US838241A - Fountain blacking-brush. - Google Patents

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No. 838,241. PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906. G. A. GONNERS.

FOUNTAIN BLAOKING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 1906.

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C. A. GONNERS. FOUNTAIN BLAGKIN'G BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED THE. 7, 1906.

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FOUNTAIN BLACKlNG-BRUSH.

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Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed February Z. 1906. Serial No. 299,966.

To all whmrt it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. CON- NERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alton, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain Blacking- Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fountain-brushes, and particularly to that class that are designed to be used as daubers for applying blacking to a boot or shoe.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved device of this character in which the dauber proper is provided with a series of water-ports and is detachably secured in a casing that is provided with a funnel-shaped reservoir. The outlet of the reservoir is contracted and is closed by a cupshaped end of a hand-operated lever that may be conveniently manipulated by pressure of a persons hand holding the handle of the brush. The contracted outlet of the reservoir is spaced somewhat above the body of the dauber proper that contains the waterpassages, so that when the Water is permitted to flow from the reservoir it will splash over the surface of the dauber and ,pass freely through the water-passages, so as to effectively wet the bristles of the dauber.

With this and other objects in view, as will hereinafter more fully appear as the description proceeds, my invention consists in certain details of construction and arrangements and combinations of arts, hereinafter specifically described an claimed.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a pers ective view of my improved fountain blac 'ng-brush. Fig. 2 is a ongitudinal sectional view thereof. Fi 3 is a detail perspective view of the control ing mechanism for the outlet of the water-reservoir. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, the section being taken across the handle on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the dauber unattached.

Corresponding and like to in the followin description and indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the same 5 reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 arts are referred.

. designates a casing which is preferably integral with a handle portion 2. A portion of the casing 1 constitutes a water-reservoir 3, .which is provided with an inlet governed by a screw-cap or other closure 4. The waterreservoir is preferably funnel-shaped and is provided with slopin lower walls 5, which converge toward eac other and a central lower point, where the outlet-opening 6 is formed. Preferably this outlet-opening is provided with a depending nipple, as shown.

located in the upper end of a conoldal partition 7, the apex of which surrounds the outlet, as shown. 'The walls of the partition diverge downwardly toward the base of the casing 1 at its lower end. The casing 1 is internally threaded, as indicated at 8. The dauber 9 is provided with a wooden or other head 10, which is formed with any desired number of water ports or passages 11, extending entirely therethrough, so as to feed Water to the bristles 12, and the said head is also provided at its upper end with exterior screw-threads 13, designed to mesh with the interior screw-threads 8 of the casing 1, so that the dauber may be screwed into the casing or detached therefrom whenever desired. Preferably the head of the dauber is provided with a milled flange 14, constituting a convenient finger-hold for use in unscrewing and screwing the dauber from or into the casing.

The handle 2 is substantially hollow throughout its length or a major portion thereof, and within the said handle there are secured two cars 15, which are spaced apart transversely, as shown. The cars 15 are both apertured to receive a ivot-pin 16, and a hand-lever 17 is embrace by said ears and mounted on said pin intermediate the ends of the lever, so that it may be rocked within the handle 2. The forward end of the lever is operatively connected to a second lever 18, which is preferably mounted intermediate its ends between two depending ears 19, secured to one side of the funnel-shaped reservoir 3, and the forward end of the lever 18 is provided with an'upwardly-facing cup shaped portion 20, designed to fit around and close the water-outlet 6. A bow-spring 21 is mounted in the handle 2 and is detachably held between the spaced-apart cars 15 below the lever 17, the tension of said spring being against the rear end of the lever 17, so as to rock the same in a direction to move he said nipple and water-outlet opening are IOC the lever 18 in the 0 posite direction, so that it will close the out et 6.- The normal position of the parts is such as to maintain the outlet 6 closed, so that no water will pass therefrom onto the upper surface of the dauber and thence through the ports or passages 11 to the bristles thereof.

The lever 17 is provided with a finger-bearing 22 at its rear end, and this end of the 'lever extends out through a slot 2? in the handle 2 in convenient position for beingpressed u on by the finger or hand ofthe operator W ile it is grasping the handle 2.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that'when a person is holding the handle 2 the pressure of the finger u on the part 22, s as to depress that end of t e lever 17, will effect the rocking of the lever 18 in an opposite direction, so as to remove the cup 20 from the outlet 6 and-allow the desired amount of fluid to be discharged from the reservoir 3 and splash down upon the upper face of the dauber-head 10 and thence spread overthe same and pass through the ports 11 and wet the bristles 12. As soon as the pressure upon the lever 17 has been released the spring 21 will restore the parts to their normal position, with the outlet 6 closed by the cup 20.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A device of the characterdescribed, comprisinga hollow casing provided with a water-reservoir having a feed-opening and a water-outlet, a handle secured to said casing, a lever mountedin said handle, a second lever mounted in said casing and )rovided at one end with a cup adapted to c ose the water-outlet of the reservoir, the other end of said second lever being 0 eratively connected to the first-mentioned ever, and a dauber mounted in the lower end of the casing with its upper surface below the water-outlet, said comprising a hollow casing provided with a funnel-shaped water-reservolr having a feed- 0 ening and a downwardly-extending nipple,

t e latter constituting a water-outlet, a contom of the casing, a dau er secured in the lower end of the casing and provided with water ports or passages extending therethrough, a handle secured to said casing, a lever mounted in said handle, and a second lever mounted in the casing and extending through said partition, one end of said lastmentioned lever being provided with an upwardly-facing cup arranged to fit over said nipple, and the other end of said lever being operatively connected to said first-mentioned lever. V i

3. A device of the character described comprisinga casing provided with a funnelshaped water-reservoir having a centrallylocated nipple, a water-outlet formed thereby, the lower end of said casing being internally screw-threaded, a dauber the head of which is provided with a plurality of water ports or passages and is interiorly screwthreaded to fit in the lower end of said casing,-

a handle secured to said casing, spaced-apart .ears secured in said. handle, a hand-lever ful.

crumed intermediate its ends between said dauber being provided with water-passages extending therethrough.

2. A device of the character described,

ears and projectingwith one end from said handle, a second lever pivoted intermediate its ends in the casing and rovided at one end with a on arranged to c ose the water-outlet from t e reservoir, the other end of said lever being operatively; connected to said handdever, and a bow-spring inserted between said ears and underneath said handlever and arranged to hold the same so that the cup closing said water-outlet.

it will in turn maintain the other lever with In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1 in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE A. CONNERS.

Witnesses: GEORGE M. RYRIE', EDMUND H. BLAIR.

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