US1598811A

US1598811A - Cleaning tool

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Publication number: US1598811A
Application number: US62977A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph L Ferrin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-10-17
Filing date: 1925-10-17
Publication date: 1926-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1943-09-07

Description

ida'terited Sept. 7, 1926.

sra-res JGSEPH L. PERRIN, GF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLEANING fTOOLl Application filed October 17, 1225.

The `object of this invention is to provide a cleaning tool adapted to apply -Water-toa surface carrying caked inud, to soitenthe.

same and to remove the-'softened-nnrd -byY a s raping action, which may befollovved-by a rinsing or Washing action,- the toolbeing intended'ifor use in cleaningsuriaees of mud guards ot motor vehicles, althoughl itmay be used on other surfaces;

@t the accompanying drawings forming a partei12 this speciiicat1on,-

Figure 1 is a side .view oit a cleaning tool embodjfing the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 o-Figure 1.

Figure 3 is awfragmentary sectional view, showing a portion'of the handle, the scraping blade being removed.

Figure l is a fragmentary perspective View, showing a portion ol' the scraping blade.

Figure 5 is a view similar to a portion of Figure 2, showing one oi' the passages constituting the two-part outlet, closed by a valve.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6--6 of Fig ure 1.

Figure 7 ure 3.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all oi' the figures.

12 designates a handle formed' to be g asped by one of the operators hands. The handle is provided with a longitudinal bore 13, at the outer end of which is a hosecoupling member 14, whereby the handle may be connected with a coinpleinental coupling member on a Water-conducting hose.

15 designates a scraping blade, preferably flat sided and decreasing in Width from its outer to its inner end. To one end of the blade is lined a shank 16, inserted in the opposite end portion of the bore 13. Said shank and the bore forni an outlet cornniunicating With the bore and adapted to project Water besides the blade, to soften cakcd mud on a surface to be cleaned by the tool. The blade is preferably detachably secured to the handle, and the construction ufhereby the blade is secured to the handle and the outlet is formed, is preferably as next described.

The inner end portion of the handle is is a section on line 7-7 of Fig- SeriaI No. 62,977."

provided at opposite sides ofthe bore with' transverse slots 18 intersecting the inner end portieri ot the boreand extending there-y r'roin to opposite sides of the handle, as

shown by Figure Ctheslots being'narrower than the bore, as shown by Figure 3.

The shank-lois formed to closely iit the slots, and to extend troni-slot to slot^across the bore 13.- The shank is secured 'in-the slots by suitable means, such as screws alt),- inserted in orifices inthe shank, and lin coinciding orilices inthe handle, at i opposite 'sides of the slots tending across the boref'as shownbyn F ig` ure (5.

Portions of the 4opposed sides of the shank l-andof the boreyl are spaced apart and form an outlet, adapted to project Water be- Y sides the blade. Preferablythe outlet includes two passages 21 (Figures 2, 5 and 6) at opposite sides of the shank, arranged to project two jets 22 of Water, as indicated by Figure 2, and cause contact of said jets with the outer end portion of the blade.

In this instance the inner end portion of the bore 13 is square in cross section, so that it has Hat sides forming sides of the passages 21. The thickness of the shank is less than the Width of the square portion of the bore, so that the sides of the shank are spaced from the adjacent sides of the bore, as shown by Figure 6, to form the passages 21.

The Walls of the bore 13 which intersect the slots 18, are tapered as indicated at 13L Figure 7, so that the passages 21 are fanshaped and are adapted to deliver fanshaped jets, as indicated by Figure 1.

It will noW be seen that a mud-guard surface coated with caked mud, may be quickly cleaned by applying the blade thereto and causing' Water to flow through the handle. The Water and the outer end of the blade may simultaneously attack the mud. After the mud has been removed, the surface may be Washed by Water projected from the handle. It is ,obvious that the tool inay be used for other purposes.

A valve may be provided to close one of the passages 21, it desired, and may be constructed and operated in any suitable man ner. In this instance, the valve is a block 25, which may be ot compressible material, and is movable by an adjusting' screvv 27 in a recess 2G, formed in the handle and coin- 18, the: shank ei:-l

municating with the bore 13. IVhen the valve is forced inward, it closes one of the passages 2l, as shown by Figure 5.

I claim:

l. A cleaning tool comprising a handle and a scraping blade of hard material fixed to and projecting from one endrthereofY and having a scraping edge at its outer end, the handle being provided with a Water-conducting bore, a hose-coupling member at one end of the bore, and an outlet at the opposite end of the bore, located adjacent the inner end of the blade, and adapted to project a jet of Water beside the blade to the scraping edge thereof.

2. A cleaning tool comprising a handle and a scraping blade fixed to and projecting from one end thereof, the handle being provided with a Water-conducting bore, a hose- U coupling member at one end of the bore,

and an outlet at the opposite end of the bore, adapted to project a jet of Water beside the blade toA the outer end thereof, so thatthe jet may impinge on a surface being cleaned, the outlet being composed of tivo portions, one located at one side, and the other at the opposite side of the blade, and

adapted to project two jets of Water beside the blade to the outer end thereof.

3. A cleaning tool comprising a handle having a longitudinal Water-conducting bore, a hose-coupling member at one end of the bore, and a scraper having a shank inserted in the opposite end portion of the bore, said shank and bore portion forming an outlet composed of tivo portions and adapted to project. Water at opposite sides of the scraper,X the tool also comprising a valve adapted to close one of said outlet portions. I

4. A cleaning tool comprising a handle having a longitudinal Water-conducting bore, a hose-coupling member at one end of the bore, .and transverse slots intersecting one endl portiony of the bore, a scraper having a shank inserted in said slots, and extendingV across the said end portion, and means securing the shank to the handle, said shank andV bore portion forming an outlet adapted to project Water beside the scraper.

In testimony whereof I have a'HiXed my signature.

JOSEPH L. FERRIN.