US134525A

US134525A - Improvement in shoe and leather polishers

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Publication number: US134525A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1873-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 1890-01-07

Description

1. DAY.

Shoe and Leather Polishers.

N0.134,525. Patentedlan.7,1873.

I lam cuter.

JOHN DAY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE AND LEATHER POLISHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. h34l,525, dated January 7, 1873 application filed June 30, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DAY, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Devices for Blacking Shoes or for Lubricating Leather, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to a device for containing and distributing lubricating material or substances for cleaning, coloring, polishing, or staining leather. It consists, first, of a device for applying blacking, &c., to leather, which is composed of a plunger secured to a handle, said plunger Working in a receptacle containing the blacking or other polish or lubricant, which is provided with a detachable perforated bottom, through which the plunger presses the substance. Sockets are provided on the upper part of the plunger, in which brushes are secured for cleaning the leather and more thoroughly distributing the blacking, &c., over the leather.

This device, of course, can be used for purposes other than just mentioned.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, the figure is a central vertical section through a device for applying blackin g, &c., to leather, &c. The figure at Z is a side elevation of the detachable perforated bottom.

In the figure, the letter A designates a handle secured ina socket on the plunger. Plates B, U, and O are joined together at 1 and 2 to form a plunger. 3 and 4 are sockets, attached to the plunger, in which brushes are fastened. D is a lubricant receptacle, so at tached to the plunger by flanges, ears, or bentover edges 9, that said plunger may freely move therein. When the device is not in use, a lid or cover, 5 5, is placed over the receptacle D, as shown. E is the detachable perforated bottom, shown in the figure at Z, which is to be applied to the receptacle D when the de vice is to be used.

The operation of my invention is as follows: If blacking, polish, or lubricant is to be applied-say to leather, made up into shoes, harness, &c., or in the piece-the lid 5 is removed, and the substance oi material is placed in the receptacle D, and the bottom E is then placed over the part D instead of lid 5.. The device is then placed on the leather, and the plunger pressed down upon the contents of receptacle D, when a portion will be forced through the perforations in bottom E onto the leather. The substance thus deposited is then distributed, and, if desired, rubbed into the leather by means of one of the brushes in sockets 3 4.

if the material or substance is thin or liquid,

a piece of cloth, 850., may be secured over the perforations in bottom E, so that it shall not waste nor be discharged by the descent of the plunger in too great quantities.

This device may also be used for applying cleaning, coloring, staining, polishing. or lubricating substances to articles of metal, glass, stone, 850., and is a very handy, efficient, and economical means for so doing.

What I claim is- 1. .The lubricator herein described, consistin g of the combination of a receptacle for lubricant, 860., perforated bottom, and plunger, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the handle A, plunger B O, constructed as described, receptacle D, perforated bottom E, and sockets 3 4, and brushes, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JOHN DAY.

Witnesses:

STEPHE E. CORNELL, J. M. OONNER.