US523004A

US523004A - Shoe-polisher

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Publication number: US523004A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-07-17
Anticipated expiration: 1911-07-17

Description

` (No Model.)

H. PARSONS.

SHOE PoLIsHBR. Y

No. 523,004. Patented July 17, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN PARSONS, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

SHOE-POLISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,004, dated July 17,1894.

Application filed ctober Z6, 1893. Serial No. 489,212. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN PARSONS, of Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented a new and lmproved Shoe-Polisher, of which the following 1s a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure lis a longitudinal section of my improved shoe polisher. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of the polisher; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of a polishing band formed of a woolen fabric u on one side and bristles on the opposite s1 e.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

The object of myinvention is to provide a simple and eiective device for polishing russet, patent leather and enamel shoes.

My invention consists in a bail-shaped handle having square sided loops formed on its ends, and a strap passing around the straight sides of the loop and fastened together at its en s.

The frame A, of my improved shoe polisher, consists of two wire loops a, made in the form of a triangle, the ends of the wire forming the loop being bent outwardly from the apex of the angle parallel with each other, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to receive the handle B. The triangular loops thus formed are curved to afford space for the hand between the handle B and the polishing strap O. The said strap C is made of a webbing of wool or other material suitable for polishing shoes, and in the modification, shown in Fig. 4, the strap C is provided on one side with bristles. The ends of the strap are furnished with a buckle D, formed of an oblong link b attached to one end of the strap, and an oblong hook c attached to the other end of the strap.

The loops a are arranged with the parts CZ parallel with each other, and the strap C is passed through both of the loops and fastened by the buckle D. The loops a, being made of spring material and being drawn toward each other as the ends of the strap O are connected, the said strap is put under tension. When it is desired to shift the strip of webbing so as to present a new surface for polishing, the ends of the spring frame are pressed inward to take the strain ed from the webbing, when it may be readily shifted.

` The form of polisher shown in Fig. 3 is like that already described, with the exception of the handle A', which is made integral with the Wire which forms the loops for holding the polishing strap C.

My improved polisher is designed for use vmainly with the kind of polish applied to russet shoes, or to patent leather and enamel shoes, but it may be used for putting the final finish on a polish made by the use of shoe blacking.

It is obvious that an endless band may be employed, and the buckle dispensed with.

l-laving thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters,

Patent- 1. A shoe polisher, formed of a strap of textile material, and a handle for carrying the same, substantially as specified.

2. In a shoe polisher, the combination with a handle, of a pair of loops for receiving the polishing strap, and a polishing strap adapted to be carried by the loops, substantially as specified.

HERMAN PARSONS.

Witnesses E. K. DEMMOND, T. E. ,YoUMANs