US439331A - Smith - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

G. A. SULLIVAN & J. A. SMITH.

WINDOW CLEANER.

No. 439,331. PatentedOot. 28, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. SULLIVAN AND JOHN A. SMITH, OF WINDSOR, CANADA.

WINDOW-C LEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,331, dated October28, 1890.

Application filed July 5, 1890. Serial No. 357,885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES A. SULLI- VAN, a citizen of the United States, and JOHN A. SMITH, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, both residing at Windsor, in the county of Essex and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Window- Oleaner, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement relates to that class of window-cleaners provided with a reservoir of water and clamps for holding the rubbing material or materials; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described and then definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a window-cleaner constructed according to ourimprovement with part of the rubbing material removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A represents a socket adapted to receive a handle, (not shown,) and having jaws a, through which and a tongue B passes a bolt 0, having a wing-nut c, by which the jaws a can be firmly clasped upon the tongue B. In order that the jaws may have considerable spring in them, I prefer to split the shank of the socket, as shown at (0. Connected to or formed integral with the tongue is a rib D, having bearings E at each end, carrying jaws F, which rib and bearings receive a reservoir G, having an opening at one end to receive a cork, plug, or any other convenient stopper 9 and perforated along one side, as shown at g.

F F are two more jaws, which are connected together by clips H, which pass over the top of the reservoir and receive bolts I, having wing-nuts 'i, by turning which the jaws F and F are drawn together, so as to clamp the rubbing material between them. On the perforated side of the reservoir I set pieces of sponge J, and the better to secure said sponge I prefer to provide the jaws with teeth f to pass into the same. On the opposite side I insert a wooden strip K, covered, preferably, with chamoisskin L; but any soft materialsuch as cloth or rubber will answer in this place. The strip K is shown as grooved and the chamois-skin held by nails; but this is not essential.

By the use of this device a Window may be readily cleaned, for the water contained in the reservoir continually oozes out into the sponge, keeping the latter always moist, and the. surplus water, as it passes through the sponge, tends to keep it clean, and thus the labor of removing the dirt from a window is much lessened. When the window has been washed by the use of the sponge, the cleaner maybe reversed and the chamois-skin brought into use, by which the window may be dried and polished.

It is obvious that the jaws may be used for holding any variety of cleansing-material besides those mentioned.

, What we claim as new is 1. The combination,in awindow-cleaner, of

the reservoir G, the bearings E, and clips H,

holding the reservoir, jaws F F, projecting on opposite sides of said reservoir, and bolts I, substantially as described.

2. The combination,in a window-cleaner, of the reservoir G, the bearing E, and clips H, holding the reservoir, the jaws F F, projecting on opposite sides of the said reservoir and having teeth f, and the bolts I, substantially as described.

3. The herein'described window-cleaner, comprising the socket A, having jaws a, the tongue B, bolt O, rib D, reservoir G, bearings E, and clips H, embracing said reservoir, jaws F F, projecting on opposite sides of the reservoir, and the bolts I, all substantially as shown and set forth.

CHAS. A. SULLIVAN.

JOHN A. SMITH. Witnesses:

E. I. SOULLY, JOSEPH Pnnvosr CARE.

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