US1213977A

US1213977A - Wall-paper protector.

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Publication number: US1213977A
Application number: US10338116A
Authority: US
Inventors: William S Thompson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-06-13
Filing date: 1916-06-13
Publication date: 1917-01-30
Anticipated expiration: 1934-01-30

Description

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

W. S. THOMPSON.

WALL PAPER PROTECTOR.

APPUCATION FELED JUNE 13, I916.

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WILLIAIVI S. THOMPSON, 0F SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA.

WALL-PAPER PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3%, 191?.

Application filed J um: 13, 1916. Serial No. 103,381.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. THOMP- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing a Sinking Spring, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall-Paper Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for protecting wall paper or delicate surfaces of like kind, in close proximity to surfaces that are to be cleansed, as for instance, in washing or wiping the base board, door frames, and other wood work in the interior of a building in which the wall surface is covered with paper or tinted.

It is evident that when the surfaces to be cleansed are treated without some care, the wall paper or other surface along the edges of the wood to be cleansed, is often badly soiled by contact therewith of the wet and soiled cloth.

It is my object in the present instance, to provide a device by the use of which the wood work may be washed directly up to the point where it meets the papered surface of the wall, and that this washing need not be done carefully but in the usual manner, and the paper surface will be protected from contact with the cloth.

The invention consists of a flat plate, preferably of light metal, provided with a suitable guard and also provided with one or more open spaces where the cloth may be presented to the surface to be cleansed While at all times the paper, or point to be protected, will be covered by the plate at the point adjacent that occupied by the cleansing cloth, and as the cloth and plate are moved along the surface, the wood work is properly washed while the paper is thoroughly protected.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The numeral 1 designates the body or main portion of the protector, and consists of a flat plate, preferably of rectangular form,

and having both of its shorter ends set up at right angles to the'base, as indicated at 2.

The numeral 3 designates a handle for conveniently operating the device, mounted between the two up-set ends 2 on a rod 4 pass ing longitudinally through the handle and secured to the end sections 2.

The numeral 5 designates a guard or guide member, also formed integrally with the base plate 1, and set up at right angles to the said base, but located at approximately the center of the one longitudinal edge of the plate, thus leaving an open space 6 between each end of this guard and the upset end pieces 2. Near the upper edge of this guard, I secure a brace 7, the opposite end of which is mounted on the rod 4% and serves to divide the handle 3 into two sections of equal length. The space beneath the handle, and within the confines of the up-set end sections and the guard, will serve to contain the cleaning cloth, which may be held either in the hand that holds the device, or it may be held therein with one hand while the device is moved along the edge of the wood work, with the other hand, with a portion of the cloth always filling one of the spaces 6, by means of which the cleaning is accomplished, while all other portions of the cloth will be kept from contact with the surfaces over which the device is passed.

It is evident that the device may be used either as a right or left hand cleaner, by merely turning it in opposite directions.

The surfaces of the metal plate may be highly polished if desired so that it will move easily over the wall and prevent scratching or marring of the paper.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the character described, comprising a flat plate of metal, rectangular in outline and having its smaller ends bent up at right angles to the base, a rod mounted longitudinally of the plate and between the up-set ends; an upset guard portion on one of the longitudinal edges of the plate and formed integrally therewith, whereby open spaces are formed between the ends of said guard and the upset ends of the plate; a brace attached to said guard and to the said 2. In a device of the character described '7 a flat metal plate of rectangular outline having its shorter ends up-set at right angles to the base; an upset guard portion on one of its longitudinal edges midway of its length, a handle mounted between the'up-set ends and a brace engaging the guard portion at 10 one of its ends and having its opposite end in engagement with said handle. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM S. THOMPSON.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.