US1357641A

US1357641A - Shoe-cleaner

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Publication number: US1357641A
Application number: US379565A
Authority: US
Inventors: Korcek Dominik
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-05-07
Filing date: 1920-05-07
Publication date: 1920-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 1937-11-02

Description

D. KORCEK.

SHOE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYY, 1920.

Patented Nov. 2; 1920.

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DOMINIK KORCEK, OF ELLSHORTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SI-IOE- CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed May 2, 1920. Serial No. 379,565.

1 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DOMINIK. Kononn, a citizen of Czecho-Slovakia, residing at Ellsworth, in the county of iVashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoc- Cleaners, or which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device for easily and quickly cleaning a persons shoe when positioned upon the foot without requiring the use of the hands in performing the opera tion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cleaner for yieldingly engaging a shoe when moved about within the device whereby dirt and foreign matter is easily and quickly removed therefrom, the structure possessing great strength and being easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

A. still further object of the invention is the provision of a conveniently positioned device for cleaning and polishing shoes whereby a person may simultaneously clean and polish a shoe upon his Foot by placing his foot into the device positioned upon the floor,

Nith these general objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in connection with the ac-- companyine drawing and in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevational view of the dcvice partly shown in section,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Fi e: 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken upon line HI IH oi Fin. 1,

4- is an end elevation of the device,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal longitudinal Scctional view taken upon line VV of 1, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the brush members detached.

Referring; more in detail to the drawing, my invention comprises a base or plate 10 adapted to be rigidly secured to the floor at a convenient point for use, a substantially ll hag" l brush it being iincunted l 2w 1, p 13? eslightly inclined with respect to the base for readily receiving the sole portion of a shoe for cleaning by means of the bristles 13.

An arch consisting of two parts lei and 15 is mounted upon the base plate 10 with the portion or section 1 1 constituting one-half of the arch formed integral with the base 10 while the companion arch section 15 is pivoted as 16 to the upwardly projecting por tion 1? oi the base. The inner end or face 18 of the section 15 is normally held in con-- tact with the adj accnt upper end 19 of the section 14; by springs 20 within a recess .21 of the projection 17 and bearing against one end of said recess and a depending flange 22 at the lower extremity of the section 15. A scraper 27 triangular in cross section connects the projection 17 with the arch section 14!. and has a sharpened scraping upper edge 28 beneath the arch, the lower edge of the scraper being cut away as at 29 arliordingclearance for dirt when the base 10 ispositioned upon the floor.

A brush 30 is horizontally positioned beneath the arch connecting projection 17 with the opposite base portion of the arch section 1 5i at the opposite site of the arch from the scraper 27 for convenience in engaging the lower portion of a shoe, from which the rougher dirt has been removed by the scraper edge 28. Each of the arch sections 14% and 15 has an inwardly opening" chamber 31 upon its concaved face for receiving an arcuate brush 32 with the curved bristle portion 33 thereof depending beneath the arch so that a substantially semi-circular cleaning and polishing means is normally presented for contacting the upper portion of a shoe when moved inwardly beneath the arch.

The brushes 32 are yieldingly mounted within the chambers 31 by means of screws 84- hinged at their inner ends to lugs upon the backs of the brushes 32, the said screws projecting through perforations 36 in the arches 141 and 15 with springs" 37 around the screws and bearing upon said brushes 32. Nuts 38 threaded upon the screws 34- outwardly of the

arch sections

14 and 15 are adapted "for adjusting the brushes 32 in the desired position, it being understood that pressure exerted upon the V 3 fcrces the brushes 32 outwardly the section 15 swings upon its pivot 16 accommodating the movements of the shoe within the arch.

The operation of the invention will be understood from this detaileddescription thereof, a person standing near the device will position his foot over the brush and scraper 27 beneath the arch 14! 15" and against the edge 28 of the scraper27 and over the horizontal brush 30. The yieldable mounting of the brushes 32 affords-soft and resilient contact for the shoe, and the 7 shoe may be removed by upwardly moving the same against the section 15 swinging the latter upon its pivot 16 permitting the shoe to pass upwardly through the arch between the ends 18 and 19 of the arch sec brushes carried inwardl of the parts of the arch and a horizontal brush beneath the arch.

2. A shoe cleaner comprising a base, an arch section mounted thereon, a secondarch section pivoted to the base adapted for normal engagement with its free end against the free end of the first named section at the top of the device, and resiliently mounted arcuate brushes adjustably carried inwardly of the arch sections.

8. A shoe cleaner comprising a base, an arch section mounted thereon, a second arch section pivoted to the base adapted for normal engagement with its free end against the free end of the first named section at the top of the device, resiliently mounted arcuate brushes adjustably carried inwardly of the arch sections, normal positioning springs for the pivoted section, and a horizontal brush and scraper carried by the base beneath the arcuate brushes.-

4. A shoe cleaner comprising a base, an arch mounted thereon comprising two sections, one of said sections being permanently united with the base and the other I pivoted to. the base, resilient means engaging the pivoted section adapted for maintaining the sections in contact with each other with the arch closed, and resiliently mounted arcuate brushes upon the inner faces of the arch members.

A shoe cleaner comprising a base, an arch mounted thereon comprising two sections, one of said sections being permanently united withthe base and the other pivoted to the base, resilient means engaging the pivoted section adapted for maintaining the sectionsin contact with each other with the arch closed, the arch sections having chambers in their inner faces, arcuate brushes adjustably positioned with in said chambers with the bristle portions thereof projecting inwardly of the arch, and adjustable resilient connections bo tween said brushes and the arch sections.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

7 D-OMINIK KOR-CEK.