US1849370A - Brush cleaner - Google Patents

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March 15, 1932; H. FUHR BRUSH CLEANER Filed Feb; 9 1931 Patented Main 15, 1932 UNITED STATES HENRY EUER, F WA, W1sconsmmwsn cmAnma,

Application flled February 9 1931. Ser1a111fl'o. 514,568.-

This invention relates to 1a brush cleaner and more particularly t0 a device whereby a clothes brush or the like may be readily cleaned, when the brt1sh is inoved with a reciprocatory movement over the cleanihg device, and the bristles 0f the brush having contact with the top surface 0f the device.

One of the objects 0f the invention is*to provide a brush cleaner having a plutality of corrugations 0ver which a'strip of paper may be readily clamped, whereby when a brush is rnoved over and in Contact with the paper coverad corrugatiohs, the dust from the brush Will adhere to the paper,

Another object is t0 'provide a spool 0f paper 01 wound agated surface, and the end of the paper attached to a second spool, and to provicle means whereby a soiled strip of paper may be wound upon said second mentioned SPOO1 and a clean strip unwound into operative positio n,from the first mentioned spoo1.

Another 0bj ect is 1:0 provide means Whereby the spools may be readily removed from their bearings and replaced.

I have found that the dust brushed from clothes adheres to the ends 0f the brush brist1es in somewhat 0f a layer and Will read- 3o ily adhered to another surface and it is One of my main objects to provide a plurality 01? corrugations forbreaking up this layer, so

that the same may more readily be removed.

Other objects Will appe'ar in the f0110W- ing specification and accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view,

Figure 2 is a top p1an and Figure 3 is a detail cross section.

In the drawings 1 indicates a casing having a top Wall 2, end Walls 3 und 4, and side Walls 5 and 6.

Bent inwardly of the end Walls 3 and 4' are the flanges 7 to provide suppor-t fpr the casing l.

Arranged within the frame 1 and pivotal1y carriecl upon suitable bearing a1e spools 8 and 9. Carriecl by the' spool 8 is a roll 0f Paper 01 the 1ike 8 which has its free end threaded thru an opening 10 in the wa11 4 a the like which may be readily unsufiicient length to cover the corru suffi iientlength to completelYc0venthe tbp Wall 2flnd then threadedthru the opening l1 in the Wall 3 and atfaChe as at 12 to-fihe spool9.

' After a sectionof th6roll 0f paper 8 is unwound Whereb'y t0 cover ehe top Wall 2 the frame15 is r cked oh the pivot pin 20 into claniping position as shownin Figre 1 and locked in position by the lock spring2l. The device is,then in operative position.

- When a brush iS to be cleaned it iS movgd in a re ciprocatory movement across the cor= rugated surface am]. in contact With the pape'r covgring 22. 7

I havef'ond th'at the dust accdmulatedon.

1a clothes brush,after being used,'r'ests' 011 th6 endS of the bris tles 01. the brush in a form of a lay e'r, and when the brush in this COndi-' tion cornes in confiact with corrugated Surface ofmy device, thisj layer is broken up and the particles of dust adhere t 0 the p&p er Covering, therebycleaning th e brush When the p2iper cove ring 2210600mes dirty, the clamping frame 15 is movedbut 0f locked p0siti0n, and 'the seiled sheet of paper is Wound upnthe roller 12, by ineanS of the crank 23, and by fi1rthef move ment 0f the crank 23, a clean sheet 0f paper is unwound from the roll 8', to beclam-ped into operative position upon the corrugated surface; v The corrugations 13 are arranged' in the present instance on an arc, whereby whn a,

brush is moved over Athis surface in a reciprocatory movement, different depths of the bristles will engage the corrugations, thereby creating a, greater tendenCy to the breaking up of the 1ayer of dust on the brush.

It is to be understood that var1ous changias may be made in the construction of my device without depzirting from the spirit 0f my invention except as limited by the sqope of the 1 appended claims:

Iclaimz v l. In a brush clearier, a casirig having a corrugated top surface, a spool rotatably carried ab one end within said casing, a roll of paper carried by said spoo1, a second spool rotatably mounted in said casii1g, a length of said paper unwound and adapted to cover said corrugated surface and having ios free end attachedto said second spool, and means for clamping said length of paper upon said corrugated surface.

2. In a device of the dass described, a 0215- ing having a top plate, a curved corrugated..l'

top surface formed in said top p1ate, a sheet of paper adapted to cover said corrugated surface, a clamping frame piv otally mounted at one side upon said bopplae forclaml: ing said paper upon said corrugat ed surface, und z; lock Spring i01 Iocking said c1amping fmme in clamping position.

3. 111 a devicebf the clasS described, a casing having a corrugated tp surfa'ce, a spool 1Otatably m0uned atone eir1d within said. casing, a roll of paper carried by said spoola= seconcl spool in sai cl csing, a length 01 said paper unwound fro m siaid roll and adapted 150 cover said 'cofr1@ateclsurface and having is fre e end attach'ecl said second spool, means for releasably clarnping said ]ength of paper upon said corrugated surface, and a crank f01 winding said le1igth O f p&per upon said second mentioned Spool,

4. Ina brush cleziner, a casing having a top Wall, side Walls, and end Walls' a pair of spools rotatably carried by said side Walls, a roll of paper carried byone 0f saicl spools, a

corrugated surface f0%med in said t0p Wall,

' an opening formed in each of sqi end Walls, a 1engih of paper unWo'und from said 1'011 and threaded thru one of said openings and adapted c0ver said corrugated surface, the ftee end 0f said lengt-h 0f papet threaded thr the oth-er 0f said openings, a crank for winding said 1 3ngth 015 paper upon said second meneiond spool, und zu cla1riping; frame fqr releasably clamping said lenguh Cf .5:, paper upon said corrugated surface.

' In witnes whereof I hav6 hereu1ito set my hax1d this 18th day of December, A. D. 1930.

1 HENRY FUHR.

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