Improvements in Blacking and Stove Brushes and Daubers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1897-Accepted, 4th Sept., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Blacking and Stove Brushes and Daubers.
We, LOUIS BARBERIE, (Clerk), of No. 285 Bridge Street, Brooklyn. in the County
of Kings and State of New York, United States of America, and LORING FULLER
PRATT. (Clerk), of No. 39 Astor Place, Jersey City, in the County of Hudson and
State of New Jersey, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of
our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved shoe or stove
blacking brush and dauber, arranged to permit of conveniently throwing the
dauber into an active or inactive position.
The invention consists principally of a blacking brush, a socket carrying the
dauber brush, arms extending from the said socket and pivoted on the sides of the
back of the said blacking brush, and a finger piece on the said socket to enable the
operator to hold the dauber in an active or inactive position.
The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the
same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement with the dauber in a lowermost
position;
Figure 2 is a similar view of the same with the dauber in an uppermost position;
Figure 3 is an end elevation of the improvement, with the parts in the position
shown in Figure 1; and
Figure 4 is a cross section of a modified form of dauber.
The blacking brush A is provided with the usual back A¹ and the bristles A³,
and on the sides of the said back A¹ and near the front end thereof, are arranged
the transversely extending pivots B, engaged by the side arms C, carrying a
socket D, adapted to receive the back E' of the dauber brush E, of any approved
construction.
The back E is removably held in the socket D and is adapted to be fastened
therein by a set screw F, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. The said dauber may
be fastened by other means in the socket as indicated for instance, in Figure 4, in
which the socket D¹ is formed with an internal screw thread, engaged by an
external screw thread Es, formed on the dauber brush back.
From the socket D, Figures 1, 2 and 3, extends a finger piece G, adapted to be
taken hold of by the operator to spring the dauber either downward into an active
position, as shown in Figure 1, or into an active position, as illustrated in
Figure 2. The arms C, carrying the dauber socket, are arranged relative to the
front end of the back A¹, so that the dauber socket clears the extreme front end
of the back A', when springing the dauber into an uppermost or lowermost position.
The finger piece G is so arranged that when the dauber is in a lowermost position,
hen the operator having hold of the back A' can conveniently press with his fore
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page_text: finger the finger piece G, so as to hold the dauber in a lowermost position. When
the dauber in an uppermost position, then the finger piece G extends on the top
of the back A¹ and is readily taken hold of by the operator's hand, so as to prevent
the dauber from leaving this position while the operator is polishing the shoes
with the bristles A2 in the usual manner.
In order to prevent the dauber from swinging too far when in a lowermost or
uppermost position, I provide the pivot ends of the arms C with notches C¹ and C²,
adapted to engage fixed pins H, secured to the sides of the back A', as plainly
indicated in the drawings.
Now by the arrangement described, the dauber extends with its bristles below
the bristles A2 of the brush A, so that during the time the dauber is used for
applying the blacking on the shoes, it is evident that the blacking is not liable
to be spattered upon the said bristles A.
It will further be seen that after the blacking is applied by the dauber, the
latter can be readily sprung into an uppermost or inactive position, as shown in
Figure 2, and held in this position during the time the operator polishes the shoes
.by the use of the brush A.
The device is very simple. and durable in construction, and can be cheaply
'manufactured. If desired, a suitable catch pivoted on the back of the brush máy
be, employed for engaging the finger piece G to hold the same to the back A¹
when the dauber is in a lowermost position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. A combined blacking brush and dauber, comprising a blacking brush, a.
socket provided with arms pivotally secured to the sides of the back of the said
brush and being capable of swinging above the back or below the bristles, of the
said brush, said arms being of such a length as to enable the socket to clear the
brush in its movement, a dauber brush received in said socket, means for limiting
the upward and downward movement of the said arms, and a finger niece on
said socket for holding the same in its uppermost and lowermost position, as set
forth
2. The combination with the blacking brush, of the socket formed with arms
pivotally connected with the sides of the back of said brush and of such length as
to permit the said socket to be swung above the said back or below the bristle of
the brush, a dauber brush received in said socket, stops for limiting the movement
of said arms in either direction, and a finger piece carried by said socket and by
which it may be held in its upper or lower position, as set forth.
3. The combination with the blacking brush, of the socket adapted to receive
the dauber brush and provided with arms pivotally connected with the back of the
brush and formed with notches on both sides of their pivots, the said socket being
arranged to be swung above the back of the blacking brush or below its bristles,
pins on the back of said brush and with which said arms contact to limit their
movement, a finger piece carried by said socket and by which it is held in its
uppermost and lowermost positions, and a catch on said brush and arranged to
engage with said finger piece when the socket is in the lowermost position as set
forth
1004
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Dated this or day 1 August,
A. M. & WM: CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents 53 Chancery Lane, London.