Machine for cleaning shoe soles
OwnerMax Muller, Eugene B. Lilly +1inventors
InventorsMax Muller, Eugene B. Lilly, Richard E. Bott
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Abstract
A machine for cleaning the soles of shoes such as bowling shoes. A rotary brush for cleaning leather shoe soles and an elastomeric roller for cleaning rubber shoe soles are mounted on a hinged platform along with a drive motor and a fan which is used to dry the shoes. The machine is equipped with a solid state circuit which provides an attract sound periodically and a sound which simulates the sound of an electric motor during operation. A power boost arrangement permits operation of the machine at a high speed and provides a sound simulating high speed operation of the motor.
Claims13
A machine for cleaning shoe soles comprising:
- a frame presenting a foot panel thereon for receiving a shoe sole and a floor panel spaced beneath the foot panel, said foot panel presenting an opening therein;
- a platform;
- a hinge structure mounting said platform for pivotal movement relative to said floor panel about a generally horizontal hinge axis;
- a rotary shoe cleaning element supported for rotation on said platform at a location to extend partially through said opening;
- a drive motor on said platform drivingly coupled with said cleaning element to effect rotation thereof, said floor panel and platform being removable from said frame as a unit together with the drive motor and cleaning element on the platform;
- a removable back panel on said frame providing access to the floor panel and platform for removal thereof as a unit when the back panel is removed from the frame;
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- resilent means urging said platform about said hinge axis in a direction to position said cleaning element in projection through said opening to rotate against a shoe sole for cleaning of same, said resilent means yielding upon application of foot pressure to said cleaning element, thereby permitting depression of the cleaning element into the opening.
A machine for cleaning shoe soles, comprising:
- a frame presenting a foot panel thereon for receiving a shoe sole, said panel presenting an opening therein;
- a rotary shoe cleaning element supported for rotation on the frame at a location to protrude through said opening in the foot panel;
- a two speed motor drivingly coupled with said cleaning element to effect rotation thereof at a relatively low speed when the motor is in a low speed mode of operation and at a relatively high speed when the motor is in a high speed mode of operation;
- first electronic audio means for emitting background sound electronically simulating a motor operating at a relatively low speed when said motor is in the low speed mode;
- manual switch means for effecting the high speed mode of the motor;
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- second electronic audio means for emitting background sound electronically simulating a motor operating at a relatively high speed when said motor is in the high speed mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.