US2265274A - Shoe cleaning device - Google Patents

Description

Dec. 9, 1941.

J. w. ELLIOTT SHOE CLEANING DEVICE Filed May 29, 1959 2 Shee ts-Sheet 1 Dec. 9, 1941. J. w. ELLIOTT 2,255,274

SHOE CLEANING DEVICE Filed ma 29, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a.

Patented Dec. 9, 1941 SHOE CLEANING DEVICE John W. Elliott, Brockton, Mass, assignor to The Elliott Corporation, Brockton, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application May 29, 1939, Serial No. 276,285

3 Claims. (Cl. -209) This invention relates to devices for cleaning articles made up of shoe materials.

In applying cleaning agents and covering substances to shoes accidental contact and transfer,

of such materials to the hands, clothing and nearby objects often occurs and is highly objectionable from the point of view of leaving unsightly stains and unpleasant odors. A particular instance is in connection with treating white shoes with whitening materials which may be of a light powdery character very readily rubbed OE and which quickly dries on the hands and collects around the fingernails in an unsightly manner necessitating washing and manicures. The condition with respect to the hands is accentuated in those instances where it is desired to apply the covering agent in selected areas only in a shoe, as for example in the white areas of a brown and white shoe or in other combination. In such instances, it is desirable to neatly apply the covering agent, without allowing it to become smeared over the dark portion of the shoe. Usually a pad of some kind is applied with the ends of the fingers, a procedure which not only further soils the hands and nails, but fails to effect application of material along clear cut lines and to reach into somewhat inaccessible points as around the edges of shoe soles.

It is the chief object of this invention to devise an appliance with which such cleaning and color restoring operations as those above described can be performed quickly, neatly, and without smearing the fingers. The invention involves not only a novel product but also a novel method of manufacture and a uniqu package.

The nature of the invention will be readily understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating a method of making pads and. indicating a plurality of pads in a partly finished state;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating further steps in the method of making pads referred to in Fig. 1, and showing the pads in a finished pack form;

Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation illustrating a container with upturned cover, having received therein packs of pads similar to the pack illustrated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view in end elevation of the container and pack assembly of Fig. 3 with the cover portion of the container occurring in a closed position;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a typical method of using the pad on a shoe;

Fig. 6 is a view in front elevation illustrating a modified form of pad; and

Fig. 7 is a view in end elevation of the modified pad of Fig. 6.

An individual applicator made in accordance with this invention as shown, for example, in Fig. 5, comprises a pad and a holder therefor, a portion of said holder being adapted to serve as a guard or protector for the fingers while the device is being used. Preferably these devices are manufactured in a group, series, or gang, and they are so associated with each other that the entir gang can be handled as a unit for manufacturing and merchandising purposes, but any individual applicator can be readily separated from the others when it is desired to use it.

According to the preferred method of making the applicator, a blank of cardboard l is made use of and sized to comprise some predetermined number of pads, as for instance five as shown in Fig. 1. In place of the cardboard I may, if desired, employ other substantially stiff materials as synthetic compositions, wood, metal and the like.

The sheet I is next printed, and either at the same time or subsequently, it is cut or stamped out to present scalloped edges 2 and lines of scoring 3 suitably spaced along one margin of the blank. This produces a series of partly formed strips, lightly secured together at one side by means of the uncut portions 4.

In Fig. l I have also illustrated at the lefthand side thereof a further step of securing a material to the unscored margin of the blank for comprising pads, and as an example of one material used in this connection I may employ fiannel. Other suitable fabrics or compositions may, however, be resorted to for this purpose. Preferably I employ two strips of flannel 5 and 6 placed one on the other which have been treated beforehand with a white cleaning and coating preparation. As illustrative of one suitable example, the following formula may be cited:

6 gals. water, 19 lbs. Titanox (a pure titanium dioxide) 11 oz. soap, 4 oz. Terpineol (higher alcohol used as a diluent and agent for promoting desirable odor) 11 oz. casein, 2 oz. bentonite (clay) (The soap is dissolved in boiling water, the casein added, then the bentonite. Lastly the titanox is added and well stirred in.)

Other types and colors of preparations may be desired to be used in a similarly impregnated manner or at the time of application of the pad.

- The strips are longitudinally folded to overlie each side of the uncut margin of the blank I and secured to the blank by stitching 6a, or other I smile, e e red to, or, other material.

narrowed portions 1 of the blank l to presenta 7 pack as illustrated in Fig. 2. .It willzbevobservevd that, due to the scalloped edges 2, the strips fold.

upon themselves in a coincident manner whereby there are provided protective tabs I'D adapted to extend substantially over the pads 8; and cover same, the tabs being in a hinged state so that the protecting actioni'rnay "5? "efiected at either side of the pad 8 and thflower end of the tab acting'as a part of'the handle for m pad in either case.

mu ing the pad according to the formula noted above, one side first is;da"mp ened'with water and then is applied to ash'oe llas' shown in Fig. '5] It will beobserved that the device is held betweenfthe thumb'and the finger" [2, the

latter being pressed against the protective tab I. 'It is intended thatsufiicient treating mate'- rial ma be retained in the pad 8? foro'n eside of the pad to treatfon'e shoe; Thereafter the tab is reversely folded and theopposite s ide of the pad moistened and applied as" beforea It should benotedthatthe pad 8 is formed with a flat shape and presents relatively thin wiping edgesta and square cut ends 81; particularly 's i b e' efibt ns d a s ib ic o aterials such as a white dressingfor a shoe when used with a combination shoeupper, and when applying the material around the edge of'the shoe sole. The square cut ends 81) tend tofacilitate a neat application of material around curved areas or edges off-the 'dai'k leather' portions of the shoe upper"'and thereby ofthe white material over upon the da f in an' unsightly manner.

If desired, a pa d'membermay be proyidedjwith out'being impregnatedby a treating material,and such a pad may then be used in'conjunctionwith materialsreceiyed in a separate container to'be cked' p t e t e o 'u et a so i added at other me s ma in a r se :m'a e em lo d. 2 P v din hemes it either at indi ua or P35 Q m- I ma il fir he r e a Sing bed or a gr p of pad tr a r d' itllloth r shoe polishing preparations in any. desired 'colori ap a r it a a s e of mgd' ified construction in Figs 6 and '71 have 'illus a l'=i.1, I' PP iQ tQ eq pris a W1 esur about folded? layers 14am; lief a holder. ele ment which may be composed of the cardboard In th s modification the handle portions of theitwo. folds of material have, been cut, out .to form tabs l6 and I1: hinged atupper sides thereof, as forrexample tab I6 is hinged at its upper side l- 8as shown in Fig. 6. In use, one tab may be bent bodied in other f rms upwards as into the broken line position illustrated in Fig. 7, while the other tab, as for example I6, is maintained flatly. against its corresponding handle portion, or these positions may be reversed.

For convenience the pads in the pack form illustrated in Fig. 2, are preferably received in an envelope container. In Fig. 3 of the draw- I ha ve illustrated a container I9 comprisingafunitary member having one edge reversely folded. and. secured by clips 20 to present an envelope 2,! inwhich may be conveniently received the handle ends of a pack 26 of pads such as has been illustrated in Fig. 2. I may desire to assemble more than one pack unit in the envelope, and p f ab wo.- s s Z'fij nd .21 e: a .Wi be inserted therein asmay be more clearly seen in Fig. 4. The container atits top is' 'fo;1fmied with we lines of in l 5: when m b p ed wa a d s re l unt q nam widened topporti'on 2}} when the remaining pop tion of the envelope has been folded over to comlri This co stru t on re u ts ml 21 simple, e fiicient container from which separate pads may be quickly detached as desired. w t will be seen thatmy improve applicator P fi$ s pl he- 1 a df ci n e ber for carrying out cleaning, 1 or"res;toring, and

polishing operations, andthat these operat ons can be performed quickly, neatly, 'andw itlioiit smearing the fingers. 4 While I hav e'l 'iei ein shown and described a. preferred embodiment: of my invention, it 'will be understood that 'the-invntion'ma'y'be emraps; ass s it s ees? the eet by the appended claims? 'What'I- claim as he s5 1-. applicator for treating shoes comprising a supporting strip, a; pad flde'd" about 6135 efftremity of said strip an'd 'beinig inipr gnatd with a coating material} amassed-tide h M the opposite end of-"said-"supportingstr' to lie over said passed-"twe ters "s'uft portion of same "at 'e'itlier'sid there 2. An applicator of the ch steer d scribed comprising'a strip of material-ff dd upon i el tiesfldf'tiie, a1

a padsecured about" the x'deml strip of material, and-a't'ab portioncut olitfr'om the folded strip and adapted to h s time filed against said pad at either side thereof tdp i'e sent a. protecting member. l

3. An applicator for applying a. coating material to shoes ciornprisinga pad-impregnated w h said material and adapted to'be a supporting holder, said'pad bein J the end of said supporting to the. opposite sides thereof member forming at part of s able with respect theretofs'aid p beingadapted to beheld a; "the fin one. sideof the padwhile: the other pad isin usei H W- mma

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