US2718653A

US2718653A - Shoe polish dauber

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Publication number: US2718653A
Application number: US352077A
Authority: US
Inventors: Silvio A Delsener
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1953-04-30
Filing date: 1953-04-30
Publication date: 1955-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1972-09-27

Description

P 1955 s. A. DELSENER 2,718,653

SHOE POLISH DAUBER Filed April 30, 1953 INVENTOR. SILV'IO A. DELSENER BY w 4M ATTORNEY United States Patent SHOE POLISH DAUBER Silvio A. Delsener, Astoria, N. Y.

Application April 30, 1953, Serial No. 352,077

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-231) This invention pertains to new and useful polish applying devices. It is particularly concerned with a dauber of an improved type, and finds particular use in the application of polish to shoes.

The conventional shoe polish dauber includes a small brush of bristles at the end of a handle. It is used either by rubbing the brush end in paste polish or by applying a liquid polish to the brush and then applying the brush to the articles to be polished. A brush of this type, it is clear, has its short-comings. For one thing, a different brush is required for each color of polish used, so as to prevent objectionable off-color effects. Further, the bristles soon become worn, stiff, or bent to one side and, in short time, the brush must be discarded and replaced by another. The dauber cannot very well be used at one time with paste polish and then used at other times with liquid polish Without matting the bristles and otherwise destroying its usefulness.

Now, I have invented an improved polish dauber, which is of such a nature that the difiiculties so commonly associated with the brush type dauber are not encountered.

A feature of my invention is that it does not include a brush, and consequently the problem of brush matting, worn and bent bristles, and so on, does not occur.

A further feature of the invention is a resilient daubing portion, which not only facilitates application of polish to an article, but also permits the polish to be evenly spread about the article.

Another feature of the invention is a removable cloth cap covering the daubing end, which gives to the dauber many advantages, one of which is that the cap may be readily removed when worn and replaced by another. By this means the useful life of the dauber may be indefinitely prolonged.

An object of the invention is, therefore, a new and improved type of polish applicator.

A further object of the invention is a shoe polish dauber that may be used with polishes of various shades without harming the dauber.

A still further object of the invention is a shoe polish dauber having an applicator end covered by a removable cloth cap.

The invention further lies in the general organization and arrangement of the various elements of the dauber and in their peculiar relation to one another.

The foregoing features, objects and advantages of this invention, as well as many others, will become apparent as this specification unfolds in greater detail and as it is read together with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application.

In the drawings, wherein a preferred form of a shoe polish dauber is shown by way of illustration,

Fig. l is a side elevational view with a portion cut away;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In describing the invention in further detail, reference is directed to the several drawings, wherein there is a shoe polish dauber having a short handle 1, adapted to be manually gripped at one end. The handle carries on the underside of its other end 2 a dauber head 3. The

free end, or bottom, of the head is provided with a resilient member 4, formed preferably of soft rubber and having an outer convexed surface. A cloth cap 5 covers the resilient member.

The dauber head includes a frusto conical portion 6, to the top surface of which the handle end 2 is secured fast by suitable means, such as a screw 7. The base 8 of the body portion is fiat and circular, and it extends out a little from the body portion to form a shoulder 9 around the latter. The resilient element 4 is of a diameter slightly greater than that of the base, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and it is secured to the latter in suitable manner, preferably by glue.

The cloth cap 5, which covers the resilient portion 4, is removable, and it is in the form of a small bag having about its opening a continuous elastic 10. The cap is of a size whereby it may fit snuglyover the end of the dauber head and, when on the latter, it conforms to the convexed rounded surface of the resilient element 4. When untensioned, the continuous elastic 10 is of a diameter smaller than the end of the dauber head. In fitting the cap to the dauber head, the elastic is stretched to permit the end of the dauber, carrying the resilient element 4 and the shoulder portion 9 of the base, to enter the cap. When released or allowed to contract, the elastic grips the body portion 6 of the dauber head just above the shoulder 9. The shoulder portion 9, extending about the base of the dauber head, serves to maintain the cap distended and tightly encompassing the resilient element 4. The shoulder also serves to prevent the elastic element from creeping down and off the dauber head, and thereby secures the position of the elastic and avoids sagging in the cap.

The dauber head and the handle are separate elements secured to one another by the fastener 7.

In using the article, the cloth covered end of the dauber head is coated with polish, either paste or liquid, and applied to an article, such as shoes, for polishing. In this operation the resilient element 4 is of decided advantage, for it yields or compresses as it is rubbed over an article and thereby a greater daubing surface and facilitates a uniform spreading of the polish. By having the resilient element 4 of a slightly greater diameter than the dauber base, the edges of element 4 may also be used in the polish applying operation without interference by the hard base or shoulder 9 of the dauber head.

The cloth cap also has its advantages, for it is removableand, when soiled or worn, may readily be removed and replaced by another. Use of the removable cloth cap has economical advantages as well, in that the life of the dauber may be indefinitely prolonged and it may be used with all shades of polish simply by replacing the cap with another.

Above I have described and illustrated a preferred form of my invention, however, it is my intent to include Within the coverage of this specification all forms and modifications which may reasonably be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as well as within the reasonable interpretation of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a polish dauber comprising a manually grippable handle and a dauber head having a frusto-conical body portion fixed at its narrow diameter end to the underside of one end of the handle; an annular shoulder pro jecting radially from the base end of the body portion; a resilient disc of soft rubber characterized by a convexed undersurface, and further characterized by a flat upper surface attached to the base end of the body portion and projecting radially slightly beyond the periphery of the annular shoulder; and a removable cloth cap snugly covering over the convexed nndersurface of the disc, having its free open end tautly extended up and over the said shoulder, and having a continuous elastic element about the periphery of its open end in distended engagement with the saidbody portion just above the shoulder, whereby the cap is prevented by the shoulder from slipping free of the body portion and is maintained snugly over the resilient disc.

UNITED STATES PATENTS Daboll Apr. 26, 1898 Dover May 28, 1918 Aste July 12, 1932 Steinert Mar. 14, 1933 Goddard Feb. 5, 1935 Auten Apr. 21, 1953