US1520690A - Shoe-polishing box - Google Patents

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C.H.BOYLE SHOE POLISHING BOX Filed May 17. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 30, 1 2 1,520,690 C. H. BOYLE SHOE POLISHING BOX Filed May 17, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i atentecl Dec. 30, 1924.

crmnnns BOYLE, on NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

snon-rotrsrfiife :B'oX.

A plication filed may 17,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. B'oYLE, a citizen of the United States, residin -n1 the city of New Haven, county of hew Haven, and State of Connecticut, have mvented certain new and useful ln'lpim ements in ShOB-POliSl'llIlg Boxes, oi ii hic'h the following is a specification, reierence being had to the accompa'i'i'ying drawings, illustrative of one particular embodiment of my invention.

This invention relates to a shoe polishing box, which is a box: cpntainin'g complete equi 'iment for polishing shoes and storing the required Implementsa'nd material. In particular, this inveiitio'n' serves to provide a compact blackjing box with a suitable toot-rest and polishing equipment with implements and material conveniently and in every way advantageously housed so that upon opening the me'mberformmg the cover of the boX the coni'leni'ei'ice of the operator is at onceaccommodated with all tools and material immediately and con veniently accessible for the operation of polishing a shoe. It provides an ilThlQlG of this character particularly adapted to be detachably or permanently secured to a vertical member, such as a wall, door-post or other solid object, and thereby provide rigidity for operation as" well as the accommodation of the device in the most convenient place available, and at the same tlme be inconspicuous and when out of us'e a housed casing completely enclosing any objectionable implements or parts. I

One embodiment of my invention-lsshown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a perspective view showing the polishing box open, with a leg in position for polishing. 1 I

Figure II is side elevation of the box closed, with the open position shown in dotted lines. 7 w, v

Figure III is front elevation of the hex closed. I p

The box back 1 has near its bottom a hinge 2 with a stationaiystrap 3 passing around the back' of the box and a strap 4; fastened to the drop member 5, the heel (3 of which swings into supporting contact at the lower end! of the backboard 1 providing auniform support in a horizontal position of the member 5. The member 5 has the two pockets 7 adjacent toits hinged end and acentral extension 8 forming a 1921. Serial at; 470,423.

toot-rest, adjacent to which on either side polishing strap guides 9 roject from the box 5 at a lower level than the toot-resaso that the polishing straps may be put under these side bars or guides 9 with the middle looped over the shoe on the shoe support 8, therefore providing for operation by pulling either end of the polishing strap up wards so as to avoid the necessity of stooping' low to manipulate the polishing strap.

Sides 10' rigidly secured to" the box back 1 have a hired re-entrant cover margin 11 which is positioned nearly flush with the periphery of the foot re'st when the latter is in closed position, thereby making a footrest and a hinged box ortions provide a complete closure for the entire box and contained implements and parts.

011 the 1302': back near the top two' springs 12 have a 'aiojecting end adaptedto fit the sockets 13 in the end of d aubing brushes, the spring end being inclined to normally hold the daubing brush with the handle 14 projecting beyond the plane of the cover for ready accessibility, but permitting by the yield in the spring the swinging of the handle inward when pressed by" the cover. This automatically throws the daubin'g brushes into position for ready grasping when thebox is'o en for operation.

Below the daubing brushes, spring plate 15 is hinged to the back directly below a recess 16 of a form and size adapted to receive a can of polish of the usual form, the spring 15 having its extremity l7 "fashioned to form a releasing prong readily accessible to the finger of th'e operator. Thejpositi'on of the hinge of the spring plate 15 is" arranged so that the wei ht of the can and its contei'its will automaticall cause it to drop into an available position for use when the front cover is opened and the foot-rest dropped into'wor'king position. A threaded hole 18 in the' shanl: provides ineans for attac'hmentof the can over 19 by punching ahole in the center of the cover and securing same with a screw, this being done with any new box of polish, the box 20 thus is open ready for use and a cork or other suitable disc 21 is set into the recess into which the blacki'ng can springs, so as toform a seal for the open" side of the blacking can when the apparatus is closed. A duplicate of the hinged spring 15 withits" various parts is provided at recess 22, which acconnnodates a second can o't blur-king open olishin )aste.

for operation when the apparatus is fully equipped, thereby readily providing a can of black and a can of brown polish for shoes, which is the usual requirement essential for general use in a device of this character. Similarly, the two daubing brushes are preferably painted, respectively, one with a black handle and the other with a brown handle, so as to provide separate brushes for the respective black and brown In compartments in the box 5, a partition 7 separates two polishing straps, which may preferably be rolled up and adapted respectively for use with black and brown polishing operations.

While extremity 17 forms a ready releasing latch to pull out the paste cans in available position without in any way touching the material or parts that might smudge the fingers, this extremity 17 is curved upwards so that the back of the end as at 23 will engage a hard-faced panel or bear ing strip 24 of the hard plane edge of the partition 25, which in either case will force the hinge supports 15 upwards into closed position automatically when the foot-rest and box member 5 are pulled up into position of disuse to close the blacking box.

Suitable recesses 26 are preferably provided in the back of the box to accommodate screw heads on screws driven into the wall or other permanent vertical support, thereby providing means for hitching the entire blacking box to the wall or other support by engagement with the heads of the rigid screws so that the weight of the box and the pressure on the box in operation firmly hold the entire apparatus in the desired position giving the much desired rigidity essential to the practical use of such an article.

The polishing strap guides 9 havetheir under sides or edges 27 so fashioned as to permit the smooth riding of the polishing strap in operation, and with an inclination which serves to approximate parallelism to that contour-of the foot, toe or instep, so as to automatically keep the polishing strap in operative tension in its proper position when riding back and forth as may be readily controlled by a suitable deflection when manipulating the ends of the strap.

At the extremity of the foot-rest a latch part 28 cooperates with a latch part 29 on the top or upper end of the box 30 with complementary spring action so as to catch and hold the drop section of the apparatus in closed position by momentum of closing, while a handle 31 affords convenient gripping of the end of the foot-rest on the outer and when in operation the under side, of the foot-rest thereby affording means of readily openingthe box for use without soiling the hands.

It will thus be seen that this article contains all the required parts, and in most convenient form affords accommodation for all the material, necessary for shoe blacking, and at the same time when closed completely seals,-protects and preserves all of the implements and material, leaving in appearance and in fact an unobjectionable article, which can not soil things adjacent to it nor lend itself to the loss of the requisite implements nor diffusion of material, and in addition closes the containers of material which might otherwise exude odors. NVith all this, it provides such an apparatus of the necessary strength and durability with extreme accessibility for convenient use incidentally when required.

While various modifications, may be'made in the construction, design and arrangement of my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of the character described comprising a wall box, a member hinged thereto constituting when dropped a foot rest and when raised a cover to the box, a blacking can on the wall member of the box, a hinged supported cover for said can, and means associated with said foot rest member for automatically closing the blacking can whereby such an article may be rigidly attached to a substantially vertical wall as permanent equipment, withthe movable members dropping by gravity when released, and the entire box and parts closed by one operation. 1 V

2. A shoe polishing box consisting of a Wall box comprising an open section, a hinged cover therefor, a foot rest on said cover accessible when said cover is opened, a hinge and an abutment on the wall section to accommodate the heel of the cover section and thereby the load on the foot rest, a polish can hinged to the open'section and means for engagement of the same with the foot rest when the latter is moving to closed position, whereby the can is automatically closed.

3. A shoe polishing box comprising a member to be ,;detachably supported on a rigid vertical backing, a drop member hinged near the bottom of the first. member consisting when closed of a cover for the box and having when opened an available foot rest, a pair of projecting inclined guides for polishing straps secured at one end to said cover and flanking and'positioned below the level of the foot rest when open.

4:. A shoe polishing box' having a section adapted for rigid, vertical support, a

hinged member at the bottom thereof 7.

therefor on the rigid vertical member, and

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into accessible position beyond the confines of the box when the hinged cover is open, and cooperating means actuated by the hinged cover to counteract the means that project the same.

6. A shoe polishing fitment comprising a box section attachable to a fixed support, a drop lid hinged to the lower end of the box section and having a foot rest concealed in the box when the drop section is closed, and inclined polishing strap guides secured to the drop section and projecting below the same when the foot rest is in operative position, with free projecting ends for said guide laterally spaced from the cover.

7. An article of the character described comprising a vertical wall section and a hinged cover drop section, a foot rest in said cover section, a can secured to said wall section and having a hinge permitting the cover to automatically open, means on said hinged section to close said can cover when raising the hinged section into closed position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 12th day of May, 1921.

CHARLES H. BOYLE. Witnesses FRANCES C. ROXBURY, MABELLE L. RoxBURY.

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