US1161145A - Shoe-polishing machine. - Google Patents

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L. MAIRE.

SHOE PoLlsHlNG MAcHmE.

APPLICATION FlLED FEB. 5. |9I4. LL. Patented Nov. 23', 1915.

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Application led February 5, i914.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that l, Louis MAIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bonnots Mill, in the county of @sage and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Shoe-Polishing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates -to shoe polishing machines and has for its primary object to produce a machine which operates automatically upon application of electrical or other suitable power, and preferably when an electric circuit is closed or permitted to be closedby the insertion of a coin. l

Aanother object is to provide a preliminary cleaning element combined with the blackening and polishing elements through means which render them alternately operable; also to combine said last named means with the coin slot in a manner to enforce the manipulationof said means and consequent preliminary use of the cleaning element before the shoes encounter the cleaning and polishing elements.

Another object is to provide sutlicient means for automatically timing the? operation of the blackening and polishing elements.

AWith these and still further objects in view the invention resides in mechanism embodying the essential features of construction and operative relationship pointed out in the subjoined claims, and explained by illustrative embodiment fully set forth in the following description and accompanying drawings; also in certain novel details of construction to be found in said illustrative embodiment and also pointed. out in the claims.

lin said drawings z--Figure l is a front view of a shoe polishing machine constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2

is an end view of the machine seen from the left of Fig. l, showing a part of the elements in dotted linesgFig. 3 is a rear view of the elements as set up in operative relationship with each other and in larger scale, the back of the casing being removed; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4;-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view on the line of Fig. l looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. G is a vertical section on the line 6 6 of Fig. l, looking toward the left; Fig. 4' is a longitudinal section on the line 7 7 of Fig., 5 showing the motor driven Specification of Letters `Patent.

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shaft and thel clutch mechanism in still larger scale; Fig. 8 is a side view of the timing mechanism; F ig. 9 is a vertical section of one of the daubers for the horizontal blackening brush; Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section of one of the blackening containers showing an automatic valve for controlling the flow of the blaclrening; Fig. l1 is a detail View of the timing wheel; Fig. 12 is a vertical elevation of one of the blackening and polishing brushes showing its mounting ona longitudinally reciprocating carriage.

Referring to the drawings iny which like parts are designated by like numerals, l designates a casing having a forwardly pro- )ecting base 2, see particularly Figs. l and 2. T he upright casing l has a downwardly slanting top 3 at its back with an upright looking glass 3a. @n the slanting top 3 and near the left side thereof, see Fig. l, is situated a coin insert Ll constructed with a hinged cover plate or lid 5, and to a small arm of this plate a wire 6 is attached which extends downwardly through the casing 1 and connects with a weight 7 as best shown in Fig. 6. This weight 7 is slidably mounted-,on a switch arm 8 which is rigidly secured to a pivotally mounted levert), the latter being situated on the outside of the casing. rit a suitable angle a chute l0 er? tends downwardly from the coin insert l, sec Fig. 6, and on the upper side of this chute is ,provided a resilient contact point ll and opposite thereto in the bottom of the chute is a fixed contact point 12. A coin of the right size inserted at l will slide down until it rea-ches the two Contact points ll and l2, thus forming a medium for closing the circuit'QO, lll, 951, 92, 93, 94 and motor 35 from a main source whereby the motor 35 will be started.

rlfhe lid 5 may be locked in' its closed position to prevent the polishing brushes being used without the insertion of a proper coin. lllhen the lid 5 is closed. the weight 'i' will, on Iaccount of the slackness of wire 6 slide down toward the free end of the arm 3 and as the weight is made of insulating material, it will prevent any electric contact to be formed between points 8a and lll, point 8a being connected to conductor 93 by means of wire 8b. lllhen. however, the lid 5 has been opened. itwill raise the weight 7 so that whenthe lever 9 in that case is pulled toward the left, see Fig. (l, contact will be made between points 8 and 14e, thus closing circuit 91, 92, 93, 8b, 8a, 14 and again starting the motor, this time, however, without the insertion of any coin. With the latter connection, the motor will now operate a pair of cleaning brushes 13, while in the former connection the internal machinery of the apparatus will be set in motion for pol ishing the shoe. It will be observed.l however, that to operate the machine at all, the lid 5 must be raised because the insulating weight 7 will not permit the contactto be made between points 8ri and 14 to start the motor 35 if lever 9 should be pulled alone. rlhis prevents any tampering with the machine.

Positioned in' the forwardly projecting bottom portion ofthecasing 2 is a series of blackening and polishing brushes 15. These brushes, see Fig. 12, are journaled on vertical shafts 16 in suitable bearings 16d through the intermediary of stud 16t transversely slidable in the bearing piece 17aL the latter being rigidly secured on shaft 17 which is carried to slide longitudinally in uprights 16a provided in the bottom of the casing 1. ln other words, the upright brushes 15 on their shafts 16 are movable both in longitudinal direction with the supporting shafts 17 and transversely to the latter by means of the studs 16t which slide in and out in their bearing pieces 17a, while the shafts 17 always remain at the same distance apart. Toward the lower ends of the shafts 16 for the three brushes on the left side in Fig. 5 are provided pulleys 16b which are constructed' to receive a bielting 84 running over` other pulleys 38 rigidly secured on a common shaft or sleeve 37 turning freely on the motor sha ft 36. rThe belts 84 are all iieX- ible, preferably of so-called rubber belt-rope and suitable guides like the rollers shown at 83 are provided for the belts. The brushes 15 are arranged in pairs with tension springs 15il between movablebearings 16d for each pair of shafts 16, for the purpose of drawing the brushes in each pair'together. The brushes on the right side in Fig. 5 are connected with the brushes on the other side by means of flexible belts' 831l running between guide rollers 83 and over the pulleys 16 for each pair of brushes, these pulleys being sitf uated at the eXtreme lower ends, of shafts 16. These belts 83a maypreferably be crossed in order to make the brushes run oppositely.

19 designates a foot rest provided .in the middle of the machine and running'between its front and rear walls, and 20 designates a pair of opposed levers or jaws having sliding connections to the table 21 by means of a slot 22u and a pin 22, and a spring 22", for drawing the right-hand lever, Fig. 5, toward the rear of themachine. A spring 22c tends 'to draw the left-hand jaw or lever 20 forward. These levers 20 are provided on the outer sides with a series of yokes 23, one yoke for each shaft 16 of the blackening and polishing brushes. A cross bar 21 rests on top of the two levers. This bar is pivoted to one and has a slidable connection with the other of the two levers 20. It has also a longitudinal slot 24a engaging with a fixed pin eX- tending upward from the table 21. It will be obvious that the two springs 22h, 22, cooperate to swing the bar 21 around the central pin 21", thus assisting in closing the jaws or levers 20. A pair of guide blocks 25 are also pivotally mounted at 25n on the table 21 and are drawn together at the rear ends by a tension spring 25", and these blocks having slidable connection at their free ends with the levers 20, are intended to form flexible guides for the two levers 20 and to assist in opening them when they are being moved transversely. These levers 2O are given both a longitudinal movement between the front and rear walls of the machine and also a transverse movement, that is, an opening and closing` movement away from or toward each other. rlhe transverse movement is caused by a lever 26 and spring 62 with the assistance of blocks 25 and spring 25", which lever is pivoted in the casing at 26b and provided at its outer end with a link 26' having an enlarged head rigidly att-ached to one of the yolres 23 for the brush shafts 1'6. A guide 27 extending from the platform 21 is also provided for the enlarged head of link 26. The oscillation of lever 26 is accomplished by means of the cam A19, 53 on the wheel 17 of the timing mechanism as will be more fully described hereinafter. This transverse movement of the brushes 15 and the levers 20 is necessary to enable the brushes 15 to be brought in contact with all points on the surface of the shoe to be polished through the coperation of the parts 152,20, 23, 24 and 26. At the commencement of the operation, the brushes and jaws or levers 20 are in their spread apart or open position for the double purpose of permitting the shoe to enter between the-brushes and for the brushes to receive 'the polish from the daubers 29. This occurs while the head 26c of the lever 26 contacts with the circular part of cam 19. By the slight turning of the cam, this head drops down between its two ends actuated by spring 62 and the brushes 15 are then brought together against the shoe, the jaws 2O closing over the projection 70. It will be noticed that in order to accommodate any size or shape of shoe, the brushes are then permitted a slight movement relative to the jaws 20 so that in case of a broad shoe the shafts 16 of the brushes will be some distance out in the yokes 23, while the jaws 2O are permitted to always close up tightly together, thereby securing a iirm engagement with the projection 70. Not until the end of the polishing of the shoe, are the brushes these daubers are provided arms 30, 30C' on each of the shafts 30b and a suitable connection to rod 31 which is attached to -the double arm st of the timing mechanism. These daubers 29 are equal in number to the upright brushes and a special dauber 29c for the horizontal brush 32, Fig. 9, is also provided in one of the containers 75 and is raised and lowered by means of parallel rods 29a and 291 to which the dauber 29C is journaled, the latter being made to travel parallel to itself between the two positions indicated in this figure, the rod 29EL being fulcrumed at 30a and the rod 29" secured on one of the shafts 30b in firm connection with the crank or arm 30 which arm 3()c has a connection similar to arm 30 with the double arm 54. rlhe crank30C has been omitted at the left of Fig. 5 in order to better illustrate the adjacent mechanism. The valve 68, Fig. 10, is designed to maintain the level of the blackening fluid in the reservoir and is actuated by a float 37;.of either cork or some other light material.

The top polishing brush 32 is suitably mounted to revolve in a reciprocating car* riage 33 and made torotate by means of a belt 78, see Figs. 4 and 5, driven by one of the pulleys 38 on the sleeve 37 fromthe main shaft 36. rlhe carriage 33 with thebrush 32 is caused to reciprocate in a backward and forward direction by means of a crank 34: mounted to oscillate on a shaft 3l, which is carried by uprights 3l" on the blocks 25.

The motor 35 has a shaft 36 with a clutch 81 nearest to the motor, and another clutch 82 at the end of the shaft farthest away from the motor and carried in the casing l. The hollow shaft or sleeve 37 carries a number of pulleys 38 rigidly secured thereon and this sleeve is normally held in connection with the shaft v36 by the clutch 81. lt is normally held in this position bythe slide 39, see Fig. 7, which is drawn toward the left of the figure by spring 39, this slide being provided with recesses registeringwith pulleys n33. Near the end farthest away from the motor of shaft 3G, is provided a loo-se pulley 33. This pulley 38 is kept at a constant distance. from the nearest pulley 38, by means of a fork 79 engaging in a groove in the pulley 33',

permitting these two pulleys to revolve freely relative to each other. A suitable guide wire et() connects the slide 39 with the arm S. lt will be readily understood that by means of this construction.v when the lever 9, Figs. 1, 2, and (l, is pulled toward the operator. that is, toward the left in Fig. (i. the slide 39 being drawn toward the right against spring 39a. see Fig. V7 will draw all the pulleys and the shaft 37 toward the right, opening the clutch 31 and closing the clutch 32 so that only pulley 33 will be revolved by the motor 35 through shaft 36. all pulleys 33 remaining idle. ln this manner the cleaning brushes 13 alone will be driven by the motor 35, while the polishing mechanism driven by pulleys 33 and the brushes 15 will remain inactive. As soon as the operator releases the lever 9, the latter will be returned to its initial position, Figs. 2 and (3. the spring 39" then drawing back the slide 39, and pulleys 37, thus opening clutch 32 and closing clutch 31.

fl. bar 72 slidably mounted under the table 21 has at its forward extremity an upward projection extending through the longitudinal slot G9, on the table, see Figs. l and This projection is intended to engage in the recesses 73 provided in the inner edges of the levers 2() when they are close together. In thisl position the bar 72 and leve-rs 20, together with the brushes 15 are reciprocated in a forward and rearward direction through the mcdium of the pitman (33 connecting the journal -ltl on the bar 72 with the crank Gt of the timing mechanisn'l. In Fig` 5 the levers 20 are shown in their open position and are positively disengaged from the projection 70 ofthe bar 72.

rlhe timing `rechanism has a driving wheel l-fl, see Fig. 3, which meshes with the toothed pinion l2. rigidly secured on the pulley shaft 37 so/that the pulleys 33 and the gear wheels t2 and 41 are always turned simultaneously. lligidly attached to the driving wheel t1 is a gear wheel t3 mounted coaxially therewith, and provided with sidewise projecting pins 43 in addition to its radial teeth, these pins being constructed to engage with the teeth of a spur wheel t4, mounted on the inclined shaft 45 projecting downwardly and terminating with a previously mentioned crank (tl which is rigidly attached to the shaft. Thus it will he seen that directly pulleys 33 are revolved by the motor 3.3. the har 72 will he sinnlitaneously reciprocatial. "lhe main timing gear '-lT. see Figs. 3 and 1l. has a series of radial teeth 43 on one haltI of itsl periphery which are intended to mesh periodically with the radial teeth of the small gear wheel 43, and it has'also a semi-circular [lange Yif) on one side provided with slots or notches 49a and terminating atits inner end with a cam 53. This gear 47 is mounted on a shaft 5() journaled in bearing 51 provided in the casing. The gear wheel 44 has a pin 52 on one side which is constructed to engage in the notches 49a, provided in the flange 49, thereby turning the wheel 47 one notch to every revolution of the wheel 44. As already described, the cam face 53 is constructed to rock lever 26 at certain intervals during the operation of the machine by contacting with the head 26, Fig. 5., of the oscillating lever 26, and thereby opening and closing the jaws or levers 20 and drawing the upright brushes 15 closer together or pushing them farther apart.

The carriage 33 for the Yhorizontal brush 32 is driven forward through the engagement of the crank 34 with the projections 76 at the rear end of the jaws or levers 2O when the latter are in closed position and retracted rearward and the carriage is returned by spring 77 which connects it with the rear wall of the casing 1. rlhe brush 32 receives its rotary motion from one of the pulleys 38 in the hollow shaft or sleeve 37 through an elastic belt 78 carried over pulleys 95, 9G, 97, the last mentioned pulley 97 being mounted in a sliding bearing 98 which is pulled rearwardly by a spring 99 from the rear wall of the casing in order to give the necessary tension to the belt 78 during the reciprocation of the carriage 33. The double arm 54 is rigidly attached to the shaft 50 and rotates with the main timing gear 47 and has driving connection with the daubers 29, 29c through the rod 3l and arms 30, 3()c as already described. rlhe ends of the double arm 54 are beveled and intended to contact with the fingers on the star wheel 55, also mounted to revolve in the bearing 51. Below the star wheel 55 and constructed to engage with only one of its fingers, namely, the longest one 56, is a pawl 57 also mounted to oscillate in the bearing 51. This pawl has a wire 58 attached to it, this wire being guided by a set of rollers 68, see Figs. 3 and (i, and with its other end secured to the resilient contact point l1 so that this point will be raised, thus relieving the coin in the chute whenever the arm 54 turns the star wheel so that its finger 36 pushes the pawl 57 to one side. This will only take place when the operation is completed. By changing the point of attachment of the wire 58 on the pawl 57 a different length of throw may obviously be imparted to the contact point 11. This will therefore con* stitute appropriate means for changing the machine to operate for different coins having different diameters as for instance nickels and dimes. v

Below the double arm 54, and positioned so as to be engaged by the ends of the arm on the latter passing over it, a sweeper 59 is journaled in the bearing 51, and drawn upward by means of a spring 59a, the other end of which is attached to the pawl 57 so as to draw the pawl and the sweeper toward each other. The free end of the sweeper 59 is arcuately bent in such a manner that it will engage on the Linder side of one of the ends of arm 54 to push the arm by at the moment the pin 52 has just passed out of the last notch 49at and preparatory to the first tooth 48 engaging with the small gear wheel 43, The sweeper 59 is moreover provided on its upper face with ratchet teeth 59", which are intended to engage with the end of arm 54 in order to prevent this arm 54, shaft 50 and gear 47 to run backward during the time the pin 52 has just left one notch 49 and is on its way to engage the next. The function of the bell 65 is to give a signal when the polishing operation is completed. for each shoe which requires one revolution of the main gear 47, and it is actuated by a pin 69 on this gear when passing the end of the clapper 66, which, when released will ring the bell as it is being pulled by spring G0.

For every revolution of the toothed wheel 44 its pin 52, engaging with one of the notches 49, will turn the main timing gear 47 forward an amount equal to the pitch of these notches until the gear wheel., having been set by the pin leaving the last of these notches is ultimately turned about half an inch farther, measured on its periphery, by the double arm 54. rThis arm is then timed to be so positioned that the arcuate portion of the sweeper 59 engages with the underside of the end of arm 54 thereby turning the arm the set amount. This is accomplished by means of the tension spring 59 raising the sweeper 59, and the teeth 48 of the wheel 47 has now been brought into mesh with the teeth of pinion 43.

Mounted in. the casing 1 above the brushes l5 is a fan (i1 which is continuously driven during the operation of the polishing brushes by the belt 67 from one of the pulleys 38. rlhe purpose of this fan is the more rapid drying of the polish on the shoe.

rl`he operation of the machine will now be described.

As already mentioned, the machine will not operate unless the lid 5 is raised. As soon as the lid 5 has been unlocked and lifted by the operator, thereby raising the weight 7 and baring the Contact point 8, a customer might have his shoes cleaned by only pulling lever 9 toward the left of F ig. 6. rlhis will make contact between 8n and 14 closing the circuit 91, 92, 93, and starting the motor Simultaneously the switch arm 8 has been lifted, thus pulling the 'wire 40 and drawing the slide 39 and shaft 37 with the pulleys 38 and 38 toward the right in F ig. 7, thereby connecting the clutch 82.

The motor 35 will now revolve the pulley 38 which in turn will start to revolve brushes 13 through the belts 13a and 13b, See Figs. 3 and 5. As there is no timing mechanism for the cleaning brushes 13, thisvoperation might be continued for any length of time as long as the lid 5 remains open. As soon as the shoes have been cleaned, the operator releases the lever 9 which will then return in its original position actuated by spring 39a, wire 40 and switch arm 8, the spring 39a simultaneously returning the slide 39, pulleys 38, 38', shaft 37 into its original position, thus breaking the connection with clutch 82 and rengaging the clutch 81. The position of the timing mechanism at the commencement of operation is as follows 'lhe teeth 48 of gear wheel 47 are in mesh with i the pinion 43. Simultaneously the head 26c of the oscillating lever 26 restson the cylindrical part of cam 49, that is, with the bottom left hand portion of the cam 49 in Fig. 11. ln other words the brushes 15 now stand farthest apart and the jaws 20 are open and disengaged from the projection on'the reciprocating bar 72. Simultaneously the double arm 54 has such a position that it is on the point of raising the daubers 29, 29c by pulling on the rod 31. As soon as a coin of the right dimension has been dropped into the chute 10, it will contact with points 11 and 12 and close the circuit 90, 14, 91 92, 93, 94 from the electrical source and the motor 35 will then be started. As the clutch 81 is now in operation the pulleys 38 will commence to revolve setting the brushes 15 in motion through the intermediary of shafts 16, pulleys 16h, 16c and belts 83 and 84. As the pinion 42 is now also revolved by motor 35 through the hollow sha-ft 37 it will set the timing mechanism in motion, that is, it will continuously revolve gear wheels 41, 43 and 44, as well as crank 64, the latter thus starting the reciprocation of the bar 72, which, however, is now disengaged from the jaws 20 while the pinion 43 starts to turn the main timing gear 47 through its engagement with teeth 48. Directly on startino the turning of the cam 49 the arm 54 will simultaneously commence to revolve with the commencement of the rotation of the brushes which are standing apart. rllhe daubers 29 and 29c will then be raised to apply the necessary polish to all of the brushes. This is accomplished by the suitable positioning of the double arm 54 and its connection with the daubers through parts 31, 30 and 30C. By the time the pinion 43 has reached the last tooth 48 of the gear wheel 47 the daubers have finished applying the polish to the brushes and the oscillating lever 26 stands ready to drop off the cylindrical portion of the cam 49. The first notch 49, that is, the one farthest to the right of Fig. 11, is now in position to be enz gaged by pin 52 when it next comes around. After a slight turning of the cam 49 ,by the pin 52 the head 26c of the oscillating lever 26 will slide ofl1 the cam 49 and thereby cause the jaws and brushes to close. The following turning of the cam is intermittent and comparatively slow until the pin 52 engages with the last notch in the cam. During this time the jaws 2O engage the projection 70 and the brushes 15, as well as the horizontal brush 32 will be moved back and forth in the machine while continuously revolving, but no transverse movement of the brushes other than might be caused by the shape of the shoe when the brushespass back and forth will take place.:- After the completion of one revolution of the main gear 47, the star wheel 55 will only have turned a half revolution as the bevel ends of the double arm 54 have only contacted with two of the fingers on the star wheel. As the star wheel 55 in the beginning of the operation stands in such a position that the finger pointing up-ward in F ig. 8 is situated in the path of one of the ends of the double arm 54, it will be understood that the longest finger 56 could not yet have impinged with the pawl 57, and that this impinging will `only take place after two revolutions of the 47 after one revolution, engages the end of the clapper 66, the bell 65 wi l now ring to signify that one shoe is finished. 0n hearing this signal the customer will be warned to withdraw his polished shoe and place the other one in position while the timing mechanism starts on its second'half of the operation. The pin 52 has by this time reached the last notch 49a on the cam 49 and on leaving this notch, the gear wheel 47 will be turned around slightly by means ofthe arched portion of the sweeper 59, pushing the arm 54 over until, the teeth 48 of main gear 47 engage withpinion 43,- when the` main' gear will be started on its second turn. 0n the completion of the second revolution of the main gear 47 the bell will again ring as already described, andthe star wheel 55 will have completed its full revolution at the end of which the finger 56 will engage with the pawl 57 and turn it toward the right in F ig. 8. As the wire 58 will now raise the contact point 11, the coin will be released, -thereupon rolling down into the receptacle 80. As the circuit has now been broken the motor 35 will stop and all the parts of the machine will rest and be ready for the next operation.

I claim- 1. ln a shoe shining machine, the combination of a. top brush, of a plurality of side brushes mounted on a pair of reciprocating and transversely movable levers, of a driving shaft, reciprocating means actuated by said shaft for reciprocating said levers and side brushes, a suitable timing mechanism having driving connection with said shaftf on .said shaft for directing the power to.

` either the top and side brushes or the auxiliary brushes; said further means comprising a selective clutch mechanism operated by a lever; contact points in the circuit, said lever having mounted thereon means for closing said electric circuit through said contact points to operate the prime mover of the said shaft.

3. In a shoe shining machine having a cleaning brush and a polishing brush, a motor with a shaft and a circuit therefor, a pulley on said shaft for each brush, and driving connection between said brushes and their respective pulleys, a clutch between each pulley and said shaft, means foi` normally holding said clutch for the polishing brush-pulley closed and the other clutch open, a starting lever having a switch for closing the 'circuit when said lever is being turned, and means actuated by said lever for throwing -out said first clutch while throwing in said second clutch to start said cleaning brush.

4. In a shoe shining machine havinga cleaning brush and a polishing brush, a motor with a shaft and a circuit therefor, a pulley on said shaft for each brush, and driving connection between said brushes and their respective pulleys, a clutch between each pulley and said shaft, means for normally holding said clutch for the polishing brush-pulley closed and the other clutch open, a starting lever having a switch for closing the circuit when said lever is being turned, and means actuated by said lever for throwing out said first clutch while throwing in said second clutch to start said.

each pulley and said shaft, means for normally holding said clutch for the polishing brush-pulley closed and the other clutch open, al starting lever having a switch for closing the circuit when said lever is being turned, and means actuated by said lever for throwing out said first clutch while throwing in said second clutch to start said cleaning brush, a locking device for the inachine, said device comprising a bell crank, a sliding piece on said switch, connecting means between said crank and said sliding piece, whereby said sliding piece will be held between the contact points of the switch while said crank is in closed position, but

.removed from said contact points when said crank is in open position.

6. In a shoe shining machine having a -cleaning brush and a polishing brush, a motor with a shaft and a circuit therefor, a pulley on said shaft for cach brush, and driving connection between said brushes and 'their respective pulleys, a clutch between each pulley and said shaft, means for normally holding said clutch forthe polishing brush-pulley closed and the other clutch open, a starting lever having a switch for closing the circuit to operate said cleaning brush, and separate means for closing the circuit to operate said polishing brush, a locking device for making said switch and said circuit closing means inoperative.

7. In a shoe shining machine having a cleaning brush and a polishing brush, a motor with a shaft and a circuit therefor, a pulley on said shaft for each brush and driving connection between said brushes and their respective pulleys, a clutch between each pulley and said shaft, means for normally holding said clutch for the polishingbrush-pulley closed and the other clutch open, a movable bearing for said polishing biush and means for imparting longitudinal motion to said bearing in the machine While the polishing brush is rotated.

8. In a shoe shining machine having a cleaning brush and a polishing brush, a motor with a shaft and a circuit'J therefor, a pulley on said shaft for each brush and driving connection between said brushes and their respective pulleys, a clutch between each pulley and said shaft, means for normally holding said clutch for the polishingbrush-pulley closed and the other clutch open, a movable bearing for said polishing brush and means for imparting transverse motion to said bearing in the machine while the polishing brush is rotated.

9. In a shoe shining machine having a cleaning brush and a polishing brush, a inotor with a shaft and a circuit therefor, a pulley on said shaft for each brush and driving connection between said brushes and their respective pulleys, a clutch between each pulley and said shaft, means for normuy honing Said @nach for the polishingbrush-pulley closed and the other clutch open, said driving connection for the polish-` bearings for the brushes, and means 'for' imparting motion to said-bearings in the machine, said means comprising a tension spring between the bearings, an oscillating lever acting in opposition to said spring, a

cam disk intermittently revolved by said shaft contacting with said lever. i

11. In a shoe shining machine having a pair of polishing brushes, a motor with a shaft and a circuit therefor, a pulley onv said shaft and flexible driving connection between said pulley and said brushes, movable bearings for the brushes, and means for imparting motion to said bearings in the machine, said means comprising a tension spring between the bearings, an oscillating lever acting in opposition to said spring, a cam disk vintermittently revolved by said shaft contacting with said lever, a dauber for each brush, a polish container in which each dauber is normally resting, journals for said daubers and means for raising said daubers to apply polish to said brushes at the time of starting the machine when the brushes are standing apart, said raising means being actuated from said cam disk.

12. In a shoe shining machine having a pair of polishing brushes, a motor with a shaft and a circuit therefor, a pulley on said shaft and flexible driving connection between said pulley and said'brushes, movable bearings for the brushes, and means for imparting motion to said bearings in the machine, said means coinprising a tension spring between the bearings, a pair of movable guide bars for said bearings and a cross connection therefor, an oscillating lever acting in opposition to said spring, a cam disk intermittently revolved by said shaft contacting with said lever, a reciprocating member actuated from said shaft, said member engaging said bars when the bars together with the brushes are close together. rIhe foregoing specification signed at Bonnots Mill, Mo., this fifteenth day of J anuary, 1914.

LOUIS MAIRE.

In presence of two witnesses:

ALEX VERDOT, JOHN IIASLAG.

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