US947933A

US947933A - Boot-blacking machine.

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Publication number: US947933A
Application number: US43404908A
Authority: US
Inventors: Anton T Peffer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-05-21
Filing date: 1908-05-21
Publication date: 1910-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 1927-02-01

Description

A. T. PEPPER.

BOOT BLAGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1908.

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BOOT BLACKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 21, 1908.

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A. T. PEPPER;

BOOT BLAGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1908.

Patented Febu 1, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 21, 1908.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

Serial No. 434,049.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ANTON T. Parana, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Cloud, Stearns county, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot-Blacking Machines; and my preferred manner of carrying out the invention is set forth in the following full, clear, and exact description, terminating with claims particularly specifying the novelty.

This invention relates to boot blacking machines, and its object is to produce a device of this character whereby the insertion of a coin and a movement of the actuating lever of the coin mechanism will auto- .matically feed blackingin the form of either liquid or paste as desired and controlled by the operator and will also release the weight-lifting lever; and the movement of the latter by the operator will both raise the weight to set in motion the oscil' lating mechanism which causes first the daubers and then the polishers to engage the shoes, and also connect a motor with the reciprocating mechanism whereby the brushes during their oscillation are moved across the various parts of the shoes.

To this end the invention consists broadly in the mechanism for carrying out said object, and it consists specifically in details of construction of the various parts.

The invention also contemplates the possibility of using selective devices for permitting the operator to cause the same machine to apply different kinds of blacking, according as the necessities of the case may requlre.

It also contemplates the possible use of tripping mechanism whereby the descent of the weight may be interrupted at a point which will shut off the feed of the blacking but continue the reciprocation of the polishing brushes, and whereby the further descent of the weight will check such reciprocation after the shoes are thoroughly polished.

T he preferred embodiment of my invention is described in the following specification and set forth in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan View of the entire machine, showing the main brushes opposite the foot rests and one reservoir partly broken away; Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the main brushes forward, the top of the motor I housing removed, and the reservoirs and their casing also removed but the weight leverillustrated in its depressed position and the weight and one of the blacking pads in plan view; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section showing one of the pads in elevation; and heel brush omitted. Fig. 4: is a rear elevation of the machine showing the weight and its rack bar and sheath; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the tripping mechanism and a section through the rack bar and sheath; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one blacking pad with its corrugated side plates removed, and a longitudinal section through its arm; Fig. 6' is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 6. Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 7--7 of Fig. 1, taken through the main brush frame; Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are details respectively of one side brush, the intermediate brush, and the heel brush and its actuating mechanism. Fig. 11 is a detail of a modified form of the blacking feed lever. 1

Framework-In the drawings, the numeral. 1 designates the sides of the main framework connected by suitable cross bars 2 at front and rear, and above the latter an inclined casing 3 for the blacking reservoirs which covers the oscillating mechanism and supports the seat 4. At one end of this casing is an upright 5 carrying check-controlled mechanism 6 whose unnecessary details will not be amplified in the present instance. Longitudinally between the cross bars 2 are bars 7 carrying fixed foot rests 8 at proper points beneath the seat. At the front end is a housing 9 for the driving mechanism which may be hand power, although probably it will be electric or other suitable power. It is to be understood that the various mechanical parts are covered by casings forming part of the framework, but which have been removed and are omitted from the drawings for the sake of better illustration.

Blaclcing.The casing 3 contains three reservoirs 10, the outermost perforated on their inner sides and the central one perforated on both sides, as perhaps best illustrated at 11 in Fig. 3, and these reservoirs are adapted to receive tanks or boxes 12 containing paste blacking and which are made open at both endsthe lower end so that the paste can be pressed out of it and caused to ooze laterally through the perforations,

, and the upper end so as to admit plungers 17 carried by rack bars 18 sliding in the casing 3. J ournaled across the latter is a shaft 19 having gears 20 simultaneously engaging said rack bars 18 and having a ratchet 21 by which it is held against rotation in one direction by a retaining pawl 22.

Mounted intermediately between the three tact with the reservoirs 10 and wipe across the perforations 11 and take up paste blacking which may have oozed therethrough, and when they again descend the blacking is given off to the daubers. Each arm 16 is made hollow so as to constitute a reservoir, and within it is located a duct whose open upper end 160 is a funnel which stands near the upper end of the arm and whose smaller end a spout 170 leads down the arm to a cross tube 130 standing within the pad 13 with its ends opening behind both plates 14: in diverging grooves 150 leading downward to the felt 15 at points beneath the lower edge of the plates, so that liquid blacking within the funnel will run down the duct into and out of said tube, along the grooves under the plates, and onto the edges of the 'felt, from which it may be taken up by the daubers and spread on the heels and the edges of the soles. In the top of the pad 13 is a filling orifice closed by a screw cap 131 preferably having a fine air vent 132. It will be clear that when the arm 16 is swung on its pivot so that the pad 13 is elevated, this orifice may be used for the purpose of inserting liquid blacking which will run to the upper (then lower) end of the arm, and of which a certain amount will be trapped in the funnel and fed to the felt when the pad 13 is depressed as shown in Fig. 3; and-each time the pad is elevated this operation will be repeated until the liquid blacking is exhausted, so that by making the funnel of proper size and adjusting the exit to permit the proper flow of liquid blacking just enough will be supplied at each operation to polish the heels and edges of the soles. This automatic feed of liquid blacking must not be confused with the positive feed of paste blacking which is produced in the following manner.

Black-ing feccZ.Mounted loosely on the shaft 19 adjacent the ratchet 21 is a lever carrying a pawl 32 which is normally "drawn idly over the ratchet 21 by a spring 31, and a link 33 connects this lever with the check-controlled mechanism in a manner not necessary to descrlbe 1n detail further than to say that when a coin is inserted and the actuating lever of'the mechanism'is -moved to drop the coin it moves the lever 30 through the link 33 and automatically turns the shaft 19 and projects the plungers into their reservoirs. in Fig. 11 is shown a modified form of the blacking feed lever and its connections with the shaft 19, thereby producing a selective device by operating which the customer can prevent the feeding of paste blacking when he desires that liquid blacking only shall be supplied to the daubers. In the coi'istruction here illustrated the pawl 321 is normally engaged with the ratchet 21 by the same spring 31, but the pawl has a projection 320 beyond its pivot on the lever 30, which projection is adapted to be depressed by a sliding rod 300 sustained by a spring 310 and carrying a push button or knob 330. hen the customer depresses the latter, it is obvious that the tip of the pawl 321 will be lifted out of engagement with the ratchet, and therefore the insertion of the coin and. the movement of its actuating lever will not cause the rotation of the shaft 19 and the feed of paste blacking. But when the lever 30 .is moved to the rear it draws on a wire an having a loop 35 which engages a dog 36 and turns the latter against the tension of a spring 37 so as to release the weight-lifting lever (35 as described below, (see Fig. 7) and allow it to rise; and when the lever (35 again descends it passes the tip of the dog, which is permitted by the loop to turn on its pivot against the tension of the spring and reengage the lever. Thus the deposit of a coin and the movement of the actuating lever of the coin mechanism automatically moves the lever 30 and feeds the blaeking to the pads, while also automatically releasing the weight-lifting lever.

Brus/1.cs.1 do not wish to be confined to any particular type of brushes, by which term I may therefore mean those of bristles, of hair, or perhaps of fabric or both; but I preferably employ two kinds of brushes which will differ as necessary in size and shape, and distinguish them herein by terms describing their function as daubers and polishers. Mounted on main guides -10 extending longitudinally between the cross bars 2 is the main brush frame it which carries in the present instance three yokes 42, each having two eyes -13 loosely embracing longitudinal rods it made preferably square and of which I have shown three, one standing between the two bars 7 and the other two outside of them, and all journaled in the cross bars 2. 'lransversely across the frame above the foot-rests 3- extends a preferably square cross rod which is fixed therein so that it does not rotate. Mounted for lateral reciprocation on this rod is a brush head 46, and mounted for longitudinal reciprocation on the several square rods 4A are brush heads 4-? and 48. The brush head 46 carries a single polishing brush 49 of such size and. shape as to work upon the toes and tops of the shoes in moving across them as it does by reason of the location of the rod 45 and the mechanism to be described. Each of the brush heads 47 carries a polisher l9 and a dauber 50 which projects tangentially from opposite sides of the head as seen in Fig. 8, and their function is to work on the outer sides of the shoes and edges of the soles and heels. The intermediate brush head 48 carries twopolishers 49 and two daubers 50 as best seen in Fig. 9, and their function is to work 011 the inner or adjacent sides of the shoes and edges of the soles and heels. brushes as best illustrated in Fig. 1.0 have heads 51 carrying bristles 52 and moving in upright guides 53 mounted upon the bars 7 just in rear of the heels of the foot rests 8, and said guides are slotted vertically as at 54tso that pins in the heads may project therethrough and engage links 56. 57 is a lever pivoted to the side of the bar 7 and having a transverse slot 58 in its upper end loosely engaging a pin 59 at the lower end of the link 56, while the lower extremity of the lever has a tang 6O adapted to be struck by one of the yokes L2 as it is moved to and fro, whereby the lever will be swung first in one direction and then in the other and the lost motion permitted by the slot 58 and pin 59 will allow the tang to clear the yoke after the latter has struck and moved it in either direction. This movement causes the brush 51 to first rise and then fall each time the lever is moved in either direction, and in the movements of the brush its bristles impart polish to the rear of the shoe and heel. As will be understood, there are two of these heel brushes, and their operation is controlled automatically by the movements of the main brushes.

Osometon-diilounted in suitable upright guides 61 beneath the casing 3 is a weight 62 having a link 63 connected with the short arm (34 of the weight-lifting lever 65. This turns in bearings 66 and its handle projects past the seat and is adapted to be held in depressed position by the dog 36 above described, until said dog is tripped by the deposit of a coin, after which an upward pull on the handle of the lever raises the weight in its guides. Carried by and depending from the weightis a rack bar 67 that engages a gear 68 mounted rigidly on the rear end of the intermediate brush rod 44.; and as shown in Fig. 5 this rod carries two sprockets (39 connected by chains 70 with other sprockets 71 fast on the rear ends of the side brush rods 44, although said rods might be connected with the intermediate rod by other gearing as will be understood without further illustration. The arrangement of parts is such that when the weight is raised to its highest position by the lever The rear i (55, the rods 4A and with them the main brush heads are oscillated to points which will bring the daubers uppermost or in position to take blacking from the pads and apply it'to the shoes; but as the weight descends the rack bar 67 and gear (38 cause the various rods to turn in their journals so that next the polishers are brought into place to work upon the freshly spread blacking, then perhaps the daubers again, and finally the polishers again. Thus the weight is raised by its lever after the lever is re leased by the insertion of a coin, and the weight in its descent oscillates the brush heads and brushes so as to daub and then polish the shocs-the daubers taking the blacking from the pads when they first move to the rear. The arms 16 of said pads are fulcrumed at 76 in the cross bar 2, and their rear extremities are pivoted at 77 to the weight; so that as the latter is raised the pads 13 at the front end of the arms are permitted to descend into the path of the brushes with the edges of their felt in position to impart blacking to the daubers which then stand uppermost, but as the weight descends the pads rise and the blacking is not applied to the brushes.

Reciprocator.ll1e numeral 80 designates a suitable motor belted as at 81 to a shaft 83 on which is splined a power wheel 82 so that it is adapted to be engaged with or disengaged from a gear 84L on the driving shaft 85, here shown as provided with two cranks S6 and 87. From the former a pitman rod 88 leads to a lever 89 which is connected by a link 90 with the brush head 46, whereby rotation of the shaft reciprocates the toe brush on its rod 45. From the crank 87 a pitman rod 91 leads to a lever 92 which is connected by a link 93 with the main frame 41, whereby rotation of the shaft 85 reciprocates said frame on its guides 40, and the eyes 43 of its yokes move the brush heads 47 and 4L8 longitudinally on the rods 4 L 1 during the oscillation of the latter by the mechanism described above. The numeral 94 designates a rod mounted in bearings along one side of the framework and having at its front end a yoke 95 engaging the grooved hub of the power wheel 82 so that the turning of the rod moves this wheel on its spline into or out of engagement with the gear 84. The other extremity of the rod is deflected and stands beneath the weight 62, as shown at 96, while a spring 97 raises it and normally connects the motor with the driving shaft. Hence. as the weight is raised by the lever 65 the motor sets the re ciprocating mechanism into operation, and

when the weight descends far enough, after the brushes have been moved a sufficient number of times, the rear end 96 of the rod 94 is depressed thereby and the reciprocation checked.

T1"ip.By preference I employ the following mechanism which increases the number of reciprocations given to the brushes by retarding the descent of the weight until released by a slow-acting trip which will now be described, although it will be understood that the machine would operate quite successfully without this device. The rack bar 67 beneath the weight (see Figs. 1 and 5) moves vertically in .a sheath 100 having a notch 101, and said rack bar carries two spring-actuated pawls 102 and 103 adapted to automatically and-successively enter the notch as the weight and rack bar descend.

10% is a cam projecting laterally from a relatively large gear 105 journaled in suitable bearings beneath the weight, the cam being so located and shaped as to pass through .the notch at .each revolution of this gear and trip the pawl that may be engaged therewith. A .relatively smaller gear 106 engages the larger gear to impart to the latter a slow rotation, although by substituting differently proportioned gears that carrying the trip may be caused to revolve more quickly if desired. On the shaft of the smaller gear 106 is a ratchet wheel 107 engaged by a retaining pawl 108, and 109 is a plunger pressed by a spring 109 and carrying an operating pawl 110 also engaging the ratchet 107 as best seen in Fig. 4. The plunger projects through a cross bar 2, and stands in position to be struck by the main brush frame ll each time the latter moves to the rear. .I-Ience this plunger and its pawl turn the ratchet and the smaller gear, and the latter turns the larger gear so that its cam 104t trips the lowermost pawl 102 and permits the rack bar and weight to drop until the upper pawl 103 engages the notch 101. If this trip'be used, such descent of the weight will turn the brushes so that the polishers will work upon the shoes but the reciprocation will not cease; and when the larger gear makes a second rotation and the cam 104 trips the upper pawl 103, the weight in its further descent will strike the rear end 90 of the rod 94, and the yoke 95 at its front end will disconnect the motor from the driving shaft and the reciprocation of the brushes will cease.

Ope1"ati0n.The parts being in position, and the working mechanism covered by casings (not shown) which protect the user from dirt or injury, he takes his seat and places his feet on the foot rests, deposits a coin in the coin-controlling devices and moves its actuating lever as per directions, all as is usual in machines which perform service or deliver goods on this principle. The movement of said actuating lever which is preferably connected with the blackingfeed" lever. 30 also moves the latter and presses the plungers downward in their.

tanks so as to cause a little of the paste blacking to flow through the perforations 11 of reservoirs 10 onto the side plates ll of the pads 13 which then stand elevated and in contact with the sides of the reservoirs. Continuing as per directions, the user next grasps and raises the handle of the weightlifting lever 65, which the movement of the lever 30 has automatically released by turning the dog 36, and thereby elevates the weight. The raising of the weight depresses the pads into the path of the main brushes, and simultaneously permits the spring 97 to raise the rear end 96 of the rod 9 1 so that its front end connects the motor with the reciprocating mechanism; and it will be understood without further explanation that if this motor is driven by electricity, the current might easily be turned on through a circuit closer which was closed automatically by some of these preliminary movements. The brushes then commence their reciprocation, and as the elevation of the weight turns the daubers uppermost and depresses the pads, the corrugated sides of the latter give off paste blacking and the edges of the felt give off liquid blacking to the daubers the first time they move to the rear. This black ing is carried to the sides of the shoes, and from the latter is wiped across their toes and heels by the proper brushes as will be clear. Meanwhile the descent of the weight operates the oscillating or brush rods 14 so that the polishers come uppermost and polish the shoes where the blacking has been applied, and the descent of the weight also again raises the pads so that they do not impart blacking to the polishers. The machine may be so constructed without a trip that this operation is repeated during the descent of the weight; but if the trip mechanism is employed, the weight descends until checked by the uppermost pawl 103 at which time the rods 4% have been given only a half revolution, the polishers have been brought to the top, and the pads have been raised, and the relative size of the

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82 and 84 is such that during the further descent of the weight the brushes while in this position will be reciprocated a number of times so as to impart a high polish to the blacking on the shoes. Finally, when the weight descends to its lowermost position its engagement with the rear end 90 of the rod 91 turns the latter so that its yoke 95 disengages the f erases the perforated blacking reservoirs, plungers therein, a lever for moving them, movable pads adapted to contact with the reservoirs, and pad-moving mechanism tripped by the movement of said lever.

2. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the brushes; of the perforated blacking reservoirs, plungers therein a lever for moving them, movable pads mounted above the path of said brushes and adapted to contactwith the reservoirs, means for depressing them into the path of said brushes, and means for later raising them out of said path.

3. In a boot blacking machine, the combi nation with the reciprocating brushes; of the perforated blacking reservoirs; plungers therein, a shaft provided with means for advancing the plungers, a lever for turning the shaft, movable pads adapted to contact with said reservoirs, and pad-moving mechanism tripped by the movement of said lever.

4:. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking devices; of the perforated blacking reservoirs, plungers therein, a lever for moving the plungers, movable pads adapted to contact with said reservoirs, a weight whose descent raises said pads out of the path of the blacking devices, a lever for raising said weight, a dog for holding the lever depressed when the weight is depressed, and means for turning the dog to release the weight-lever by the movement of said feed-lever.

5. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the daubing devices; of perforated blacking reservoirs, movable pads adapted to contact therewith and to conduct blacking to said daubing devices, plunger-s in the reservoirs, means for feeding the plungers, and means for moving the pads.

6. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the framework carrying a seat and foot rests, and daubing and polishing devices moving adjacent the latter; of a casing beneath and extending in rear of the seat, reservoirs therein having perforated sides, blacking tanks carried in. the reservoirs, plungers in the tanks, rack bars connected with them, a shaft having gears en gaging said rack bars, means for turning the shaft, pads movable beneath said casing, and means for moving the pads into contact with said perforated sides and then into contact with said dauloing devices.

7. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the framework carrying a seat and foot rests, and daubing devices moving adjacent the latter; of perforated reservoirs beneath and extending in rear of the seat, blacking tanks carried in the reservoirs, arms fulcrumed in the framework beneath said reservoirs, blacking pads at the front ends of the arms adapted to take blacking from the reservoirs, and means for moving the rear ends of said arms to bring the pads into contact with the reservoirs and into and out of the path of said devices.

8. In a boot blacking machine, the combi nation with the daubers and polishers, and means for moving them successively in a certain plane; of blacking pads, and mechanism for depressing them into said plane to impart blacking to the daubers and raising them out of it on the approach of the polishers.

9. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the daubers and polishers, fixed reservoirs for blacking, and means for causing it to ooze from them; of blacking pads, and means for moving them into position to take up the blacking which has oozed from the reservoirs and then into position to im part it to said daubers.

10. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking devices, three fixed reservoirs for blacking, and means for causing it to ooze from their sides toward the spaces between them; of pads working in said spaces, and means for moving them into position to take up the blacking which has oozed from the reservoirs and then into position to impart it to said devices.

11. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking reservoirs and blacking feed mechanism; of the daubers, means for transmitting blacking from the reservoirs to the daubers, the polishers, means for driving the daubers and polishers, and mechanism released by the blackingfeed mechanism for controlling said driving means.

12.v In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking reservoirs; of the daubers, means for transmitting blacking from the reservoirs to the daubers, the polishers, the foot rests, a weight and connections for bringing the daubers and polishers successively into the plane of the foot rests, means for driving the daubers and polishers, and mechanism operated by said weight for controlling the driving means.

13. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking reservoirs; of the daubers, means for transmitting blacking from the reservoirs to the daubers, the polishers, the foot rests, a weight and connections for bringing the daubers and polishers successively into the plane of the foot rests, a motor and connections for driving the daubers and polishers, and mechanism operated by said weight for controlling said connections.

14. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the movable blacking pads, and the foot rests; of the daubers and polishers, means for moving them successively into the plane of the foot rests and for moving the pads into said plane cotemporaneously with the daubers but out of it at other times,

means for driving the daubers and polishers, and mechanism operated by said first means for controlling said driving means.

15. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the movable blacking pads, blacking feed mechanism, and the foot rests; of the daubers and polishers, means for moving them successively into the plane of the foot rests and for moving the pads into said plane cotemporaneously with the daubers but out of it at other times, a motor and connections for driving said daubers and polishers, and mechanism released by the blacking feed and operated by said means for controlling said connections.

16. In a boot blacking machine, the combi nation with the movable blacking pads, and the foot rests; of the daubers and polishers, means for moving the daubers and pads cotemporaneously into the plane of the foot rests by one step and moving them out of said plane and the polishers into it by a second step, means for driving the daubers and polishers, mechanism operated by said first means for controlling said driving means, a trip for retarding the action of said first means between its steps, and actuating devices for the trip controlled by said driving means.

17. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the movable pads, blacking feed mechanism, and the foot rests; of the daubers and polishers, means for moving the dauber-s and pads cotemporaneously into the plane of the foot rests by one step and moving them out of said plane and the polisher-s into it by a second step, a motor and connections for driving said daubers and polishers, mechanism released by the blacking feed and operated by said first means for controlling said connections, a trip for retarding the action of said first means between its steps, and actuating devices for the trip operated by the movement of said daubers.

18. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking supply devices, and the foot rests; of angular brush rods extending between said foot rests and on each side of them, brush heads slidable on said rods, a dauber and a polisher projecting oppositely from each head, means for reciprocating the heads on the rods, and means for oscillating the rods.

19. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the movable blacking supply devices, and the foot rests; of angular brush rods extending horizontally between said foot rests, and on each side of them, brush heads slidable on said rods, a dauber and a polisher projecting oppositely from each head, means for reciprocating the heads on the rods, and means for depressing said devices into the plane of the foot rests and simultaneously turning the rods to bring the daubers into said plane by one step, and

then raising said devices and further turning the rods to move the daubers out of said plane and the polishers into it by a second step.

20. In a boot blacking machine, the c0mbination with the blacking supply, and the foot rests; of angular brush rods extending between said foot rests and on each side of them, brush heads slidable on said rods, a dauber and a polisher projecting oppositely from each head, a main brush frame having yokes embracing said heads, means for reciprocating said frame, and means for oscillating the rods.

21. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking supply, and the foot rests; of angular brush rods extending between said foot rests and on each side of them, brush heads slidable on said rods, a dauber and a polisher projecting oppositely from each head, a main brush frame having yokes embracing said heads and provided with eyes embracing the rods, guides on which the frame moves, means for reciprocating said frame, and means for oscillating the rods and controlling the blacking supply.

22. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the framework carrying a seat, cross bars therein, longitudinal bars fixed between them and carrying the foot; rests, a

reservoir casing in rear of the seat, and blacking supply devices carried thereby; of angular brush rods journaled in said cross bars and standing between the foot rests and on either side of them, brushes mounted loosely on said rods, means for reciprocating the brushes, and means for oscillating the rods and simultaneously controlling the blacking supply.

23. A, main brush frame, a plurality of yokes carried thereby and having eyes, brush rods extending through the latter, and means for reciprocating the frame; combined with brushheads each mounted slidably on its rod within one of said yokes, and daubers and polishers projecting from said heads, for the purpose described.

24. A main brush frame, a plurality of yokes carried thereby and having eyes, angular brush rods extending through the latter, and means for reciprocating the frame; combined with brush heads each mounted slidably on its rod within one of said yokes, a dauber and a polisher projecting from opposite sides of each head, and means for oscillating the rods, for the purpose described.

25. A foot rest, an angular brush rod, and means for oscillating it, combined with a brush head slidable on said rod, and a dauber and a polisher projecting tangentially from opposite sides of said head, for the purpose set forth.

26. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking supply devices, and the foot rests; of main brushes movable names longitudinally between and on each side of said foot rests and each having a, dauber adapted to contact with said blacking supply devices and a polisher, a brush rod extending transversely across and above the foot rests, a toe polishing brush movable thereon, and means for reciprocating the main brushes longitudinally and. the toe brush transversely.

97. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking supply devices, and the foot rests; of main brushes movable longitudinally between and on each side of said foot rests and each having a dauber adapted to contact with sald blacking supply and a polisher, a brush rod extending transversely across and above the foot rests, a toe polishing brush movable thereon, a power driven shaft having cranks, two levers with which said cranks are connected, and connections respectively between one lever and the main. brushes and the other lever and the toe brush.

28. A single pair of foot rests, and a motor; combined with main brushes movable horizontally between and on each side of said foot rests, a toe brush movable transversely over the front portions of said foot rests, heel brushes movable vertically in rear of them, and connections for driving all of the brushes from the motor.

29. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the foot rests, the main brush frame, main brushes carried thereby, and means for reciprocating it; of vertically movable heel brushes, guides supporting them in rear of the foot rests, and operating devices for said heel brushes actuated by the reciprocations of the main brush frame.

30. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the foot rests, the main brush frame, main brushes carried thereby, and

means for reciprocating it; of vertically] movable heel brushes, slotted guides supporting them in rear of the foot rests, a pivoted lever for each heel brush having a tang adapted to be struck by the main frame in its reciprocations, and connections leading from the lever through the slot in the guide for reciprocating said brush vertically by the movements of the lever.

31. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the foot rests, the main brush frame, main brushes carried thereby, and means for reciprocating it; of vertically movable heel brushes, slotted guides supporting them in rear of the foot rests a pin. in each brush. head projecting through the slot in its guide, a link engaging the pin, a pivoted lever connected with the link, and a tang at its lower extremity adapted to be struck by the main frame in its reciproca tions.

32. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the foot rests, the mam brush frame, main brushes carried thereby, and

means for reciprocating it; of vertically movable heel brushes, slotted guides supporting them in rear of the foot rests, a pin in. each brush head projecting through the slot in its guide, a link engaging the pin, a pivoted lever having a transverse slot in its upper end and adapted to be operated by the main frame in its reciprocations, and a pin at the lower end of the link loosely engaging said slot.

In a boot blacking machine, the combination with angular rods journaled longi tudinally in the frame-work, brush heads slidable thereon and having brushes of different types projecting from their opposite sides, a motor, and connections between it and said heads for reciprocating the latter; of a weight moving in upright guides in the framework, means whereby its descent oscillates said rods, and a movable rod eX- tending from said connections to a point beneath the weight whereby the latter will finally move the rod to trip the connection and check the reciprocation of said heads.

3-1. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with angular rods journaled longitudinally in the framework, brush heads slidable thereon and having brushes of different types projecting from their opposite sides, a motor, and connections between it and said heads for reciprocating the latter; of a weight moving in upright guides in the framework, a rack bar on the weight, a gear engaged thereby, oscillating devices for said rods operated by the turning of the gear, and a movable rod extending from said connections to a point beneath the weight whereby the latter in its descent will finally move the rod to trip the connections and check the reciprocation of said heads.

In a machine of the character de scribed, the combination with angular rods journaled in the frame-work, brush heads slidable thereon, brushes of different type projecting from opposite sides of the heads, means for reciprocating said heads,aweight, and oscillating means for said rods operated by the descent of the weight; of an upright bar carried by the weight, a spring-actuated pawl thereon, a sheath inclosing the bar and having a notch adapted to be engaged by said pawl to check the descent of the weight, and a trip for the pawl actuated by the reciprocation of the brushes to pass periodically through said notch.

36. In a machine of the character described, the combination with angular rods journaled in the framework, brush heads slidable thereon, brushes of different type projecting from different sides of the head, means for reciprocating said heads, a weight, and oscillating means for said rods operated by the descent of the weight; of an upright bar carried by said weight, two

pawls on said bar, a sheath for the bar having a notch with which said pawls successively engage to check the descent of the weight, and a wheel rotated by the reciprocation of the brushes and having a cam passing through said notch to trip one pawl and then later passing through it again to trip the other.

37. In a machine of the character described, the combination with angular rods journaled in the framework, brush heads slidable thereon, brushes of difierent type projecting from opposite sides of the heads, means for reciprocating said heads, a weight, and oscillating means for said rods operated by the descent of the weight; of an upright bar carried by the weight, two

pawls on said bar, a sheath for the bar having a notch with which said pawl successively engage to check the descent of the weight, a gear having a trip-("am for the pawls adapted at each revolution to pass through said notch, a smaller gear engaging the cam gear, and pawl-and-ratchet mechanism connected with the smaller gear and actuated intermittently by the reciprocation of said brushes.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed iny signature this the 5th day of hlay, A. 1). 1908.

ANTON T. PEFFER.

\Vitnesses JNo. J. PONTIUS, J. B. PATTISON.