Boot and shoe sole cleaner
OwnerDeryl E. Openshaw, Jim E. Openshawinventors
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Abstract
A sole cleaning device for cleaning the bottoms and sides of the soles of boots and shoes including a rotating brush mounted above a container of water so that upon rotation of the brush a portion of the brush extends into the water. The device further including a removable scraper grate for supporting a shoe above the water but in engagement with the brush. A motor for rotating the brush against the sole of the boot. The removable grate provided with a pair of spaced and parallel side rails having fixed brushes mounted to the side rails and facing one another. The removable grate further including a sieve platform extending on one side of the grate above the water. Sponges are positioned on top of the sieve for removing water from a boot or shoe placed on the sponge.
Claims5
A boot and sole cleaning device comprising:
- a watertight housing for holding a reservoir of water, the housing having a top;
- a removable cleaning platform, which rests within the housing adjacent the top above the water, the platform including a pair of spaced apart and parallel siderails;
- a plurality of scrapers extending between and secured to the siderails in a spaced apart and parallel relation;
- a cylindrical brush mounted in the housing with a lower portion of the brush resting within the water and an upper portion extending above and between the scrapers;
- an electrical motor connected to the brush so as to rotate the brush.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.