US1110384A - Shoe-polishing apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

W. H. GAGGINS.

SHOE POLISHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1913 1 1 1 0,384, Patented Sefit. 15, 1914.

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WILLIAM H. GAG-GINS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-POLISHING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept. 15,1914.

Application filed February 7, 1913. Serial N 0. 746,690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. GAG- GINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Polishing Apparatus, of which the following is.

a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the. accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means tofacilitate the polishing ofshoes,

and it is intended more especially for home use by those polishingtheir own shoes, although it has features which render its use advantageous by professional shoe polishers.

When one attempts to polish his own shoes, without removing them from the feet, he necessarily assumes an awkwardposition,

cannot easily maintain the'shoe in fixed pois shown in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is a sideview of the apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig.3 isa partial view of Fig. 1, showing the foot rest support; Fig. 4. is a cross-sectional view of the foot rest support; Fig. 5 is a detail rear view of the central roller guides.

The base plate or support a is intended to be secured, preferably by screws, to any suitable wooden platform (not shown). In the center of the base a is an integral upwardly extending socket b in which is confined a ball 0, which is preferably of rubber or other elastic material. To the ball 0 is attached, in any suitable manner, a foot rest (2. For example, a pin 6, having a shoulder e underlying the foot rest, may be riveted to the foot-rest, and inserted and secured within a hole in the ball 0. I

On each side the base-plate a is provided with a pair of orificed ears f actingas bearings for a turnable cloth guide, the chief element of which is the rod or shaft {7 This rod extends forward of the bearings f and on this forward extension is a rotatable sleeve or roller it held from sliding longitudinally by a rear collar '2' fixed to the rod and a front piece j also fixed to the rod and having a projection which, when the guide is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, extends laterally outward. The other part of the rod 9 is bent upward and forward, thence backward, and thence upward in a somewhat forwardly inclined direction.

This last-named upward extension of the rod is provided with a rotatable sleeve or roller 70 similar to the sleeve h, and. is held from longitudinal movement on the rod by fixed collars Z and m, respectively similar to the collars 11 and j, the piece m having a forwardly extending projection;

. Secured beneath the rear of the foot-rest is a plate it having at the sides orificed ears 0 acting as bearings for. the shafts of rollers 79.

In operation the front of the shoe is placed firmly on the foot rest, the heel resting behind, and being pushed against the rear edge of the foot rest, this edge being provided with sharp projections 1' which slightly penetrate the heel and aid in maintaining the foot in fixed relation to the foot rest. It will be understood that the footrest is capable of being, moved at any desired angle, so that theposition of the foot may be changed from time to time without altering the position of the shoe relatively to the foot rest.

. When it is desired to polish the shoe with the cloth, the cloth guides may be swung into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, although it will be more convenient to move them still farther inwardly so that the upper members thereof will rest against the shoe. The position of the guides facilitates the application of the cloth strip, which is slipped under the lower or horizontal member of one guide thence up over the front ofthe shoe and thence down under the lower or horizontal member of the other cloth-guide. The cloth guides are then swung outward so that the upper members assume a horizontal position and rest on the wooden support (not shown). The ends of the cloth may then be grasped by the hands and moved up and down, without interference with the upper members of the guide thereby drawing the cloth back and forth over the front portion of the shoe. The cloth is held from slipping rearward by the front ears f, while it is held from slipping forward by the projections or stops j. Thus the cloth may be manipulated without the necessity of the operator bending over into an awkward position. After the front portion of the shoe is polished, the cloth-guides are again swung up and the cloth strip, by pulling it forwardly, may be readily disengaged from the shoe and cloth guides.

To polish the heel and the rear part of the shoe, the cloth guides being n approximately the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the cloth is passed in front of the upper members and back of the heel, and the ends of the cloth are brought to the rear of the heel and pulled back and forth. The cloth is held from slippin upward by the projections or stops m and is held from slipping downward by the adjacent bends in the rods.

The part of the shoe underneath the instep may be polished by passing the cloth under the rollers p, the ends of the cloth being pulled up and down.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. -A shoe polishing apparatus comprising a foot-rest and a pair of cloth guides one on each side thereof, each cloth guide comprising a lower longitudinally extending cloth-engaging member turnable on its axis and an upper cloth-engaging member fixed relatively to the longitudinally extending member and therefore adapted to be moved into either a lateral position or an upwardly extending position.

2. A shoe polishing apparatus comprising a foot-rest and a pair of cloth guides one on each side thereof, each cloth guide comprising a rod having a lower cloth-engaging portion extending longitudinally andturnable on its axis beyond its rear end bent successively forwardly, rearwardly and upwardly, said upwardly bent portion forming a second cloth-engaging member and being adapted, by the turning of the longitudinally extending portion of the rod, to be moved into a laterally extending position.

3. A shoe polishing apparatus comprisin a foot-rest and a pair of cloth guides one on each side thereof, each cloth guide comprising a lower longitudinally extending rod member turnable on its axis and a second rod member fixed relatively to, and extending from the rear of, the lower rod member and angularly inclined relatively thereto and therefore adapted to be moved into either a lateral position or an upwardly extending position in the turning of the longitudinally extending rod member on its axis.

4. A shoe polishing apparatus comprising a foot-rest and a pair of cloth guides one on each side thereof, each cloth guide comprising a rod having a lower longitudinally extending cloth engaging portion bent beyond its rear end successively forwardly, rearwardly and upwardly, bearings on which the longitudinally extending portion of the rod is turnable on its axis, a roller sleeved on the longitudinally extending portion of the rod, in front of said bearings, a projection on the longitudinally extending portion of the rod in front of said roller, a roller sleeved on the upwardly extending portion of said rod, and a projection on the rod above the last named roller.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on this 5th day of February, 1913.

WILLIAM H. GAGGINS.

Witnesses:

M. M. HAMILTON, E. E. WALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. 0.

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