US604895A - Hand polishing device - Google Patents

Description

J FIBWEGER HAND PoLIsHING DEVICE.

N0`.'604,895. Patented May 31, V18798.

TVEIILUL Julius Tiewggm :E Yh ALY.

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iUlilUS FIEW`EGER, OFMENASILX, lVlSCONSi.

HAND POLISHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATIONfOImng part 0f Letters Patent NO. 604,895, dated May 31, 1898.'

` Application led March 27, 1897. Seriali. N0. 629,499. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern/.f-

Be it known that LJULIUs FIEWEGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Menasha, in the countyl of Winnebago and `State* of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand Polishing Devices, of whichthe following isa specification.

illy invention relatesy toan abrasive or polishing device for the use of the artisan and mechanic; andit consists of a iiexible strap having its ends secured apart with a suitable degree of tension', and .is'to be held in the hands of the operator and reciprocated over the work. in hand, which work, if having a surface which is curved in the direction of its movement, receives the benefit .ofthe rock# ing motion of the operators 'arias and receives the abrasive effects of the device in consequence of the flexibility ofv the strap not only over its immediate top surface, but down upon its sides, or if the work in hand is a plain and smooth surface the iiexible strap can be quickly changed into a device having an abrasive-material pad or backing which is comparatively rigid, whereby it is adapted for a large variety of work-suchas the work of Carriagemakers, chair and furniture makers, joincrs, the l polishing of iron surfaces, &c.-and it is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side. elevation of the device.` Figs. 2 is -a' top view of the same.y Fig. Sis a side elevation of the handle end of the clamping-irons with the wood handle omitted and showing the adj usting-screw', and Fig. e is an end elevation of said irons and adjusting-4 screw as seen from their inner end. Figs. 3 and 4 are upon an enlarged scale.

Similar numerals and letters indicate like parts in the several views.

1 indicates the iron clamps of the handle end of the device; 2, the clamps of the opposite end; 3, the wood bow-shaped'bar', 4, a strap or` strip of suitable material, which may or may not, as desired, have an abrasive surface and which extends from one of said clamps tothe other; 5, a strip of sandpaper, cmery, or other abrasive or polishing material and which extends from one clamp to the other and being supported when in use by said strap; (i, a removableboard or strip for changing the device from one having a ilexi-l ble abrasive surface to one having a coinparatively rigid or unyielding one and is shown in Fig. 1 in dotted lines and in Fig. 2 in heavy ones.

The clamp 1 consists of awood handle a,

the adjusting-screw b, one end of which extends into'the wood handle, the clamp-iron c, its follower d, a block of wood c, the sliding screw-holderf, the nut 7L, the screws'i and 7c, and ferrnlej. y

vThe clamp Eis similar to the clamp l, excepting that'it has no adjustingscrew, and consists of the clamp-iron c', its follower d', block ef, and screws i" and k.

The bar 3 is preferably made of wood'bent ,to the requiredlshape and having the irons 'l of tension for their smooth and easyworking.-

This handle, it will be evident, can be dispensed with and the device grasped by the hands of the workman near each end of the bar 3 for reci procation over the work in hand. NIV hen it is properly adjusted, the workman,

taking hold one hand near each end of the device, by reciprocating the tool over the work in hand (the inside of a p'agon-felly, for iu-` tance, after it has been draw-shaved) can quickly reduce its inequalities and produce an evensmooth surface.- A The abrasive-material strip becoming too much worn can be quickly removed by loosening the 'tension by turning the handle a and then loosening the screws i' vL' of the clamps,

when another strip can be inserted, the

screws fi viA tightened up, and the proper degrec or tension given 'to the abrasivestrjp,

The sand or emery paper can be boughtin strips of the desired width and then be out to the required length; but in some cases it may be desired to dispense with the paper strips and have the abrasive material applied IOO

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