US1310525A - Stovepipe-cleaner - Google Patents

Description

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ATTORNEY LEE FEASIEE, or' FREDERICK, OKLAHOMA.

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Specification of LettersPatent *I Patentd J111y22,`191r9.

Application filed January 11, 19.18.` Serial No. 211,379.

To" all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE FRASIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fred# erick, in the county of Tillman vand State of Oklahoma, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements v in Stovepipe- Cleaners, of which the following is a specification. Y 4 1 This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stove pipe cleaners, and an important object of my invention is to provide a device whereby the scraping element thereof, is held i'n close engagement with the interior wall of the pipe.

Another object of my invention isnto provide a device including ascraping element which operates within a stove pipe for removing soot therefrom, and may be operated by a member Vwhich extends uponthe outside of the pipe. l

Another object of my invention is to yprovide a device of the above mentioned character including means whereby" the scraping element may be removed yfor repairing or replacing the same.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent duringthecourse of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the description andlwherein like numerals are employed for designating like characters throughout the same- Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of the usual stove pipe with my invention applied thereto; and,

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the coupling.

Fig. 1 is an elevation of va modified form of the cleaner handle.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred elnbodiment of my invention the numeral 1 designates the usual stove pipe which is provided with the usual elbow joint 2, in the outer curved surface of which is provided an opening for a purpose which will presently appear.

My improved cleaner consists of an elongated rod 3 adapted to pass and operate through the above named opening, the upper end of which is looped as at 4 to provide a finger grip.

This rod 3 extends down into the section of the pipe 1 and is arranged centrally therein. The lowermost end of thisrod 3 is bent atsubstantially right angles, outwardly, to `form the upper horizontal portion 5, and is then curved outwardly and downwardly as at 6, then inwardly to form the horizontal portion 7. By bending the rod in thev manner set forth, it will be seen that the portion 6is adapted to snugly engage th'e interior wall of theA pipe at one point only on-the inner periphery of the pipe. This goose neck also possesses a resiliency fora purpose which will presently appear. The free end of thevhorizontal portion 7 extends past the center of the pipe 1 and is then curved upwardly as at 8 a substantial distance above the upper horizontal portion 5; The .free end of the portion 8 is adapted 4to be arranged` a substantial distance from the: wall of the interior of the pipe, but owing to its resilient character, normally tends to engage with the interior wall@ TheV free end of the portion 8 is threaded, as more clearly indicated by the numeral 9 of Fig. 1, and is adapted to receive the: raking or Vcleaning element 10.

This cleaning element is provided with a substantially semi-circumferential outer edge 11 which is substantially cut from a circular piece of metal having substantially the same radius as that of the interior of the stove pipe. The inner marginal edge 12 is curved outwardly toward the outer circumference of the raking element at both ends to form the pointed terminals 13 of the scraping element. Nuts 14 are adapted to be received on the threaded ends 9 of the curved portion S and are adapted to clamp against the opposite faces of the scraping element. By the resiliency o-f the goose neck it will be readily 4 recognized that rthe outer marginal edge of the scraping element is brought into close engagement with the interior wall of the stove pipe.

The rod 4f5 and the goose neck may be formed from a single strand of resilient wire or they may be formed in two separate sections, each section having a looped end adapted to be received in the channel iron coupling 15 and secured therein by means of bolts v16.

In use, when it is desired to remove the soot from fthe inner wall of the stove pipe, the rod 3 is turned so that the scraping element is in a position so that the outer marginal edge engages the upper interior surface of the horizontal stove pipe. The rod .of the pipe until the outerrperiphery of the scraping element engages the assumed lower side of the pipe. The loop 4 is then grasped and moved outwardly so that the rod .3 moves the cleaning element toward the stove, and rakes with it the soot which has been cleaned from the upper interior surface of the pipe together with that which has veollected upon the lower interior surface. The.

pointed ends 13 of the scraping element will facilitate said element being readily turned in the pipe and to out through the soot which has collected upon thelower interior surface.

'It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to 'betaken as a preferred embodiment of the same and that various changes in the sha-pe, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the seo-pe of the sub-joined claims.

I claim:

l. A stove pipe cleaner including a handle provided with Va spring member engaging l.,

the inner wall of a pipe at one point on its periphery, and a scraping element carried by said spring member and retained in close engagement with the interior wall of the pipe by said spring member engaging the opposite side of the pipe.

2. A stove pipe cleaner including a wire handle, said handle having its lower end bent outwardlly to form a spring member engaging the inner wall of a pipe, and a semi-creumferential plate secured to the free end of the spring member and retained in close engagement with the interior wall of a pipe-by said member engaging the opposite side of the pipe.

3. A stove pipe cleaner including a resilient handle, the end of said handle being bent to Vform a spring member to yieldingly engage the inner periphery of the pipe at one point only and bent toward the opposite side of the pipe to be arranged in close proximity with said side, and a scraping element carried by said end and yieldingly retained in close engagement with said pipe by said spring member engaging the opposite side of the pipe. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE FRASIER.

l/Vitnesses E. F. WooDING,

ALEX BENGE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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