US1533664A - Finger-nail cleaner - Google Patents

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April '14, 1925.

FINGER NAIL CLEAN-ER Filed Nov. 6, 1924 WHIIIIHHHIIII H mlmmm I mum 1m WWW I SVENTOR ATTQRNEY 1,533,664 c. F. SANFORD Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. SANFORD, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR O'F ONE-HALF TO ALMA I-IERBST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FINGER-NAIL CLEANER.

Application filed November 6, 1924. Serial No. 748,021.

To all 10. mm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. SANFORD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at 1513 Audubon Street, city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Finger-Nail Cleaners, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to linger nail cleaners, and has for its general object the provision of a new and improved device which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and highly efficient and satisfactory in use.

In its preferred form, hereinafter described, my invention is characterized by a bow of flexible material carrying a string under tension and provided with a handle of an advantageous form, extending from the middle portion of the convex side of the bow.

The invent-ion will be understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a preferred embodiment of the invention; Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof; and Figure 9 is a plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawing, the device is shown as comprising a bow 5 of wood or other suitable flexible material having greater width than thickness and having slotted ends 6 adapted to receive a string 7. This string 7 is provided with knots engaging the outer sides of the slotted ends 6 of the bow in which the string is thus held under slight tension. Attached to the middle portion of the convex side of the bow, is a handle 9 of wood or other suitable material having a concave portion conforming to the middle portion of the convex side of the bow, and having a head portion adapted to be readily grasped by the user of the cleaner. As shown, the how 5 and the handle 9 are separate parts held together 4 by screws 10.

In use, the cleaner is grasped by the handle 9 with one hand and the strip 7 is worked back and forth under the nails of the other hand, preferably while the nails and cleaner are wet with or submerged in soapy water or other cleansing solution. Owing to the flexibility of the string 7 and the readiness with which its angle with reference to the fingers may be adjusted, any

dirt under the nails is gently but positively removed both from under the middle and from under the corners of the nails, and is readily washed off. In this way, the nails may be cleaned without scratching them and without injuring the delicate cuticle under and around them. Ordinarily, it is not necessary to apply any soap or other detergent to the string apart from the washing solution. If needed, however, a detergent may be applied to the string during use of the cleaner, or a string pre-treated with a detergent may be used in the device.

What I claim is:

A finger nail cleaner comprising a bow of flexible material having greater width than thickness and having slotted ends, a string extending through the slotted ends of said how and provided with knots engaging the outer sides of the latter, a handle having a head portion adapted to be grasped by the user and provided with a concave portion conforming to the middle portion of the convex side of said how, and means for securing said how and handle to one another.

CHARLES F. SANFORD.

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