US1536963A - Shoe-cleaning device - Google Patents

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H. H. MOORE SHOE CLEANING DEVICE Filed Feb. 5, 1.924

I NVENTOR Patented May 5, 1925.

"HENRY H. MOORE, or nrioonivooi); vrm-nnsozrn.

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7 Application filed February 5, 1924. Serial No. 690,842.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HENRY, H. Moons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Floodwood, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Cleaning Devices, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to shoe cleaners and has for its object the provision of a novel device for scraping mudfronr the soles of shoes and also for brushing any accumulations of dust, mud and the like from the sldes and also the heels so as to avoid tracking of dirt into the house.v

'An important object is the provision of a shoe cleaner of this character which is adjustable so that it will effectively operate on shoes of all sizes.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly eflicient in use, durable in service and ageneral improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in thedetails of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawings, in which:' p J 1 Figure 1 is aside elevation of the device, Figure 2 is an elevation at right angles to Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section. Referring more particularly to the draw- :ings the numeral designates the body or base of the'device which is formed or otherwise provided with attaching feet 11 by means of which it may be screwed down onto the floor. This base is formed With an upstanding edge 12 constituting a scraper for removing mud from shoe soles.

tigidly secured upon one end of the body or base is an upstanding arm or block 18 carrying a brush 18 of convenient size, and securedtov or formed on the otherend of the base is an upstandingbracket 14 upon which is pivoted a lever 15 of considerable length carrying a brush 16 arranged opposite to the brush 13 and preferably of the same size and shape.

Projectmg from the rear or the base is a curved upwardly extending arm 17 which carries a brush 18 of crescent shape sons to engage substantially conformingly against theheel of the shoe.

In the operation it is apparent that the user may scrape mud or other matter off the soles of his shoes by rubbing the shoe over the scraper blade 12. By rubbing the shoe up and down and side ways against the crescentshaped brush 18, dust and mud may be removed from the heel portion, while by properly moving the foot about between the brushes 13 and 16 the sides of the shoes may be like- Wise cleaned. The lever 15 has a very important function as it permits the brush 16 to be brought close to or far away from the brush 13 so that the device will operate equally well on shoes of ditlerentsizes.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that have thus provided a simple, inexpensive and easilyused device which will efficiently operate to clean shoes so as to eliminate the tracking or bringingof mud into the house, thus saving considerable Work in cleaning up. While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention it is of course to be understood that I reserve :the right to make such changes in the form,

construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. Having thus described my invention I claim: ."1. A device of the character described comprisinga base, a brush rigidly secured upon one. end thereof, a bracket ,on the other end of the base, a lever pivoted on said bracket, and a second brush carried by said lever and movable thereby toward or from the first named brush, said brushes in w a a l 2.1K device of the character described comprising a base, a brushrigidly secured the first namedbrush, said brushes being arranged with their bristles confronting, said base being formed with an upstanding blade constituting a scraper for removing -matter from the soles of shoes.

being arranged with their bristles confront- 3. A device of the character described comprising a base, a brush rigidly secured upon one end thereof, a bracket on the other end of the base, a lever pivoted on said bracket, and a second brush carried by said lever and movable thereby toward or from the first named brush, said brushes being arranged with their bristles confronting, an arm rising from the rear edge of the base. and a curved brush carried by the arm and 10 adapted ior cleaning the heels of shoes.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

HENRY H. MOORE.

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