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US 4,188,682 AGranted
Automobile cleaning and waxing tool
OwnerRobert E. Burglin, Sam S. Itayainventors
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Abstract
An automobile cleaning and waxing tool that provides orbital motion of the polishing pad is formed of a two-part plastic shell and a two-part hollow handle having respective handle parts formed integrally with the shell parts. The handle completely circumscribes the housing and mounts a motor control switch within its hollow interior positioned for convenient operation by the thumb of an operator holding the polisher handle. The shell is internally configured to position and firmly support the casing of an electric motor that drives the polisher pad.
Claims17
For use with a hand held automobile polisher having an electric motor connected to orbitally drive a polishing pad, an improved polisher housing comprising,
- a housing shell having
- an outer peripheral side wall, a shell cover connected to said wall at one end thereof,
- an elongated hollow handle spaced outwardly of and at least partly circumscribing said housing shell, said handle being formed of first and second handle parts joined to one another along a surface that extends longitudinally of said elongated handle, one of said handle parts being integral with said housing shell, the other of said parts being attached to said one part, and electrical elements for controlling said motor mounted to and at least partly within said hollow handle,
- said electrical elements including a switch for controlling flow of electrical current to said motor, said switch having a switch body positioned within said hollow handle, and a switch operator projecting from said hollow handle,
- one of said handle parts being formed with a cavity receiving said switch body, the other of said handle parts being formed with an aperture for receiving said switch operator,
- said shell being formed of first and second interconnected shell parts, said one handle part being integral with said first shell part and said other handle part being integral with said second shell part, said handle parts including mutually mating handle rings circumscribing said shell and mutually mating integral handle supports extending radially between said shell parts and said rings.
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For use with a hand held automobile polisher having an electric motor connected to orbitally drive a polishing pad, an improved polisher housing comprising,
- a housing shell having
- an outer peripheral side wall,
- a shell cover connected to said wall at one end thereof,
- an elongated hollow handle spaced outwardly of and at least partly circumscribing said housing shell, said handle being formed of first and second handle parts joined to one another along a surface that extends longitudinally of said elongated handle,
- one of said handle parts being integral with said housing shell, the other of said parts being attached to said one part, and electrical elements for controlling said motor mounted to and at least partly within said hollow handle,
- said electrical elements including a switch for controlling flow of electrical current to said motor, said switch having a switch body positioned within said hollow handle, and a switch operator projecting from said hollow handle,
- one of said handle parts being formed with a cavity receiving said switch body, the other of said handle parts being formed with an aperture for receiving said switch operator,
- said handle including first and second handle assemblies, each assembly comprising a substantially U-shaped split hollow body having first and second substantially U-shaped handle assembly parts joined to each other, one of said U-shaped handle assembly parts of each assembly having legs extending outwardly from said shell and integral therewith, the other of said handle assembly parts of each assembly being connected to said one handle part.
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A hand held automobile cleaning and waxing tool comprising
- a cleaning and waxing pad,
- an electric motor connected to said pad for driving the pad with an orbital motion,
- a housing, and
- means for mounting said motor to and within said housing,
- said housing comprising,
- a plastic shell having a continuous side wall circumscribing said motor,
- a housing top bridging said side wall and secured to one end thereof, and
- an elongated longitudinally split hollow handle having upper and lower thin wall handle parts joined to each other along surfaces that extend transversely of the axis of rotation of the motor, one of said handle parts having first and second mutually spaced legs formed integral with said shell and extending outwardly therefrom and a bight portion interconnecting outer ends of said legs,
- means for connecting the other of said parts to said one part to define said hollow handle, and
- at least one electrical element connected to control said motor mounted within said hollow handle.
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A hand held automobile cleaning and waxing tool comprising
- a cleaning and waxing pad,
- an electric motor connected to said pad for driving the pad with an orbital motion,
- a housing, and
- means for mounting said motor to and within said housing,
- said housing comprising
- a plastic shell having a continuous side wall circumscribing said motor, a housing top bridging said side wall and secured to one end thereof, and
- an elongated longitudinally split hollow handle having first and second thin wall handle parts joined to each other, one of said handle parts being formed integral with said shell,
- means for connecting the other of said parts to said one part to define said hollow handle, and
- at least one electrical element connected to control said motor mounted within said hollow handle,
- said shell comprising first and second shell parts respectively integral with said first and second handle parts, said hollow handle circumscribing said shell and spaced outwardly therefrom.
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A hand held automobile cleaning and waxing tool comprising
- a cleaning and waxing pad,
- an electric motor,
- an eccentric pad drive connected to and between said motor and pad,
- first and second housing sections,
- means for mounting said motor to and within said housing sections,
- said first housing section comprising
- a first shell part having a continuous side wall substantially closed at an upper end thereof and open at a lower end,
- a first handle part having a downwardly concave ring circumscribing said shell part and spaced outwardly therefrom at said lower end, and
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced first handle supports extending between said shell part and ring, said shell part, handle part and supports all being integral with one another,
- said second housing section comprising
- a second shell part having a continuous side wall open at an upper end thereof, a second handle part having an upwardly concave ring circumscribing said second shell part and spaced outwardly therefrom at said upper end of said second shell part side wall,
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced second handle supports extending between said second shell part and said second ring, said second shell part, said second ring and said second supports all being integral with one another, and
- means for connecting said housing sections to each other with the lower and upper ends of said first and second shell parts mating to form a unitary shell, said first and second spaced handle supports mating to form a plurality of circumferentially spaced unitary supports and said rings mating to form a unitary hollow handle ring fixed to and spaced from said unitary shell by said circumferentially spaced unitary supports.
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