Patent GB-190514252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Polishing Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: OLIVER HERBERT RICHARDSON
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 14,252. Oliver, H. R. July 11. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-The sides of the articles are cleaned by rotary polishers w h i c h follow an orbital path around them, the toes being polished by pads reciprocated over them by a suitable arrangement of cranks and rods. The reciprocating pads are moved away from the shoe to allow the polishers to pass. The machine also includes a receptacle for polishing-paste and a brush for applying the polish which is intermittently brought into action. Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a machine for cleaning two shoes simultaneously. A bevel-wheel 26 mounted on the spindle of the gear wheel 24 engages with a bevel-pinion 34 on a shaft 29 which is supported in bearings 28 on a bracket 27 secured to the wheel 24. A bevel-pinion on the other end of this shaft 29 drives a wheel 31 which is formed with bevel teeth on both surfaces, the upper surface serving to transmit the rotation to the polisher 44 through the auxiliary shaft 38 and bevel-wheels 40, 43. The polisher is guided round the shoe by a cam-plate 19, shaped like the sole, being held against it by a spring 45 attached to the gear wheel 24 and to a pivoted arm 36 which supports the shaft 38. A segment 46, rigidly connected to the bearing 37 of the shaft 38 limits the movement of the arm 36 and guides it round the cam-plate, a half-bearing 47, Fig. 7, serving to steady the polishershaft 42. The polish receptacle 52 is mounted on the end of an arm 51, which forms part of a rigid system 49, 50, 51 loosely supported on a collar 48 on the shaft 42. The polishapplying brush 64 is rotated by bevelgearing, motion being transmitted to it from the shaft 42 through a shaft 58 rotating in bearings on the arm 51, which trails behind the polisher-shaft in its motion round the shoe, and is guided by a separate cam-rod 53 provided with a contact-pin 54, Fig. 1. An incline 67, Fig. 6, on a collar 66 which is vertically movable on a pin 69 attached to the cam-rod 53 enables the arm 51, and thus also the polish and the polish-applying brush which rotates in contact with it, to be pushed outwardly away from the shoe whenever the rod 70 is raised. The rod 70 passes through eyes 71 on a collar 72 which encircles the tubular support 12 carrying the cam-plate 19 and shoe-rest 20. Raising the collar will therefore cause the polish-applying brush to move away from the shoe. This is effected when a cam-face on a slowlyrevolving wheel 83 actuates a lever 86, the motion of which is transmitted by a lever 88, which pushes up a rod within the tubular support 12. A pin, projected from this rod through a slot in the support, raises the coller 72. The polish receptable, Fig. 8, consists of a box 52 within which the polishing-paste is placed upon a curved inner bottom 92. A spiral spring 93 forces the paste 94 up through the gauze or perforated cover 91 against which the brush 64 revolves. The reciprocating toe-polishing devices consist of pads 119 carried by bent arms 108 which slide in guide-frames 105, and are actuated by cranks 101, 102, and connecting-rods 110, 111. They are brought into action by cams 25 pressing upon rollers 124, thus controlling levers 122, 120. A suitable recess on the cam-face enables springs 125 to draw the pads back out of the way to allow the rotary polishers to pass round the toe of the shoe.