US2265289A - Shoebrush and polish container - Google Patents

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Dec. 9, 1941. KENDALL 2,265,289

SHOEBRUSH AND POLISH CONTAINER Filed May 9, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l I N I 310 lnvenggr: Ge/or eM.Ken Z2,

1941- G. M. KENDALL SHOEBRUSH AND POLISH CONTAINER Filed May 9, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ina/anion 924. K endaZZ,

Patented Dec. 9, 1941 ITED STATES 3 illaims.

This invention relates to shoe brushes or polishers, and more particularly to a combined brush and polish container, or reservoir, of the fountain type, and its aim is to produce a novel and improved brush and polish container, embodying many novel features.

In the drawings of the particular embodiment of my invention selected for illustration and description herein:

Fig. l is a side elevation;

Fig. 2, a plan, with the cover or top removed:

Fig. 3, a side elevation with the side wall removed;

Fig. 4, an inside front end view of the brush back or housing, looking out, on the line ll, Fig. 3; r

Fig. 5, an opposite and outside end elevation;

Fig. 6, a side elevation of a modified form of brush back;

Fig. 7, a vertical cross-section on the line 8-4, Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrow, showing a modified form of the locking means on the back and cover walls;

Fig. 8, a development of a modified form of the polish feeding means guide and support in one piece, before being assembled for insertion in the back member;

Fig. 9, a plan of a modified form of the polish feeding means guide and support shown in Fig. 8, after assembly;

Fig. 10, an end view of the dauber, partially unfolded for convenience;

Fig. 11, a front view of the dauber;

Fig. 12, an inner rear end view of the polish reseryoir;

Fig. 13, a partial side elevation, broken away, of a modified form of housing with a polishing member of bristles; and

Fig. 14, a similar view of the forward end of the housing with a dauber of bristles.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2, 3, my novel shoe polisher and polish container comprises a hollow brush back member or housing i, of any suitable material, as wood or plastic material, at least partially, if bristles are used as polishing members, and of fibre-board, or metal, the latter in this instance, of suitable and convenient size, in which are the polish reservoir and feeding means to be described, and with a cover 2, the forward part of which may be integral with the sides and body, while the remaining portion 3 may be movably secured thereon, as by either bending the cover upwardly, or otherwise, as by hinging it thereto as herein at I, Fig. 3, to permit the insertion of a polish reservoir 5, Fig. 2, and withdrawal of the same when necessary, and the substitution of a full one therefor, and insertion of the feeding means support.

The rear housing end 8, 2, 5, is a low member I, folded over and inwardly for reinforcement, if desired, to which, Fig. 3, one end 8 of the polishing member 9, as a piece of suitable material, as cloth, sheepskin or the like, herein sheepskin, is secured in any suitable manner, as by tacks, screws, rivets it, or the like, in this case the latter. The skin 9 is of two thicknesses, 9 and 9a, so that it may be reversed, if desired, to obtain longer service therefrom.

Obviously, the skin may be secured along the side edge of the back member, if desired, but I have not found it necessary. At the opposite or forward end of the brush or polisher, the skin may be secured in any convenient manner. I have provided the upturned end member M with a plurality of downwardly folded prongs it, see Fig. i. The two end prongs receive thereon apertures not shown, in and near the end edge of the skin Q, and the prongs l2, Fig. 4, are folded down= wardly over the skin to hold the skin and in position, a small piece of leather id or other suitable material being laid between the downwardly bent prong and the sheepskin, as a reinforcement thereof.

At the forward end of the housing 9, it receives, Fig. 4, an upwardly extended, preferably metal plate l6, which has, near the upper edge, two horizontal slots l1, ll, Fig. 10, which, in turn. receive the inner prongs E2 of those on the housing end Ii, above referred to, which prongs and top plate edge are bent downwardly against the plate l5 firmly to lock it to the edge member 5 i, the prongs overlying the downwardly bent half of the plate 96.

This plate it also carries, at a point below its,

folded end, Figs. 3, 11, a rivet It or the like, which securely locks to the plate It the folded portions IQ of that piece of the sheepskin which forms the dauber 20, Fig. 10, and this rivet inner end is downturned against the skin on the inner skin fold, locking the skin securely to It. In Fig. 10, this construction is disassembled somewhat to more distinctly show the above details, with the exception of the rivet.

The paste polish is preferably thin and contained in a container or reservoir 5, Fig. 2, 01' any desired shape in cross-section, preferably rectangular, as described, of any suitable material, as metal, wood, fibre, or paper board, herein of metal, provided with a forward end 2|, Fig. 3, and from which projects a nozzle or nipple 22 latter, of two thicknesses if desired, movably sealed. after the reservoir is filled, to make a tight fit by any suitable adhesive 25, as cement,

paraflin, herein the latter, or similar substance, but the rear wall member 24 is not fixed 'permanently in position thereby, the paraffin actin I as'a suitable gasket. v

The rear end piece 24 is provided, Fig. 3, with adepression or socket, herein the former, 26, to

receive properly the inner end of the polish feeding screw, or plunger 21, to be described.

1'I'he feed screw or plunger 21 telescopes into atubular member 30 which has a pair of longitudinal slots 29 extending from one end of the tube nearly to the -other,,the unslotted portion of the tube serving as a finger piece to grasp for the rotation'of the tube. ateach end a transverse pin 28, the projecting portions of which are adapted to enter the slots 29 and ride therein, so that whenthe tube is rotated the screw must rotate therewith but can move axially'with respect -to the tube 30. The tube 30 carries a, ring 3| fast thereon near the end wall I to keep the tube from sliding out of the guide channel 32 in the guide and support block 33, as of wood, tobedescribed.

- The plunger is provided with a nut 34, which seats in a pocket 35 formed by bending inward- 11 a strip of metal 36 on the end of the guide block 33, and then overlapping the ends of the pocket somewhat bythe opposite-ends 31 of the strip of metal 36,-;which are bent inwardly at each side wall of the housing for that purpose. The pocket prevents the handle 30 from sliding inwardly and the nut from turning. The paste reservoir is inserted in the rear end of the The feed screw 21 has aaoaasa the hollow tube above described, it is simply reversed end for end, the free end being inserted in the tube as far as it will go, bringing the opmy device, and is quickly accomplished.

In Figs. 6, 7, are shown a modified form of back or housing member, wherein, Fig. 6, the housing is shown as provided with a quickly removable top or cover 3, having locking ears or bosses 38, to cooperate with and engage similar ears 39 on the housing I.

In Figs. 8, 9, is shown a one-piece sheet of material 40, as fibre or metal, cut from a material blank and scored, to provide, when properly bent and fashioned, Fig. 9, an integral, light-weight plunger guide and supporting member 4|.

; tiole with a replaceable polish reservoir or founhousing, after the raising of the cover portion 3K therefor, and the reservoir is then thrust to the opposite end of the housing as shown in Fig. 2, by the insertion of the guide member 33 with the paste feeding plunger therein behind the reservoir.

The threaded plunger preferably is axially in line with the discharge nipple 22, and normally extends about as farat the rear of the brush as the nipple does in front. The plunger is fed forwardly to operating position by rotating the plunger in the nut 34 until the plunger seats in the depression 26 in the reservoir -wall 24, as described.

To expel the polish from the reservoir, the

handle is rotated, feeding the screw through the nut 34, Fig. 3, with its inner end against the container rear wall 24. The plunger end thus presses the wall against the paste, moves it forward, and expels the-paste from the nozzle. This step is repeated as often as paste is needed. The socket 26 holds the plunger end in the center of 24, permitting the latter to be pushed evenly forward without twisting to the front end of the reservoir, and the cement, or paraffin, preventing the rearward expulsion of paste about the end of the wall 24. When the reservoir is empty, the cover 3 is again raised,'the guide 33 with the hollow tube and threaded plunger removed, and the reservoir removed and a new, full one-inserted as before. a

After the plunger 21 has been removed from tain, which has a polish-holding capacity equal to the entire cross-section of the housing, and a more convenient and clean means for dispensing the polish as wanted.

In Fig. 13, I have shown a housing I, broken away, and provided with a thin plate 42, as of wood, with bristles 43 thereon for use, if preferred to a flexible textile or skin member 9, as a, polishing member.

In Fig. 14, is shown a dauber member 44 of suitable material, as wood or plastic, provided with bristles 45, if preferred. The member 44 may be secured as-by a pin or screw 46 in the housing end if, or in any other convenient manner.

My invention is not limited to the precise constructions shown herein, but may be modified in many details, without departing from the spirit of the claims, and within the scope thereof.

I claim:

'1. A shoe polishing device comprising a ho] low receptacle, 9. polishing element thereon, a polish reservoir therein having a traveling wall member, a nut non-rotatably mounted within said receptacle, a feed screw in threaded engagement with said nut and having an end hearing against said movable wall member, a rotatable tubular member telescoping over said feed screw, said screw having a longitudinal slot extending from one end thereof nearly to the other end, means on said screw riding in said slot to prevent relative rotation of the screw and tube but to permit relative axial movement thereof, and means for preventing axial movement of the tube relative to the receptacle.

2. A shoe polishing device comprising a hollow receptacle, a polishing element thereon, a polish reservoir therein having a traveling wall member, a nut non-rotatably mounted within said receptacle, a feed screw in threaded engagement with said nut and having-an end bearing against said movable wall member, a rotatating relative axial movement thereof, and means for holding said member against axial movement relative to said receptacle.

3. A shoe polishing device comprising a hollow receptacle, a polishing element thereon, a polish reservoir therein having a traveling wall member, a nut non-rotatably mounted within said receptacle, a feed screw in threaded engagement with said nut and having an end bearing against said movable wall member, and a rotatable tubular actuating member adapted to receive either end of the screw for operative engagement therewith, said screw being reversible end for end in said device.

GEORGE M. KENDALL.

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