US624796A

US624796A - Richard l

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Publication number: US624796A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1899-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 1916-05-09

Description

No. 624,796. Patented May 9, I899.

R. L. HABDIN.

WALL PROTECTOR.

(Application flied Nov. 12, 1898.)

(No Model.)

//v VETOI? B) W/TNE SSE S NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD L. HARDIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RICHARD II. HARPER, OF SAME PLACE.

WALL-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,796, dated May 9 1899. Application filed November 12, 1898. Serial No. 696,250. (No modeli) T0 aZZ whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, RICHARD L. HARDIN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved.

vent soiling wall decorations When cleaning windows, door-frames, or base-boards.

A further object of the inventionis to so construct the device that it may be held against the woodwork and bear against the wall without injury to either and be held in proper position with one hand while the other hand is employed in cleaning.

Another object of the invention is to so shape the device in cross-section that it will incline toward the woodwork to be cleaned,- engaging at its depressed edge with both the woodwork and the wall adjacent thereto, effectually preventing fluids from working between the device and the wall.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a window-frame and a portion of the wall to which the frame is secured, also a perspective view of the improved device in position upon the wall; and Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section through the wall and the windowframe shown in Fig. 1, the device being in plan View and in position.

A represents a window-frame, B the wall to which the frame is attached, and O represen ts the body portion of the improved wallprotector. The said body portion of the protector is preferably made from a single piece of metal or other waterproof material, and the said body com prises a front plate or blade 10 and a flange 11 at the outer longitudinal edge of the front plate or blade, and-said flange extends from the under face of the plate or blade at a right angle thereto. The

rearlongitudinal edge of the flange 11 is made to taper in opposite directions from the center, as shown particularly in Fig. 1, and at the central portion of the flange a cushion 12 is secured in any suitable or approved manner.

A handle 13 is provided for the body 0 of the device, the handle bein g placed about centrallybetween theends of the body and adjacent to the flange 11, over and beyond. which the handle extends. The handle 13 may be made of the same material as the body of the device or of a different material; but preferably the handle is of a non-yielding substance, and the handle is bent or so formed that its outer face is convexed and its; inner face concaved, While a curved flange 14 is formed at the outer longitudinal edge of the handle. Ahandle so formed may be readily taken in thehand, the fingers of said hand entering the concaved portion of the handle, while the palm of the hand engages with its conveXed face.

In operation the cushion 12 is made to bear against the wall, while the inner longitudinal edge of the blade of the body is carried against the window-casing and rests upon the wall. Thus it will be observed that the bladesection of the body when the device is in use is given an inclination in direction of the woodwork to be cleaned, so that fluid cannot flow back of the device, and it is furthermore evident that the device may be held by one hand against the wall andin engagement with the woodwork to be cleaned, leaving the other hand free for cleaning purposes. It is fur+ thermore obvious that no matter how delicate the color of the wall, it will not in the least be discolored or soiled while the woodwork is being cleaned, since the device can be moved along the edge of the woodwork in any direction necessary to preserve and cover the wall adjacent to that portion of the woodwork that is undergoing the process of cleaning.

It will be evident that the inclination or taper of the flange of the protector in oppo site directions from its center enables the device to be readily adapted to surfaces to which it could not be conveniently applied were they flange of uniform width throughout.

It is further evident that any meansmay be provided for hanging up the device when 2. A Wall-protector conslsting of a body, which body comprises a front or main plate and a flange at the outer longitudinal edge ofsaid main plate, said flange being tapered in opposite directions from its center, a cushion located at the central portion of the inclined edge of the flange, and a handle attached to the body at its flanged edge, which handle is curved over and beyond the flange, the inner face of the handle being concaved and its outer face convexed, as described.

RICHARD L. I-IARDIN.

Witnesses:

M. E. PLATT, E. R. CONGDON.