US1261316A - Shoe-blacking machine. - Google Patents

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E. E. TALIAFERRO. SHOE BLACKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. I4, 1914, RENEWED AUG. 21. 1917.

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SHOE BLACKING MACHINE, APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14. 1914. RENEWED AUG. 27. 1911.

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Application filed March 14, 1914:, Serial No. 824,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. TALIA- rnRRo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Blacking Machines; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention relates to machines for polishing shoes and is especially applicable to the types of machines illustrated in my prior Patent No. 900,448, and in my copending application Serial No. 818,995, filed February 16, 1914, the objects of the invention being to provide an improvedcombination and arrangement of the cleaning, polish applying and polishing brushes, whereby the operation may be more satisfactory and effective and whereby the operating mechanism may be simplified and the cost of the same materially reduced.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, all as will be hereinafter described and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying draw- 111 3,-

lligure 1 is a perspective view of the operating parts of a shoe polishing machine embodying the present improvements, certain of the parts being omitted and parts of the framework broken away to disclose underlying parts relating more particularly to the features of the present improvement.

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional elevation from a point of view at the right hand side of Fig. 1, of the mechanism for supporting and operating the toe brush shaft.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional plan view showing the control cam and connections for oscillating the toe brush shaft to cause the traverse of the brush across the shoe being polished and to carry the same out of a path where it would interfere with the slde cleaning and polishing brushes.

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation. of thecarrier and brushes, showing the driving connections for the same. t

Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of saiddriving connections. 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918. Renewed August 27, 1917. Serial No. 188,491.

Like letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

The machine illustrated, embodies in its construction certain parts which are common to the machine of the prior application, that is to say, it embodies three rotary side cleaning and polishing brushes A and A mounted respectively on arms B to swing toward and from a support G on which the shoe is placed during the cleaning and polishing operations. The arms B are pivotally mounted on a suitable carrier D whereby they are adapted to be rotated around the shoe rest and rotation is imparted to each brush through a chain of driving mechanism embodying a large gear wheel E, a pinion e, pulley a driven by the pinion and belt 0 extending from the pulley e to a pulley on the brush shaft. The carrier D is rotated by being mounted on the upper end of a tubular support, which support is keyed to a worm wheel F driven by a Worm F and itself receiving motion through a train of gears F from a main shaft G. The shaft Gr also imparts rotation to the gear wheel E and serves as the means whereby the coordination of the movements of the cleaning and polishing wheels is secured. Thebrush A is adapted to form a dauber by means of which blacking is applied to the shoe, and to supply the brush with blacking orpolish of any suitable character, a polish receptacle H is mounted on the arm of the brush A with its discharge duct leading into proximity to the brush, all as described in the before mentioned application.

In accordance with the present invention a rotary toe brush I is provided for cleaning, applying polish and polishing the toe portion of the shoe, which toe brush is mounted to rotate in a vertical plane and is capable of movement across the toe of the shoe and out of a path where it will confiict with the side cleaning and polishing brushes, as the latter pass the same.

The rotary toe brush indicated by the reference letter I is mounted on the forward end of a substantially horizontal shaft 2', said shaft being in turn journaled in widely separated bearings in a frame K pivotally mounted on the upper end of an oscillatory frame L. The pivotal connection between the frames K and L is suchthatthe toe brush may swing vertically with relation to the shoe on the axis connecting the two frames and this movement is preferably limited by adjustable stops formed, for example, i

by the set screws 70,, and it is normally held with a yielding pressure so as to engage the upper surface of the shoe. In the preferred construction, a relatively heavy spring 1s put under tension between the rear end of the frame K and the frame L, tending to hold the toe brush up away from the shoe, and a relatively light spring is interposed between the front end of the frame K and the frame L, said spring being indicated at 10 and being adjustable, whereby its tension may be adjusted to hold the brush down with a light pressure, suflicient to perform the functions of cleaning and polishing the shoe and'without exerting a pressure which would prevent the user of the machine from elevating the brush and withdrawing the foot at any moment he should desire to do so.

The adjustment of the spring 70 is con veniently effected by providing a series of openings 70 in the frame K, in any one of which the end of the spring 70 may be socured and its tension correspondingly increased or decreased as the case may be.

The oscillatory frame L is preferably j ournaled at its lower end on an extension of the main operating shaft G, the lower end of said frame L being bifurcated to form armslbetween which a driving pulley M is mounted on the shaft and from which motion is imparted through a suitable belt to a second pulley M on the toe brush shaft 7;, the arrangement being such that rotary mo tion will be imparted to the toe brush regardless of the position of the frame L about the main shaft and practically regardless of the position of the frame K on the frame L, inasmuch as the center about which the frame K pivots is located immediately below the pulley M, and in such proximity thereto that the belt will be retained in the grooves of the pulley even though the frame K should be swung on its pivot to the limit of its movement in either direction. WVith the arrangement described, it is obvious that the toe brush may be swung laterally from one side to the other across the toe of the shoe, for example, as indicated by the dotted are shown in Fig. 2, and such movement may be controlled so as to periodically oscillate the toe brush back and forth over the shoe and so as to either dodge the side polishing brushes or to meet the same more or less as the oc :asion may demand, for completely polishing the shoe at every point, or for taking polish either from the dauber or directly from the discharge duct of the polish holder, as the latter travels beneath the toe brush.

In the preferred operation the toe brush is adapted to receive olish from the polish holder and to thereafter make a couple of quick passes across the shoe so as to distribute the polish and then to rotate a number of times while slowly traversing the shoe so as to effectually rub the polish into and give the shoe the desired finish.

For controlling the toe brush in the man ner stated it is preferred to provide the tubular support for the side polishing brush spider or carrier with a control cam which is illustrated at N in Fig. 8. With this arrangement the control cam N is moved in exact accord with the bodily rotation of the side polishing brushes around the shoe support and through proper connections it will control the oscillations of the toe brush, so that the movements will be timed to accord with the movements of the side polishing brushes whereby conflict between the brushes will be avoided. Conveniently, the control cam N cooperates with a lever O pivotally mounted on the base of the machine and connected by a rod 0 with the downwardly extending arm of a bell crank lever P, the other arm of which lever is connected through a universal joint connection 79 with a laterally extending arm M of the frame L. As shown in Fig. 3, the cam'exerts a pressure against the arm 0 which pressure is transmitted through the connecting rod 0, but it is obvious that should it be desired to transmit the movement by tension of the rod 0, the lever 0 would have to be transferred to the opposite side of the cam. Such change, however, being obvious, illustration of the same, is not deemed to be necessary.

The lever O is held against the cam N by a spring which is preferably connected to the frame L and to one of the side frames of the motor support, as shown at R, in Fig. 2. The rotation of the toe brush is in the direction indicated by the arrow in said figure.

Thus both the movement of the brush in con-' tact with the shoe and the spring tend to swing the frame and toe brush to the right in Fig, 2, and both tendencies must be overcome by the cam in swinging the parts in opposite direction. The spring, of course, may be a comparatively light one, inasmuch as it has little work to do and the movement of the brush should be made as soft and easy as possible, so as to avoid any ap1 earance of resistance to the free withdrawal of the foot should the user, not understanding the operation of the machine, attempt to withdraw the foot during the cleaning and polishing operation.

In operation, the side polishing brushes are rotated at high speed on their individu axes and at the same time travel around the shoe support so as to effectually polish the sides, sole and heel of the shoe. One of said brushes, as heretofore, is conveniently located at a somewhat higher level than the other two, and one of the brushes serves as a dauber for distributing blacking at intervals during its travel around the shoe' "The toe brush is also rotated on its own axis at a ished.

relatively high speed, and it is made to travel or oscillate back and forth across the shoe to polish the upper surface of the same, and its oscillating movements are timed and made of proper extent to avoid disastrous conflict with the side polishing brushes by properly shaping the control cam. The normal bodily movements of thetoe brush are such that all parts of the upper surface of the shoe not reached by the side polishing brushes will be effectually cleaned and pol- The toe brush is held down on the surface of the shoe by a light elastic pressure, due to the slightly overbalancing effect of the light spring before referred to, and it is capable of being tipped up by the user should the shoe be withdrawn in an upward or diagonally upward direction, without offering any material resistance to such withdrawal.

The motor for operating the whole mechanism is preferably located on the upper portion of the motor supporting frames S, and inasmuch as the driving connections between the motor and the main shaft Gr form no part of the present invention, description of the same is deemed to be unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination with a shoe support, of a toe polishing brush mounted on a substantially horizontal axis and movable toward and from the support, of an oscillatory carrier for said toe polishing brush mounted on a substantially horizontal axis to swing in a substantially vertical plane, means for rotating the toe brush on its axis, and means for oscillating the carrier and toe brush about the axis of the carrier, whereby the toe brush will be caused to move laterally back and forth across the toe of the shoe being polished.

2. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination with a shoe support, of a rotary toe brush, a substantially horizontal shaft on which said toe brush is mounted, a supporting frame for said shaft mounted on a substantially horizontal axis to oscillate transversely of the toe brush shaft, means for rotating said toe brush, and means for oscillating the supporting frame.

8. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination with a shoe support, of a rotary toe polishing brush, a substantially horizontal shaft on which said brush is mounted, a yielding frame on which said shaft is journaled, and an oscillatory supporting frame in which the yielding frame is mounted, means for rotating the toe brush, and means for oscillating the frames and brush, to ef- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the feet a traverse of the toe brush laterally acrossthertoe of the shoe being polished.

l. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination with a, shoe support, of a toe polishing brush mounted on a horizontal axis and movable laterally with respect to said support, an oscillatory frame in which the toe brush is journaled, a driving shaft on which the frame is mounted to oscillate, and a power transmitting connection intermediate said shaft and toe brush for rotating the toe brush on its individual axis.

5. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination with the shoe support, of a rotary toe polishing brush yieldingly supported to move vertically toward and from the support, an oscillatory frame on which the toe brush is so supported, means for oscillating said frame laterally with respect to the support, and means for rotating the toe brush.

6. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination with a shoe support, rotary side brushes movable toward and from and around the support, a vertically movable rotary toe brush located in a plane above the side polishing brushes, a laterally movable oscillatory frame on which the toe brush is mounted, a rotary cam and controlling connections intermediate said cam and oscillatory frame for periodically oscillat ing the toe brush during the movements of the side polishing brushes around the shoe support.

7. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination with a shoe support, of a rota toe brush mounted on a substantially horizontal shaft, a pivoted frame upon which said shaft is journaled, whereby the toe brush may be moved vertically toward and from the support, springs for holding said pivoted frame yieldingly in position, a laterally movable frame in which the pivoted frame is mounted, and means for moving said laterally movable frame periodically to cause the lateral movement of the toe brush back and forth across the toe of the shoe being polished.

8. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination with a shoe support and rotary toe brush located above the same, of a shaft on which the toe brush is mounted in a substantially horizontal position, a laterally movable frame in which said shaft is journaled, means for swinging the frame periodically to effect a lateral traverse of the toe brush across the toe of the shoe being polished, and means for rotating the brush.

EDWARD E. TALIAFERRO.

Witnesses:

BERNARD KoRN, H. D. GRAHAM.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, It 0.

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