US1451200A - Floor waxer and polisher - Google Patents

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A. S. BOYLE FLOOR WAXER AND POLISHER Apr. 10, 1923. 1,451,200

Filed Feb. 25, 1922 6H0: new

Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

ALFRED S. BOYLE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FLOOR WAXER AND POLISHEB.

Application filed February 25, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED S. BOYLE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Floor \Vaxer andPolisher, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a floor polishing and waxing device that will not require the operator to exert any appreciable downward pressure upon the handle, but willby its own weight supply sufficient frictional contact with the surface being waxed or polished, so that the operator need apply only the force necessary to propel the device over the surface being treated.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a device of the type referred to, wherein the elements bear such relation that accidental contact of the polisher with furniture will not mar or scratch the furniture.

Another object of my invention is to provide improved means for mounting and detaching waxing and polishing cloths upon the device. I

Another object of my invention is to provide a device for the purpose stated that is simple in construction and assembly.

These and other objects are obtained by means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, parts being broken away, of a device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, on a slightly reduced scale.

The device of my invention comprises a base consisting of a bottom plate 4: having a depression 5 formed in its upper face, the depression being bounded by an upwardly extending flange 6 extending around the bottom plate. A pair of lugs 7 extend upwardly from the depressed top face of the bottom plate, and carry a pin 8 which serves as a pivotal mounting for a handle 9. The pin may be retained in position by any suitable means such as by means of a cotter pin 10. A top plate 11 having substantially the same form as the bottom plate, is adapted to be mounted upon the bottom plate and to fit into the depression 5 in the bottom plate, the top plate being of such size that there Serial No. 539,309.

is but little clearance left between the edges or side walls 12 of the top plate, and the inner walls 13 of the flange 11 of the bottom plate. The top plate has an aperture 15 formed in 1t, through which aperture the lugs 7 extend. The top plate has a depressed upper face 16 bounded by acircumferential flange 17 having inner Walls 18 extending substantially in parallelism, upwardly from the depressed face 16' of the top plate. Bolts 19 are mounted upon the bottom plate and extend through the top plate and nuts 20 mounted on the bolts secure the top plate and bottom plate upon one another. A felt pad 21 1s mounted upon the bottom plate, extends over the entire lower face and side wall thereof, and has its edges disposed upon the depressed face 14 of the bottom plate, said edges being secured between the top plate and bottom plate. A waxing clot-h 22 extends over the felt pad and has its lon gitudinal ends disposed within the depressed portion of the top plate. An arched spring frame 23 is mounted in the depression in the top plate, and has its opposite ends seated in engagement upon the longitudinal ends of the polishing clot-h 22, the tension of the frame serving to bind the ends of the polishlng cloth on the top plate. One of the cross bars 24 of the spring frame has revolubly mounted on it a sleeve 25. This sleeve is adapted to rotate freely, thereby facilitating the mounting and demounting of the frame on the base.

The cloth 22 is fitted about the lower face of the base or block, and extends over the longitudinal ends thereof, the ends of the cloth being secured by the arched spring 23. The waxing compound is inserted between layers of the cloth 22, and then the block is moved over the area to be waxed by means of the handle affixed thereto. The weight of the block will be sufficient, together with the friction developed by the manipulation of the block, to feed the wax through the cloth 22 and to apply it to the area to be treated. After the wax has been applied to the given area, the arched frame is lifted and the cloth containing the wax is removed, and the block then manipulated over the said area, the felt pad polishing the same.

What I claim is:

1. In a floor waxer and Polisher, the combination of a base comprising a top and a bottom plate both of which have depressed upper faces, the top plate being adapted to seat in the depression in the bottom plate, means to secure the plates upon one another, and an arched Wire frame adapted to seat in the depression in the top plate.

2. In a floor waxer and polisher, the combination of a base comprising top and bottom plates. the top plate being adapted to be mounted on the bottom plate, a felt pad mounted on the bottom plate and having its edges secured between the plates, means'to secure the plates upon one another whereby the edges of the felt pad are clamped between the plates, the top plate having a de f pression in its upper face, a fabric strip eX-- lQIlCllIlg from one end of the depression, over the lower face of the felt pad, and terminating at the other end of the depression, and an arched spring frame adapted to be sprung into, and to have its ends held, by the 20 cross bars, means connecting the cross bars,

and a sleeve revolubly mounted on one of the cross bars.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 16th day of Feb, 1922.

ALFRED S. BOYLE.

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