US1055918A - Window-cleaner. - Google Patents

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Wi JONES.

WINDOW CLEA APPLICATION FILED APRA, wm, RLNEWBD JA NER.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

@Ho/anni uf lglass.

UNITED "STATES PATENT oFFicE.

WALTER JONES, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-CLEANER.

application med April 4, i912, sr'iai No. 381467.`

'/'u nl( whom, 'it may concern.

Be it. known that l, liVAi/rnn JONES, a. citizen ofl theI United Stat-es, residiu sonhurst, in the horpugh of Broiiiilynj, city of New York, State of New York, have invented new and' useful Improvementsl in Wiiidow-Cleaners, of which the following i9 a specification.

My invention relates to devices for clean-v ing wiiiduws, and more particularly to devices adapted for use iii connect-ion with the outlook windows of electric ears, locomotive ealis. autoiiioliiles, and the like, and has for its ohjeet certain improvements iu that class ol' sueli devices as are adapted to clean both sides of the glass, as will he hereinafter more particularly described and claimed, refei'euee heiu;r had to `the A:ieeoiupauyingr ilra'\\'ii`i; iu whieh:

Figure l is :i t'roiit oleriitiou of i glass with my iiiiproreil device attached thereto.v ["ig. L is :i eentral rertii-al `sectional view o my iiuprored deriee shown applied to :i pane Fig. 2' is a detail lwrspectire view -iiteiI meuilier, the parts thereofl beingslii'nwiiffseparated. Fig'. -I is a-.siiiiilar View of the inner iiieinher.

Similar iiiunerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views. lu the said drawiir;r the relereiiee numeral l denotes the glass wi'udow pane tofwliieh the deriee is to lie attached. :ind the huh of the outer 'uie'uilieig wliiilihas foriiiei-l iutegrail)1 tlierenith :in arm El hereinafter spe eitically described. 'lille inner iiieiiilier coinf prises a linli -lto which is integrally :ittaelii-d :iu ariii 5 :uid .said l'iuh has projecting therefrom a squared shaft t' adapted to enter :i siiiii'larly shaped aperture i in liiih 2. Said huh ..t is apertured at its outer eut'l to receive :i .screw S wliieli is adapted tolxeligag@ :i threaded opening?r il in the outer end of shaft t to adjustalily.draw the hubs il :ind 4 together. 2

'lhe :irui il ol' huh 2 is :formed with :i deep longitudinal groove ltl (iii its inner face, :ind at. the lower endlol' said groove is piroteil :itll :i rod 3. 'llie sides of .said groove at. their upper eudis are. eut away :it l-i to leave, :ii-i. outer tongue l-'l` to which 'is pivoted n loop or hail if. which is adapted to engage ithe upper end irl' rod l2 lo detaelialili-V loelt the salue iu groove l0. 'lo form the Serapiiig surfaee o't the, arm 5l provide a strip of niateriallot, prefer'ahly ruhher, which is Specificaigionof Lef-'ters Patent.

`suitable knob 18, which folded centrally and longitudinally and in- Iat'ented Minn-1 1, 1921-3.' Rei'iewed Jan-ary '1, 1913. senaiNa. 740,693.

sertedI in said groove 10 in arm 3, where it, is removably retained by the rod l2 and loop or bail 'lfffwith itsfloigitudinal edges projecting. e v

Tliera'rin 5 of th inner member is pro vided on its face iii'djacent the glass. to be cleaned with a sheet or covering 17 of suit'VF able cleaningr material,- sueh asfelt, and :it-

its upper infiel` end liasattnehed thereto a. may be 'grasped to operate the device. A

It will be observed thatI the hub Q of the outer nieniher projects Somewhat inside of the arin 3 thereof and-is circular in cross section. To assemble the device said portion ofthe hub i! is inserted 'from the outside into a c ireular aperture formed in the glass 1, the squared shaft-(Lof. the inner member is then inserted in the aperture? in the hub 2,' and the `screw 8 engaged with the threaded ope-ningv t) therein to adjnstably draw vthe outer and inner ineinhcrs together .onopposite sides of thc glaas 1 until *the` Sheet or covering?r 1i' of :irln 5 cout-'acts 'with the inner face. of the gli'iss'l, and the folded-and reiiioiahly retained strip.. 16 of arnif similarly contacts with the, outerfiface of said glass.

lly rioiv--ni'aiiipainting-said device, through Athe saine.

By reason of the ability to adjustr the hubs -2 and :t toward each other through the adjustment of screw 8 in the shaft @the device is adapted for use with \\'1i'id'i\\"paiie$ of varyingr thicknesses and without. other rctainingr means. the folded strip lt'i and theslieet li' ou the arms l :ind 5 affording a yieldingontact with the. opposite faces 01 the. window pane which will also regulate the frietional Contact. therewith.

lf desired. the. huls and it may be. reversed, so that the. adjusftiurgr screw S may he disposed -oii the inside of the window pane.

Having thus described my inveut1iou.whatJ l claim as new and desire to :secure 'ny Tietters latent is:

l. A window cleaner,` comprising a huh adapted to pass through :i circular aperture iu the window paiieaud rotatable tliei'eiu in contact therewith` :i seeuiiil huh. :iu angular shal'tA ou'said latter huh adalileil to enter a similarly shaped iperture liii said lii'si' meu t-ioned hul) to eoiiiieel said lizilis iiieaus eugagirig said shaft through said Erst mentioned hubtto draw seid hubs together, an arm on one of said hubs, and a scraping surface carried by said afin adapted to Coptact'with .611e face ofthe windowjrpaf and 'to engage the 'same endto be 'regulated in its rietioial' `.contact therewithghy lthe ad-Y justmcnt. of said hubs.'

adept-ed to, hedispsed onopposite sides ,of a Windowfpavne to be cleaned, alhub on one arm adaptedfV to,2 pass through a circular Aaperture-1h the winfdowfpaneand rotatable *other a1 '1n,.;anzmigular Vshft on Said hub adapted-to agiter a' Similarly shaped aperture in'said Afirst rheiitioned 'huh to connect said hubs, a screw' engaging--fsaidshaft through said first mentinedfhub to draw said hubs Y together, and yieldhg scrapino 'surfaces ori said arms adapted to Contact with" the oppo- "site faces of the'window l:m and to engage witnesses.

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