US895472A - Fountain bath-sponge. - Google Patents

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B. D. KNIGKERBCKER. FNTAIN BATH SPONGB. APPLIOATION Imm ocr. 21, 1903.

' No. 895,472. I

PATEN TED AUG. IIIQOBI- B. D. KNIGKERBOGKBR. Y FOUNTAIN BATH SPONGB. I

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2l, 1903.

BURTON D. mrsrnRBocKEn, or onIoAGo. IL LnzoIs.

rouwrnm zen'rnesromn.

Specifcaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Appnon med ombea1,'1eos. sei-1n Nb. 171.544.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BURTON D. Emomen- Boomen, citizen of the United States, resid- 'ing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Imnrovement in Fountain Eeth- S enges, of which the following is a full,

y c ear,eoncise, and exact description, referwhich lwitha hose 8 ha ence being had to the accompanying drewing; forming a part of this speciicstlon..

his invention relates to bath brushes and its object is to provide a fountain beth brush having a sponge surface.

A further object is to provide anche brush with a handle whereby the brush ma be conveniently used and all parte of the ody reached.

The referred embodiment of m invenh tion is s own in the accompanying swings forrning a part of the specification, and 1n Figure 1 is a plan view, part of the brush being breken away to show the interior tube Y`.l*`ig..2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectionnl view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a sec# tional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5is a lan view of a Inodication; Flg. 6 is a side e evstion of the seme; Fig. 7 is end view thereof; and, Figs. 8 and 9 ar views ofthe interior tube for the brush.

The body 1 of the brush is formed'f a sponge-like materiel made 4preferably of rubber, -and has psssingA through the center thereof a preferably flexible tube 2 provided with perforations 3, and havingr external ribs 4, thus forming a sort of chamber within the exterior of the porous body. end of the tube 2 is laced a plug 5, having at its inner end a sho der 6 to engage the sides of the tube and prevent the plug `Horn being forced out-b the ressure ofthe water. The outer end o the pug 5 is form-ed into a head 7. The rear end of the tube 2 may be joined fr at its op csite end a faucet connection 9. I preferapbly join the tube 3 with the hose 8 by means of a connector 10, provided with a bore for the pas- Sage of the water and upon its periphery near the ends with shoulders l1 to prevent the tubes from withdrawing from the connector ldue to the force of the water. A third shoulder 1 2 is formed at an 4internzlediate point upon the `periphery et the connecter and In the iront the sponge may be readily placed in i mounted updn the connector and bearing against said shoulder is a preferably concave washer 14, which in connection with a'similar washer 15, mounted-u on the plug 5 and' held in position by the ead 7, prevents the tube 3 from being withdrawn from the The handlev 16 is tubular in form to allow the hose 8 to pass therethrough and has at its forward ende. flattened extension 17 which is secured by means of screws 18 to the crosspiece 19. This construction leaves en open space et the fore partof the handle and permits attachment of the hose 8 to the connector 10 without: detaching the handle. The cross-piece 19 at its oint of connection with the hane is arche as at 20, so that it will readily clear the connection between the hose 8 and the tube 2, and also form a. rotection for the same. Two rods 21 W ich extend longitudinally through the spon e 1 on either side of the tube 2 are estene, at their rear ends to the cross-piece 19 by means of screws 22. These rods term a connecting Ineens between the sponge and the handle and rigidly hold the sponge so that it may be used as a brush. l

1n Figs. 5, 6 and 7 is shown a modification of the manner .of fastening the sponge upon the handle. In this form, rods 23 clamp the sponge between them instead of passing tnrough the sponge. `The rods 23 are secured to a cross-piece 24, of the same coni struction as the cnossiece 19 shown in Fig. 3.' One of said rods, Wever, is pivoted as at 24, to allow it to swiner outwardlv to the position shown in dotted lines in orden that sition. A chain 25 is connected to the en of the reds to hold 'the pivoted rod in place when the sponge is clamped in position.

The handle 26 has a flattened portion 27 to which is secured the eros-piece 24. A ortion of the llattened portion 27 is turne up as at 28 and to this upturned portion is secured the downwardly extending portion 30 of the guard 29. This guard consists referably of a flattened piece of metal w ich extends nearly the length of the sponve on its up er side to prevent thesarne from being force out from between the rods 23, .when the brush is in use- Any means may be provided for fastening the part 30 of the Guard to the upturned portion 28 of the handle, but I p tubes which may be used inside the sponge,

one in which the ribs 4 are arran ed to encircle the tube, and also arranged ongitudinally of the same as shown inFig. 8 or as shown in Fig. 9, a wire 33 may be coiled around the tube which will revent the samel frombeing compressed en also prevent the sponge from comingl into close contact with t e tube and close t e perorations.

vIt will be seen that, ai

, has been made with the faucet, and the water turned on, the water will ass through the hose and into the perforated) tube 2 and from thence will work out through the periorations and the pores of the sponge to the surface. By essing the tube 8 through the hollow han le it will not inconvenience the person using the sponge and by the arrangement shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, if desired, the handie may be detached and the sponge used alone.

While I have'shown and described referred' embodiments of my invention, do not wish to limit myself to the forms shown, as there are numerous forms in which the in- `vention may be embodied; the several modiications of the invention illustrated and described serve to show the essential features of my invention and that the seme may be embodied in a number of diierent mechanical arrangements without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention .what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porous material, having an interior chamber, of a hollow handle for said body, e water supply hose inderendent of said handle and passing therethrough, and means ior connectinr the hose directly said chamber without detaching said han- 2. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porous material, having a flexible erforated tube assing therethrough, of a andle for said ody, a water suppl hose passing through and independent o said handle, and means for connecting said hose to said tube without detaching said handle.

3 In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porous material havmg a perforated tube passing therethrough,

s915472 y 1 K ter the ,connection of means for holding said tubein position, a hollow handle for said body, av Water supp-111g hose passing through said handle, and me for directly connecting said hose withsai tube without detachinsaid handle.

4. In a fountain bat sponge, the combination with a body of porous material having a perforated tube passing therethrough, of -an arched cross-piece, a tubular handle attached to said cross-piece, means connecting said porous body to said cross-piece, a water supply hose passing through said handle, and means said tube.

5. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porous material having a perforated interior chamber, of an arched cross-piece, a tubular handle attached to said cross-piece, means connecting said crous body to said cross-piece, and means or connecting said tube with the water supply In a fountain bath sponge, the combifor connecting' said hose seD nation with a body of porous material of a n iiexible perforated tube in the interior oie said body, means for securing said tube in place,

a cross-piece, a tubular handle secured to said cre"-piece, porous cody secured to seid cross-piece, a water supply hose passing through said handie and means for connecting said hose to the perforated tube. v

7. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a bod of porous materiel, of a lexible periorate' tube in its interior, re

supporting arms for said taining Ineens for said tube, a tubular handle' .p having e water-supply hose passing therethrough, clamping Ineens for said porous materiel connected with said .liza-ndle, and means ier connecting the perforated tube to the water supply hose.

8. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porous material having a perforated tube passing therethrough, of a handle, parallel rods secured to said handle to which said body is secured, and means for connecting said tube with the water sup 9. In al fountain beth sponge, the combination `with e. body of porous material, of a perforated tube extending through said body, and ineens for preventing the perorations from being closed by saidbody.

10. In a fountain bath sponge, the combination with a body of porous material, of a,

ply hose essing through and independent of said han e,and means for directly connectiso l flexible perforated tube passin therethroughL means for reventing the per orations in the tube from being closed by the body of porous material, a handle for said body, means for securnfy said handle to thel body, awater supplyliose passing through saidjhnndle, and

means for connecting the said hose to said tube without detaching the handle.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto snbscribed my name 1n the presence of two witmesses,

` BUITON D. KNICKERBOCKER.

Witnesses: 'l

' W'. CLYDE JONES, M. R. Roer-mom).

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