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port while seated upon the stand, so that
the machine may be demonstrated for ad-
vertising or other purposes without the op-
erator leaving his seat. The machine is also
.5 equipped with locking mechanism, consist-
ing of a vertically movable bolt 59, guided in
a casing or housing 60 and located above
connecting bar or portion of the longitudi-
nally adjustable support and engaging with
10 recesses 61 thereof. The recesses 61, which
are arranged in a longitudinal series, are
formed in the upper faces of the said con-
necting bar or portion, which extends
through an opening 62 in the front wall of
15 the casing 1. The housing or casing 60 for
the bolt 59 is suitably secured to the outer
face of the front wall of the casing at the
top of the opening 62, and the bolt 59 is
connected to the inner arm of a transversely
20 disposed operating lever 63, fulcrumed at
an intermediate point of its length in a
bracket or support 64, which is secured to
the outer face of the front wall of the cas-
ing 1. The outer end of the lever 63 is
25 shaped into a grip or handle, and any suit-
able means, such as a pin or key may be
provided for holding the latch bolt in an
elevated position, while the support is being
adjusted by the hand wheel.
30 The main foot rests, which are shaped to
conform to the configuration of a shoe, are
provided at their rear ends with heel receiv-
ing recesses and have front and rear longi-
tudinally disposed grooves 65 and 66, form-
35 ing longitudinal ribs and adapted to prevent
the feet from slipping laterally. The foot
rests 11 are suitably secured at a point in-
termediate- of their ends to the upper ends of
upright shafts or pivots - 67, extending
40 through and guided in openings 68 of spaced
upper shelves 69 and having lower tapered
ends 70, stepped in sockets 71 of arms 72, ex-
tending longitudinally in advance of the up-
right pivots or shafts 67, and pivoted at their
45 front ends between spaced upwardly pro-
jecting ears of supports 73 by a transverse
pin or pivot 74, which pierces the ears of the
supports 73 and the front ends of the arms
72. The supports, which are mounted on
50 spaced lower shelves 75, are preferably pro-
vided with depending threaded shanks,
- piercing the shelves 75 and secured to the
same by nuts 76, which engage the lower
faces of the shelves 75,- but bolts or any other
55 suitable means may be employed for secur-
ing the supports 73 upon the lower shelves.
The lower shelves, which may be braced in
any suitable manner, are supported at their
ends by horizontal bars or cleats to which
60 they are suitably secured. The arms 72 are
adapted to swing upwardly and down-
wardly on their pivots 74 to permit the foot
rests 11 to be raised and lowered, and the
upright pivots 67 are capable of rotary
65 movement in the sockets of the arms topermit the foot rests to be turned laterally
to expose the shoes completely to the action
of the opposed brushes 8, 9 and 10. The
sockets 71 are enlarged or flared upwardly
to permit the arms 72 to be arranged at 70
slightly different angles to the shafts or
pivots incident to the vertical adjustment
of the foot rests.
The vertical adjustment of the foot rests
is effected by means of bell cranks or levers, 75
consisting of loops 77 and arms 78, arranged
at substantially right angles to the loops,
which extend beneath the arms 72, as clearly
illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings. The
bell cranks or levers are provided at opposite '80
sides of the loops with bearing portions,
which are journaled in suitable bearings 79,
and the arms 78, which extend upwardly,
are connected by rods 80 with an upright
operating lever 81. The upright operating 85
lever 81 is fulcrumed at a. point intermediate
of -its ends at the top of the case on a suit-
able pivot 82, which is mounted in spaced
bearings. The operating lever 81 extends
through an opening in the top of the case, 90
and it is equipped with a dog or decent 83,
arranged to engage a toothed segment 84
and controlled by a suitable latch lever,
mounted on the operating lever 81 at the
upper handle portion thereof, as clearly 95
illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. When
the upper arm of the operating lever 81 is
moved backwardly or forwardly, the bell
cranks or levers with which they are con-
nected are oscillated and the arms 72 raised ioo
and lowered, carrying with them the foot
rests 11. In practice the foot rests will be
locked in an elevated position above the
plane of the brushes 8, 9 and 10, and when
a person places his foot on the foot rests, the 105
latter will be lowered by the operator to the
proper position to be operated on by the
brushes. The foot rests are then locked in
such adjustment.
The shafts or pivots upon which the foot 110
rests are mounted are 'provided with hori-
zontally projecting arms 85, connected by
rods 86 and an operating lever 87, mounted
on the pivot 82 and extending through an
opening in the top of the frame and pro- 115
jecting upwardly and downwardly from the
said pivot and having its lower arm pivoted
to the front ends of the rods 86, which ex-
tend rearwardly from the operating lever to
the arms of the upright pivots 67. Both 120
arms 85 preferably extend from the right
hand side of the pivots, so that when the op-
erating lever is oscillated, the foot rests will
be simultaneously moved laterally in the
same direction. A rearward movement of 125
the upper portion of the lever 87 operates
to swing the front portions of the foot rests
to the left, and a forward movement of the
upper portion of the operating lever moves
the foot rests in the opposite direction. By 130
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Bean, Jesse Alfonso. Shoe Blacking and Polishing Machine, patent, June 25, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514191/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.