US977432A

US977432A - Shoe-broom.

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Publication number: US977432A
Application number: US57801110A
Authority: US
Inventors: John L Burney
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-08-19
Filing date: 1910-08-19
Publication date: 1910-12-06
Anticipated expiration: 1927-12-06

Description

J. L. BURNEY.

SHOE BROOM.

APPLIGATIONv HLM) AUG. 19. 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED s'rATEs PATENT. OFFICE- l "JOHN L. ABUIR'N'IEIY', 0F CARLISLE, ARKANSAS. i

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peeication of Letters 1atent.

i Application led August 19t-1910. Serial No. 578,011.

machines, and has for its object to provide a device of this character* that may be readily attached to a door jamb or porch post and will be composed of a few simple parts that will not easily get out of order and will be so arranged as to permit of a Worn-out cleaning brush being replaced with a fresh brush more easily than in devices of this character hitherto.

" tional view'taken on theA ine 3--3, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the driving shaft' upper mounting. Fig. 5 1s a fragmentary seetlonal view showing the driving shaft lower mounting.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates in general the support which is designed to be secured by screws or similar connectors to a porch post,

' door j amb or the like. The support is formed from a .single stra of metal aving its terminals bent lateraone of these terminals 11 carrying the 'driving shaft uppenjournal box and the other terminal 12 carrymv the driving shaft lower journal box, this lDatter named terminal belng arranged arallel with the door and being rovide at its outerend with a downturne foot 13 which is secured to the fioor by screws or similar. connectors 14. f Y A The driving shaft 15 is mounted in upright position upon the sup ort and is equipped adjacent its lower en 'with a cir the brush to the shaft. The brush it will be Patented Dec. 6 19110:.

cular brush 16,51 key 17 removably securing noted lies in a horizontal plane so ,that an entire side of a shoe or bootmay belcleaned when the brush .is rotated. For scrapingiaccumulations of dirt from the brush an L shaped scraper 18 is bolted as shown at'19to r-the support and bears with its free Vedge against the periphery ofthe brush.

For actuating the'driving shaft the fol-- lowing construction is employed :-A bevel gear 20 is fixed upon the upper end of the driving shaft and meshes with a bevel gear 2l carried upon a reduced circular' extension 22 formed integral with the uppermost arm 11 of the support.` fixed to the bevel gear 22 and forms means for rotating the gears and driving the sha-ft.

For removably securing the shaft so as to permit of rits being raised vertically whereby the brush may be slipped downward and removed from the lower end'of the shaft and replaced witlra new one, a; l bearin 24 is provided axially with a square extension 25, this extension fitting 1ny ar squared opening 26 formed in the uppermost arm 11 of the support.' rIhe driving shaft isjournaled in the-bearing, the squared neck of the bearing preventing the rotation of the latter during the rotation of the shaft. A collar 27 is secured to the driving shaft by means'v of a set screw or similar device 28 this collar-.bearing against the lower face of the uppermost arm 11 and preventing the displacement of the driviu r shaft. When a is desired to un the Simi: veaicuuy the set screw is loosened and the collar slid downward upon the driving shaft when the driving shaft may be lifted bodily until its lower end clears the lowermost arm 12 of the support, when a new brush may be inserted in posit-ion in place of theworn-out brush. f

Fitted in a o ening 29 formed in the A crank handle 23 is aol lowermost arm o the support is a journal box 30 having a marginal flange 31 which bears against the top face of the lowermost arm and retains the box in position. The box is provided in its bore with a ball race 32 in wlhiri balls 33 are fitted and bear against th-L driving' shaft and permit of the latter being freely rotated. Both edges of the lowermost arm are cut away as shown at 34 to form a scraper against.\vhich .the soles of the shoes may be rubbed to remove accumulations therefrom.

`brush removably lVhat is claimed is 1. A shoe cleaning device having a supportformed from a single length of material iaving astraight portion for securingthe device and having outwardly bent arms one of which is adapted to be secured to a Hoor or similar support, .a bevel gear carried by the other -of said arms, an upright driving shaft journaled in said arms and having a bevel gear 'meshing with the first named bevel gear, and a horizontally disposed mounted upon said driving shaft. f"

25A shoe cleanin device having a support formed from a single length of material aving a straight upright securing portion,

andhaving laterally bent arms, one of which a downturned foot vEur seis equipped with and further is equipped curing the device, with a journal box, arms havinga journal box, a shaft rotatably mounted in said journal boxes, means for actuating the shaft, a collar 0n the shaft bearing against the lower face of said arm and movable longitudinally on to permit of the shaft being raised vertically free from its lower journal box, and a disk brush removably scoured to the shaft.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

" JOHN L. BURNEY.

Witnesses: ROY C. MYERS, f D. L. Roms.

and the other of said said shaft,