US2649601A

US2649601A - Fountain applicator device having automatically controlled nozzles

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Publication number: US2649601A
Application number: US6863A
Authority: US
Inventors: Toop Frederick
Original assignee: ANTHONY FREITAS; DOROTHY TOOP; ROSE FREITAS
Current assignee: ANTHONY FREITAS; DOROTHY TOOP; ROSE FREITAS
Priority date: 1948-02-07
Filing date: 1948-02-07
Publication date: 1953-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 1970-08-25

Description

TOOP FOUNTAIN APPLICATOR DEVICE HAVING AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED NOZZLES Filed Feb. 7, 1948 If 25 30M IN V EN TOR F REDER/UK Tau/= 5 BY Patented Aug. 25, 1952:

FOUNTAIN APPLICATOR DEVICE HAVING AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED NOZZLES Frederick Toop, New York, N. Y., assignor of twenty-five per cent to Dorothy Toop, New York, N. Y., twenty-five per cent to Anthony Freitas and twenty-five per cent to Rose Freitas, both of Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application February 7, 1948, Serial No. 6,863

8 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and improved device for washing and cleaning all transportation vehicles as used on land, sea or in the air, such as automobiles, trucks, busses, railway coaches, ships decks and any other surfaces that generally require washing and cleaning.

This washing and cleaning device of my invention comprises a hand operated washing and cleaning applicator, the function of which is to provide means that will wash, clean and dry surfaces effectively and in which the applicator automatically reverses the flow through openings on each side of a bar, through which the fluid is forced under pressure in a sheet-like flow in front of the applicator cleaners by spaced deflectors secured on the bar interposed in the slotted opening of the tube member.

The main object of my invention is to provide a washing and cleaning device that will automatically and selectively apply a controlled sheet of liquid, such as a cleaning solution or clear water to any degree of temperature from cold to hot, to which extra force may be added by the injection of compressed air, through the same channel. This sheet of liquid can be of predetermined length, and may be used singly and selectively, as a cleansing liquid, or with clear water of required temperature, or with compressed air, or as a combination either whole or in part of above, or in any case, the selected liquid with or without air is all passed through the applicator channel of the hand operated washing and cleaning device.

Other objects of my invention and a full and complete explanation of the construction of the above named applicator with its function and operation is herein outlined in the description of the following specification, accompanied by the annexed drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a side elevational view of the applicator device, which is connected to a source of liquid supply by a hose.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the flow of cleansing liquid in front of the wipers when applicator is operated to the left.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the applicator operated in the reversed direction, in which the flow of cleansing liquid is automatically forced by deflectors in front of the cleaners.

Fig. 4 shows in perspective the assembly of the cleaning applicator, connectable by any length of flexible hose as may be required.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral I5 indicates a handle, into which a slotted tube 16 is inserted. The slotted section 21 of the tube is of suitable width and length, and is located on the under side of the tube. The un-slotted portion [8 of the tube is secured into handle I5. The inside of said handle forms a bearing, and the opposite un-slotted end IQ of the slotted tube 5 is provided with a cap 20 also forming a bearing.

A bar 25 attached to a fabric holding frame 26 extends beyond the length of the frame to a point that rests on bearings at each end of the slot in tube 16.

This bar 25 thus located, is in alignment with the outer surface of the slotted tube 16 and the width of the bar is slightly less than the width of the slotted opening 21 in the tube, this provides a narrow slit or opening 28 between the bar and the edge of the slot 21 along the full length of the bar for the flow of liquid therethrough, note Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Means are provided to insure that the fluid shall be forcibly ejected evenly along the entire length of the slot 27 and of the fabric frame. To obtain this objective, deflector members 30 and 3| are suitably placed along the top of the bar 25 and are pointed towards the inflow of the fluid. The first deflector member 30 is located close to the handle outlet end. Each deflector 30 and 3| comprises a pair of angularly disposed flns or wings 30a and cm respectively which meet at a point as best seen in perspective in Fig. l, and which are designed to divert the flow of fluid evenly on either side along the slit or opening 28 caused by the oscillating movement of the applicator bar 25.

The fabric holding frame 26 attached along the underside of the bar 25 contains suitable material 260 for washing and cleaning, which contacts the surfaces to be washed, and when moved to right or left, the material drags on the surfaces and tips the fabric holder forward in the direction the applicator device is moved. This intermittent reciprocating and tipping action provides the alternating slitted openings to allow a stream or sheet of Water or cleaning fluid, to be ejected along the full length of the fabric frame directly in front of and in the direction the device is being moved, the water or cleaning fluid removes loose dust and prevents scratching polished surfaces.

At the same time the reciprocating and tipping action causes the top of the fabric holding frame 26 at the side opposite the direction of movement to contact the edge of the tube slotted opening 21 and thus close the slit opening and force the The cleansing solution flows under pressure p from a suitable source through the hose H and to the handle 15, whereat I may use a bayonet locking means as at 92 to secure the hose H to the end portion of the handle It. The extended end 93 of the slotted tube is is secured to the handle by a pin 94 or any other desired securing means.

In the applicator device AD as shown in Figs.

1, 2, 3 and i, the fabric holding frame 26 is provided with spaced bolts or screws 26a that bind securely the cleaning material 26c between the walls of the frame 25. The material may extend beyond the frame at each end as shown in Fig. l. The cleaning material 260 may be of any material suitable for the cleaning and wiping operation herein described, such as, for example, textile fabrics, and may be removably secured in the same frame 26, by removing the bolts or screws 25a. However, I may adopt other clamping or securing means for the cleaning material, if so desired.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the reversible operation of the flow of the cleaning fluid or water is shown clearly, in which the cleaning material frame 26 rocks or tilts left or right depending on the movement given to the handle i5 and its co-acting slotted tube member H5. The slit openings provided on each side of the bar 25 during this movement will allow the cleaning fluid or water to flow intermittently through each slit alternatingly in a sheet-like manner by the aid of the deflectors 30 and 3! positioned on top of the bar 25. However, I may adopt other means to control the flow of the cleaning fluid or water for the cleaning operation of the applicator device.

It is to be understood that I may adopt fluid or water flow control means, such as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which I may provide a bar shown in dotted lines at NO, adjacent to the slotted opening 21, whereby the slit openings 28 may be more or less, by adjusting the bar I96 by means of a set screw new secured to the slotted tube 56, and through slotted portions in the bar [50, which extends the full length of the slotted opening 21.

It is to be understood I may alter and improve any 'part'of my invention as hereinbefore described and shown in the drawings, providing same comes within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A cleaning and washing applicator device of the character described, comprising a tubular handle in which a tube member extends approxi mately the full length thereof, said tube member being secured to the inner portion of said tubular handle, a flexible hose leading from a source of fluid supply and connected to said tubular han- 4 therefrom, said handle when manipulated to the left or to the right providing a slit opening between the lengthwise edges of said slotted opening on either side of said bar member during the intermittent movement of said handle in the left or right direction, whereby the flow of the cleaning fluid under pressure from said source is reversed from one side to the other side of said deflectors, thereby providing a flow of the cleaning fluid in front of the applicator device.

2. A cleaning and washing applicator device of the character described, comprising a tubular handle, a flexible hose leading from a source of fluid supply and connected to said tubular handle, said tubular handle having a tube member extending therefrom, said tube member having a slotted opening extending approximately the fulllength thereof, a bar member positioned in dle, said tube member having a slotted opening therein, a bar member having spaced deflectors thereon, said bar member being positioned in and extending the full length of said slotted opening in said tube member, said slotted opening being wider than said bar member, a frame member secured to the under portion of said bar member, said frame member adapted to have cleaning material secured thereto, and removed and extending the full length of said slotted opening, said bar member being provided with deflectors and being narrower in width than said slotted opening, said bar member having a cleaning material holder secured thereto and underneath thereof, whereby when the fluid flows into said tube member said deflectors will deflect the flow of fluid to either side of said bar member and a slit opening is provided when said handle is manipulated, thereby intermittently causing a reversible or alternating flow of fluid through said slit opening on each side of the bar member, the edges of said slotted opening acting as a stop or control means for the flow of fluid therethrough.

3. A cleaning and washing applicator device as defined in claim 2, in which said flow of fluid through each alternative slit opening, may be controlled by an adjustable member on each side of said slotted opening whereby said adjustable member may adjust the volume and flow of fluid therethrough.

4. A cleaning and washing applicator devicefluid therethrough leaving the opposite end thereof open, said tube member being provided with a slotted opening in the wall thereof running along the length of said tube member, and spaced from the axis of said tube member, said slotted opening being of predetermined width, means for supplying fluid from a source of supply to said tube member through its open end and to normally pass out therefrom through said slotted opening, a bar member having a pair of longitudinal edges, said bar member being of less width than said slotted opening, means for movably supporting said bar member within said tube member and in said slotted opening whereby upon relative movement of said tube member and said bar member in one direction a first longitudinal edge of said bar member will engage with the adjacent wall of said slotted opening to block the flow of said fluid therebetween, leaving a space between the'second longitudinal edge of said bar member and the adjacent wall ond space formed between said second longitudinal edge of said bar member and its adjacent wall of said slotted'o'pening.

5. A cleanin and washing applicator device according to claim 4 in which there is provided a cleaning element of suitable cleaning material, and in which means are provided for attaching said cleaning element to said bar member.

6. A cleaning and Washing applicator device 5 according to claim 5 in which the means for supplying fiuid from the said source of supply to said tube member comprises a flexible hose connected to and communicating with said handle member.

7. A cleaning and washing applicator device according to claim 6 in which a deflector member is disposed in the path of flow of fluid from said source of supply, said deflector member being secured to said bar member.

8. A cleaning and washing applicator device 16 6 according to claim '7 including means carried by said tube member to adjust the size of the said space to alter the size of the sheet-like flow of fluid.

FREDERICK TOO'P.

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