US1060524A - Blacking-brush. - Google Patents

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To all 'w/wm it may concern.' V

' citizen of the United Lnoiraim F. WoLFEfoF NORTH W'EY'ivroUfrH, MAssAcHUsET'rs.

nLAcKrNG-BRUSH;

speeicatidn of Letters raf-entf Patented Apr. 29, 1913.v

Anpi'ieatio led'aprii 13, i911.' serial No. $20,925.

. a States, anda resident of North lVeyniouth, in the county of Nor- Be it known that I, LEN-ARD F.

folk and State of Massachusetts, have 'in vented certain newanduseful Improvements in' Hacking-Brushes, of which .the followng 1s aspeciieation."

This invention relates to a' bootand shoe blacking brush having means forcarrying a supply of'semi-liquid blacking or paste and for discharging the-'same insinall-quantitie's as required-jamon 'the the brush materia of the spreading ,portion or dauber of the-brush. 1 1

zhred with b lacking'as'required Without i110' the blacking A:troin hardening or. drying wlilestoed .on the brushi-j;

iTheinvention -iconsi'sts thel improve? rated from, others.; Figs.y 4, 'and -vrepresent'] i side viewsoffthe daubing and polishing portions lof. the .brush "separated .jfrom "each, oiller; Fi s .6and`j7'represent perspective' viewsof t e-,coupling,mer'nbers employed to Similar ieferencecharaters indicate the sameorsimilarparts-.in allthe figures.

'E In'thedravvings, 12'represents vthe back of.

connect the dauber 'withthe' polishing por.-

: a blaking brush'd'auber, and 13 represents'- ith'e brush `inmaterial' mounted on sad! back, jsaid material being'preferably l'bristles arranged intufts' asusual'and secured .in any' suitable' manner to the back, the latter being Q preferably 'coniposedv of -tyvo 'sectionsi rigidly A:connected and the brush rhaterial being attached to the outer section. Y. Q The back 12 is provided' witha blacking duct `1 4 adapted` to conduct -blaclring vfrom bristles constitutiiif.:

, 'resili'ence ofthe nipple, l'The invention has for'its object to enable; a brushof this `character tobeconvenientlyity. of. soiling-the fingers during. fthe operation, andalso lto. provide means for, conveniently and properly forcing they blaok-4 ing vinto the brush material and for prevent- V.the holder hereinbefore described and deliver the same tothe lbrush material'lsaid duct belng preferably a 'bent tube which extends froinoneedge ofthe back l2 to thev cen-tralpoi'tion of the sanie, and from thence outwardly to and beyond the outer side'of the back,the delivering end of the duct pro- Jeetmg among the bristles 13.

' l5 represents a nipple,preferably of seniielastic construction, formed to embrace the -dellvering' end of the duct 14 and projecting from the latter, as shown -by Figs. -l and 2,

said nipple having a narrow slit I6 in its vouteltend.which .is-normallyolosed by the and is adapted to be Aopened-by'l pressure ofthe blacking against its inner surface, the sides of the sl1t closing when there is no 'pressure on thefblackin'g andexcl'uding 'air' -from the interior of the vnipple 'and from the duct.

czientlybeyon'dj 'the duct to enable it to bend freely when pressed .'against' the'surface of the boot or shoe.

The .receiving end 'of' thef duct `projects 'outwardlyfrom the'edge of the .back 12 and is be'veleal;- or sharpened to 'constitute alcutterV A17 adaptedto penetrate a' ruptur'able seal or "-clo'sre nfh'ei aangemeld@ hereinafter described.

To thefedgeofthe back- 12 is rigidly atL tached afdsocketcomposed ofa fdisk 18;,and. a screvvnthreaded flange 18a. 'The disl. is pref'- vefrably attached "rigidly tof.' the duct 14, and

the 'flange 18a' surrounds the cut-ter l7, 'a`s c leai'lyshown by Fig, 3.

V19 represents a barrel which is preferably a length of sheet metal tubing having an eX'- -ternal screw-thread 19a at one', end adapted- .t'o' engage the 'socket flange 18a. The opposite Aend of the barrel 19 is provided with an inwardly projecting I lange 20L f The barrel 1-9 is adapted torec'eive a 'tubular cartridge vcontaining a charge ofblacking. [Said car? tridge 'is composed of ajtubularl body -21 adapted ,to bear 'atfnelfend against the flange' 20 and :provided 'near its opposite end with an inwardly rojectingshoulder 22and. -vvith ahead 23 W ih'may be'comp'osedof .any suitable'material such as `felt and is' Theouter'end ofthenipple projects suiii deliyering end'of the provided'with afcentralaperture 24. The

,head 23 bears against the shoulder 22 and'is prevented the latter ,from being pressed.

' inwardly.

l. Y. 25 represents a rupturable seal 4which may l'loj the duet projecting from the back and being formed asa cutter, a. cartridge-holding barrel deiaeliably secured t0 the back, the cutting' endof the tbe projecting into said barrel. a piston movablegiiijthe barrel,a11d ,meansofgproJeetmg .and ret-ractlng the plston, die 'barrel 'being provided -witlifmeansfor pres-sm a blacklng cartridge agamst'the entrer.

3. A blaeking brush comprising a1 back,

brosh material; projecting therefrom, aj

bl'acking duet"exteuding throtigh the'back to the brush material, the 'receivingend ofV the tube projecting from the back and be' ing formed as a entier, a cartridge-holder manposed of a screw -threaded socket Iattached to theback and surrounding-the said Cutter. a barrel sere". -tln'eaded at. one end to dotar-habla'*engage the socket` and adapted- `to receive a cartridge, said barrel having a flange at' its opposite end adapted to bear-'011- one. 'end o't an inserted cartridge and force the onositeend thereof Vagainst the said,

cutter, head rotatable on the Outer end of the barrel and provided withl a nut, and a piston ada'pted to .enter a' cartridge11n; the

barreland provided with a; screw-threaded."

and surrounding the receit'fingQ-eidbfgthe A tube, said end being formed as "a -cttelgfa cartridge-holding barrel screttfthreaded' at.Y

one end to 'engage the socketf'faid provided at its opposite end with an inwardly proje'cting flange, 'and a head rotatable on the. i

:of a cartridge, 'by a movement which with? said barrel and provided vwith a nut, a vcar- :trid'g'e composed of a .tulieiUsertbIe in said.-

barrelg'and-adapted to bear'at one end 'on said flange, the tube `being provided with a rupturable closureadapted 'to be penetrated by saidcutter,l and with a stopper'adapted to serve. as an ejector, anda screw-threaded piston rodengaged l'with said nut and formed at. its inner'end to bear on 'Said stopper;`

In a'blacking brush', in combination. a

.dauber, a cartridgefliolding barrel attached to the back of the'dauber and projecting therefrom, ablackmg c'artridgelremovably inserted 1n the barrel,- means "for conductmg `blacking fromthe cartridge -to .ilie brush materiall of the dau'bcr, a piston moi-able in trau-ting the rod and piston,-and a polisl1- ing brush' having a back provided with a seatfor tli'e ba-rrel, andwith-a: handle. pro- Vvided with an elongated Socket'adaptedto Areceive therod when the flatter' 1s retracted, thebacks of thedanbera'n'd polishing brush being provided with-complemental conpl-ing members formed topermit the separationof 55 .the cart-ridge and having a rod, means carried bv the barrel for- 'projecting and re.

the dauber and tsffattacliment's from the poll ishngbrush, to expose the outer end of the barreland permit the -removal-'and insertion' draws -the' rod from' the socket, the` rod beingl protected-,by the handle wllen the part-snare operativelyassembled.-

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