest in a normal position.

4. A machine of the class'described comprising a frame brushes rotatably mounted therein, an osci ating foot rest located below the brushes, rollers rotatably mounted on the foot rest intermediate of the length thereof, and a spiral spring operatively connected at one end to the foot rest and at the other end to the frame.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

GASTON PO01 S. EUGENE POOT S. GEO. POOTS. Witnesses:

W. B. TA E. L. Bu iin.

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