US80330A - Improved window-scrubber - Google Patents

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B. F. BURG-ESS, JR., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Patent 1Y0.l 80,33, dated July 28, 1868.

IMPROVED WINDOW-SCRUBBER alle rlgshnlmfetrrh vtu in tlgese tetttr ntmt mit mating part nf tige Same.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, B. BURGESS, Jr., of Boston, in the county fof kSuffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Window-Wiper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and u'se the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates'to a new and improved method for cleaning windows, and it'consists in arranging on a handle (of any desired length) a revolving frame, made of tin or other suitablematerial, andattaching rollers thereto, on which wiping or washing-cloths are wound and unwound,as will be hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a side view of the machine, showing the wire frame, which forms the pivot or rod for.the revolving frame -to turn lcin-and also the revolving frame attached thereto, and the crank by which the shaft is turned, upon which the wiping-cloth is rolled. l A A Y Figure 2 is a crosshsection of iig. 1, through the line :t qs.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

A is the handle, which may be of any desired length-` 5 B is the wire frame, to which the handle is attached by a shank, as seen.

C isa frame, constructed of tin or other suitable material. It isV rectangularA in shape, with perforations 'through its sides for lightening it. Y i l The wire frame B extends through it, and forms a bearing., D, upon whcih the frame revolves, as seen in the drawing.

One, side of the frame C is covered with a wash-cloth, which cloth is secured to the side bydetachable elastic bands, e, or by any other suitabl'e method. The other side of C is 4rst covered with a rubber or elastic fabric or padding, d, seen in yellow color in g. 2. Over this the wipingwlothf is drawn.

This cloth is attached to and rolled around a shaft, z', which passes longitudinally throughthe frame, to one end of which shaft the crankA g, by which'the shaft is rotated, is attached. l

The other end of the cloth is attached to the central rod D of the supporting'frarnc B, and is arranged so that when it rolls on to one rod or shaft, it unrolls'from the other, and 'Dice versa. 'This winding and u'nwindingon and oil' the shaftz' is done by the crank g. The slack is taken up and wound around the rod D by turningfthe frame on the rod. I

y Theclotlnf, may be of any desired length, and is unrolled from z' and rolled `on to D as fast as the'surface gets soiled or Vdirty by contact with the window. i

llhe cloth upon the other side of C, which is secured by the elastic bands @,'vmay'bc exchanged for chamoisskin or any other article for drying and polishing the glass.

. The window-wiper is adapted to inside as well as outside cleaning of windows, audits advantages over all other methods will be apparent to all at a glance.

I claim. as new,"and desire to secure by Letters Paten't- A window-wiper, constructed substantially as described, that, is, by the combination ofthe supportingframe B and the rotating frame C, arranged substantially as shown, whereby the cloth is att-ached'to the frame, and operated as and for the purposes described.

B. F. BURGESS, JR. Witnesses ALvEnDo MASON,-

BARNARD Sworn.

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