US3000202A

US3000202A - Combination implement for removing spots from fabric

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Publication number: US3000202A
Application number: US1892A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank D Granados
Original assignee: GEORGE D LANG DALE
Current assignee: GEORGE D LANG DALE; GEORGE D LANG-DALE
Priority date: 1960-01-12
Filing date: 1960-01-12
Publication date: 1961-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 1978-09-19

Description

Sept. 19, 1961 GRANADOS 3,000,202

COMBINATION IMPLEMENT FOR REMOVING SPOTS FROM FABRIC Filed Jan. 12, 1960 Frank D. Granaoos INVENTOR.

United States Patent COMBINATION IMPLEMENT FOR REMOVING SPOTS FROM FABRIC Frank D. Granados, 2644 E St., San Diego, Calif., as-

signor of fifty percent to George D. Lang-Dale, San Diego, Calif.

Filed Jan. 12, 1960, Ser. No. 1,892 6 Claims. (Cl. 68-222) This invention relates to improvements in implements for use in removing spots, or stains, from fabric in dry cleaning establishments, where spotting is required on a spotting board.

The primary object'of the invention is to provide a time and labor saving combination steam gun and brush for applying fluid cleaning agents to spots, or stains, and, or brushing the spots, or stains, according to requirements for removing spots of different kinds from different types of fabrics.

Another object is to provide a combination steam gun and brush for the above purposes which is very simple in construction, durable, easy to use with one hand, will not slip out of the hand, and is adapted for manufacture at a low cost.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the combination steam gun and brush implement in the preferred embodiment thereof;

FIGURE 2 is a similar View with the implement turned through an angle of substantially 90 degrees;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged view in cross section taken on the line 33 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged view in cross section taken on the line 4--4 of FIGURE 2, and

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view in perspective of a nozzle part of the implement.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the combination steam gun and brush of this invention comprises an elongate, preferably cylindrical body 1 of light strong material, such as wood, and which forms a handle. The body 1 is formed with a half round, or semi-spherical, front end portion 3 providing a flat bottomed elongated recess 5 in said front end portion 3 at one side of the body 1.

A cap 7 of rubber, or like material, is sleeved over and suitably fixed on the rear end of the body 1 to prevent said body 1 from slipping forwardly in the hand grasping the body 1 between said recess 5 and said cap 7 for using the body as a handle.

A brush 9 is attached to the front end portion 3 and which comprises a rectangular block or back 11 of wood for bristles 13. The back 11 fits flatly in the recess 5 and is detachably attached to said front end portion 3 by screws 15 with the bristles protruding outwardly beyond said body 1 at one side of the body.

A steam tube 17 extends longitudinally through the body 1 in the axis of said body and through a longitudinal central groove 19 in the back 11 and is rotatable in said body and has front and

rear end portions

21, 23 extending out of the body 1. The rear end 23 of the tube 17 is straight and adapted to be attached by a hose, not shown, to a suitable source, not shown, of steam or other cleaning fluid under pressure to issue out of the front end portion 21 of said tube. A set screw 25 in said body 1 locks the tube 17 in differently rotated position in said body. The rear end 23 of the tube 17 is circumferentially grooved, as at 24, to facilitate retaining a hose thereon.

3,000,202 Patented Sept. 19, 1961 ICC The front end portion 21 of the tube 17 is curved forwardly and laterally of the body 1 with an elongated, widened, flattened terminal nozzle 27 of oval cross section spaced outwardly beyond the body 1 and forwardly of the brush 9. Because of this arrangement, the tube 17 may be rotated in the body 1 to position the nozzle 27 in angular relation, for example, a degree angular relation, to said brush '9, or said tube 17 may be rotated in the body 1 to position the nozzle in alignment with and forwardly of the brush 9 and facing in the same direction as the brush 9.

When the nozzle 27 and brush 9 are positioned in angular relation to each other, as shown in FIGURES l and 2, the body 1 may be slightly rotated by a quick turn of the wrist to position the brush 9 and nozzle 27 selectively in facing relation to a piece of fabric, not shown, for use "alternately in spotting. When the nozzle 27 is positioned in alignment with the brush 9, the'body may be held in the hand and both the brush 9 and nozzle 27 used in spotting, simultaneously, with the nozzle used for tapping the fabric if desired, in the usual manner.

The brush 9 when worn may be readily detached and replaced with another brush. The bore or groove 19 is preferably rectangular in cross-section and somewhat larger than the cross-section of the tube 17. Better still, the tube is preferably mounted in rectangular sleeves or bushings 20 fitted in the bore. With this construction air is permitted to circulate by way of the bore. Also, the tube is that spaced from the wall surfaces of said bore and undue heating of the handle is prevented.

The preceding description will, it is believed, sufiice to impart a clear understanding of the invention, without further explanation.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. An implement for use in spotting fabric comprising an elongated longitudinally bored body forming a handle turn-able about its longitudinal axis by a hand grasping and turning the body, said body having a front end portion, a bristled brush embodying a bristle-equipped back attached to said front end portion at one side of the body, and a steam tube extending axially through the bore in said body and rotatable therein with one end attachable to a source of steam under pressure and having a front end portion terminating in a steam discharge nozzle and being curved laterally of the body, said nozzle being of a length that the discharge end may be caused to project beyond the free ends of the bristles, whereby in response to rotation of the tube in and relative to said body said nozzle may be swung to and positioned in angular relation to the plane of the bristles of said brush or into alignment therewith in front thereof, so that in the angular position of the nozzle relative to the brush, said nozzle and brush may be positioned selectively in facing relation to fabric by a slight rotation of said body for use of the nozzle and brush alternatively in spotting, whereas, in the aligned position of said nozzle relative to said brush, said brush and nozzle may be used simultaneously in spotting.

2. An implement according to claim 1, said nozzle having a tip which is oval in cross section for use in tapping fabric in spotting.

3. An implement according to claim 1, said brush embodying a block-like back provided with a central openended groove therein through which cooperating portions of said tube extend in a manner to center the brush on said body when attaching'the brush.

4. The combination of claim 1, and wherein said body is cylindrical in cross section, the forward end portion thereof being semi-circular in cross section and defining a brush back accommodating and seating recess, the back of said brush being seated, fitted and secured to the semicircular portion by way of the recess.

5. An implement according to claim 1, said body having a longitudinal bore non-circular in cross-section, noncircular bushings keyed against rotation in said bore, said tube being circular in cross-section and freely rotatable in said bushings, the latter providing suitable bearings.

6. For use in a dry cleaning establishment or the like, a manually usable spotting implement for fabric and the like comprising an elongated body generally circular in cross-section and providing a handle which may be caught hold of and bodily turned fro-n1 left to right, tilted toward the fabric surface and otherwise manipulated, said body being circular in cross-section and the forward end thereof being semi-circular and providing a shouldered recess, said body being provided with an axial longitudinally extending bore opening through the forward and rearward ends of the body and non-circular in cross-section, a brush comprising a block-like back provided with lateral- 1y projecting bristles, said back being fitted into the recess and having a lengthwise groove aligned with the cooperating forward end portion of the bore in said body, noncircular bushings fitted in end portions of the bore, and an elongated tube circular in cross-section and of a crosssection less than the cross-section of the bore in said body and also slightly less than the passage through the respective bushings, portions of said tube being mounted in the bushings, one end of the tube projecting beyond the inner end of the body to accommodate an attachable steam supply hose, the other end of the tube projecting beyond the forward end of the bore and being laterally bent and terminating in a nozzle, the laterally bent end and nozzle being turnable from left to right in the bushings so that the nozzle may be disposed in "a plane parallel to the plane of the free ends of the bristles, or in a position at right angles to the plane of said bristles.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Fastis Aug. 6, 1957