H. G. >ALmiNBRUCK AND- L. E. WEBBER. ROLLING DEVICE FOR SCRUBBING, GLC. A.«‘LICATION FILED FEB. 3, |920. '
1.348583.
Patented Aug. 3, 1920.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. HERBERT G. ALDENBRUCK ANI)v LEONARD E. WEÍBBER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA; SAID WEBBER ASSIGNOR T0 SAID ALDENBRUCK.
ROLLING DEVICE FOR SCRUBBING, &C. Specification of Letters Patent.
1,348,683.
Application ñled February 3, 1920.
Patented Aug. 3, 1920.
Serial No. 355,903.
'or catch 22, pivoted at 23 and adapted to
To all whomc't may concern:
Be it known that we, HERBERT Gr. ALBEN engage the stud 15 when the platform 17 is BRUCK and LEONARD E. ÑVEBBER, citizens of at the right hand side of the operator, and the Unitedv States, residing at St. Paul, in may engage the stud 15X if the operator is the county of Ramsey and State of Minne left handed so he puts the platform 17 at sota, have invented a new and useful Ix’oll the left side, where its hooks 21 will engage
ing Device for Scrubbing, &c., of which the in the eyes 13X. Such changing of the plat following is a specification.
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form 17 may be unnecessary if the grooves Our invention relates to means for facili 10 be made open at both ends, but it is be tating the scrubbing of floors and base lieved to be preferable to have their front boards, and the object is to provide a truck ends closed by terminals or margins 211 so riding on casters and adapted to carry in as to limit the forward movement of the
kneeling position the person doing the knees of the operator. scrubbing, and also to carry a pail of water 15 or soap suds and the brush and rags used
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In the operation of the device the scrub pail 16 is placed on the platform 17, where
for scrubbing. Other objects will be stated it is guarded from sliding by the guards 18i in the description of the operation of the and by the cleats 18X. Scrub-brush, wash 65 device. rag, wiping rag, and soap or washing pow In the accompanying drawing: der may be placed on the platform near the 20
Figure 1 is a plan view of the device with pail. The operator now kneeling on the a water pail placed upon it. Fig. 2 is an platform does the washing or scrubbing in edge view or elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 about the same way as an operator kneeling is a bottom view of the device.
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on the iioor or on a piece of board placed on
Referring to the drawing by reference the floor, but instead of rising up and carry ing the pail from place to place and kneel
25 numerals, 4, 4“ are two members of the main
platform, they are each secured by screws 5 upon one of two bars 6, the free ends of
ing again and getting wet and dirty on the floor, the operator simply touches the floor
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which extend in opposite directions one in or baseboards sufliciently to move the truck
under each adjacent platform member and on which he or she and the pail and tools -30
is thereY secured by a bolt 7 having thumb nut 8 and which isrremovable to different holes 9 in the bars, so as to thereby alter
yare supported, from one place to another in any desired direction until the work is done.
The device is also handy for painters to use in oiling, varnishing or painting floors The platform is provided in its top with and baseboards. grooves 10 for the knees and legs of the op Y And when the device is not in use for the erator, and the under side is provided with purposes stated, it can be used by children four casters, 11, of such height that the toes as a kiddy-car, one child sitting or standing of the operator will bear but lightly on the on the main platform and propelling it for
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the width of the platform.
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floor 12. 40
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ward by hand or foot movement, and a
The right and left edges of the platform smaller child may have a> ride on the plat are provided with eyes 13, and with a recess
form 17. In this capacity the device may
14, in which is ñxed a headed stud 15. The scrub pail 16 is supported on a sec
be used either in the house or on porches 90
ondary platform, 17, having a guard 18, _and
fand side-walks. The device is provided with a brake com
posed of a press-button 25 supported by a single caster 20. The inner edge of the plat spring 26 and having a vertical stem 27, form 17 is supported by hooks 21 hooked slidable in the main platform and provided downwardly into the eyes 13, and by a hook ' with a brake shoe 28. The latter is adapted
45 at its bottom a cleat 19, to which is fixed a
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to Contact with the i'loor or sidewalk as the tions Connected together and arranged Íor 10 case may be Whenever the operator presses separation more or less apart, the grooves `the button 25. being tWo in number and arranged one in What We claim is:
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Inra device of the kind described, a plat-
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In testimony whereof We añix our signa
Íorm mounted on Casters and having its top tures. provided with parallel grooves adapted to Y receive'the knees and legs of a kneeling HERBERT G. ALDENBRUCK. person; said platform composed of two secLEONARD E. WEBBER.
