US1015210A - Wall-paper-cleaner holder. - Google Patents

Description

W. J. ROWLEY & J. G. ALBRIGHT.

WALL PAPER GLEANER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25, 1911.

Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

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WALTER J. ROWLEY AND -TOI-IN G". ALBRIG-I-IT, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

WALL-PAPER-CLEANER HOLDR.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16,1912.

To all whom it may concern: f.

Be it known that we, WALTER J. ROWLE and JOI-IN G. ALBRIGHT, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Walllfaper- Cleaner Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereln to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a wall paper cleaner holder,and the primary object of iny invention is to provide a novel holder Which answers the double purpose of holding a cleaner and as a cover for a can or receptacle adapted to contain the cleaner.

Another object of this mvention 1s to furnish a can or receptacle with novel means for holding a portion of the contents of the receptacle, to prevent it from soiling the hands, articles of clothing or wearing apparel with which it might otherwise come in contact with if not held in a holder especially designed for the purpose.

A further object of this invention 1s to provide a can or receptacle lid that can be easily and quickly used for applying various kinds of detergents, the lid facilitating the application of the cleanser and economizingin its use.

l/Ve attain the above objects by a holder that has been especially designed for detergents, as wall paper cleaners, which are generally made of crumbling material, the lid portion of the holder maintaining the material in form until practically all the material has been used.

The invention will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the receptacle provided with the holder, the receptacle being partly broken away showing the holder partly in section, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the holder.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a can or suitable receptacle adapted to contain a detergent, as a wall paper cleaner. Fitted upon the upper end of the receptacle is a lid 2 having a depending flange 3. Secured to the lid 2 by rivets t and 5 or other fastening means is' a retainer 6 and the enlarged end 7 of a handle 8. The retainer 6 is preferably made of a single piece of metal having the ends thereof bent downwardly to provide fianges 8, and said piece of material intermediate the flanges 8al is bent upon itself to provide an intermediate flange 9, the flanges 8a and 9 being arranged in parallelism and being of equal depth and the flange 8a of a less length than the fiange 9. The enlarged end 7 of the handle 8 is tapered with the flat surface thereof resting upon the lid 2 and the handle 8 projecting at an angle to said lid. The handle 8 can be of any desired length whereby the holder can be conveniently manipulated.

The cleaning material that is contained in the can or receptacle 1 is of that character now generally used for cleaning wall paper, and is in the form of a dough-like substance capable of adhering to the flanges 8a and 9 when a mass of the material is placed in the lid for rubbing upon wall or other surfaces to be cleansed. The flanges 8aL and 9 not only assist in retaining the cleanser within the lid, but also lprevent the cleanser, during the rubbing operation, that is to say, when the lid with the cleanser is pulled down over the wall paper when cleaning the latter, from being compressed together at one side of the lid during the cleansing operation; unless the flanges were provided, the cleansing material would be forced toward the upper portion of the lid when the latter is moved downwardly, and toward` the bottom of the lid when the cleanser is moved upwardly. Therefore by interposing the flanges in a doughlike substance, the entire body of ma terial will not be shifted in the direction opposite to that in which the material is moved.

The lid 2 can be made of a similar material as the can or receptacle 1.1'The can 1 and the lid. 2 can be cylindrical, rectangular or any desired shape and it is evident from t-he simplicity of construction that the holder can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost and manipulated with considerable saving of time and material.

While in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof are susceptible to such variations as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is 1. A holder of the type described, comprising a flanged lid, a flanged retainer arranged in said lid, a handle having an enlarged end mounted upon said lid, and

lneans adapted to secure said retainer and said retainer and the enlarged end of said 10 saidhandle to said lid. handleto said lid, substantially as described.

2'. A detergent holder comprising a In testimony whereof We afix our signaanged receptacle lid, a one-piece retainer tures in the presence of two Witnesses. arranged in said 'lid and having dependingV Y VALTER J. ROVVLEY. parallel anges with one of said flanges of y f JOHN G. ALBRIGHT.

a' greater length than the other said flanges, Witnesses: n a handle having an enlarged end mounted MAX H. SRoLovrrz, upon said lid, Aand means adapted to secure f KARL H. BUTLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. .0.

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