Automatic shoe cleaning device

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic shoe cleaning device, which includes: a housing having a shoe inlet through which a foot with a shoe is inserted and a foot plate where the shoe is placed; a base frame disposed linearly movably inside the housing; a first brush assembly having a pair of side brushes polishing both sides of the shoe at both sides ahead of the base frame and a first spring supplying elastic force to the side brushes; and a second brush assembly having an upper brush polishing the top of the shoe behind the first brush assembly and a second spring supplying elastic force to the upper brush; and a shoe polish supply unit supplying shoe polish to the upper brush, in which as the upper brush moves backward and contacts the pair of side brushes, the shoe polish supplied to the upper brush is transferred to the pair of side brushes, whereas as the upper brush move forward to polish the shoe, the upper brush is separated from the pair of side brushes by the elastic force of the second spring, whereby it is possible to uniformly apply the shoe polish over the entire surface of the shoe and prevent the shoe polish from sticking to the pants.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(a), this application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Application No. 10-2010-0035804, filed on Apr. 19, 2010, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]The present invention relates to an automatic shoe cleaning device that can improve cleanness and luster of shoes.DISCUSSION OF THE RELATED ART[0003]In general, shoes are usually wetted or stained with soil or other dirties, under which the life span is reduced and vehicles a houses where the users usually stay or live are also stained. Further, the users wearing dirty shoes are likely to lose their dignity and make the others feel unpleasant, thereby resulting in undesired problem.[0004]Therefore, it is required to keep the shoes from being wetted, and for this, it needs to protect the surface of the shoes with a shoe polish, such as glazes, which has...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic shoe cleaning device that can uniformly apply shoe polish over the entire surface of a shoe.

[0011]Further, it is another object of the present invention to provide an automatic shoe cleaning device that has improved polishing performance by always supplying a predetermined amount of shoe polish.

[0012]Further, it is another object of the present invention to provide an automatic shoe cleaning device that can minimize shaking and breakdown even if it used for a long time.

Problems solved by technology

In general, shoes are usually wetted or stained with soil or other dirties, under which the life span is reduced and vehicles a houses where the users usually stay or live are also stained.

Further, the users wearing dirty shoes are likely to lose their dignity and make the others feel unpleasant, thereby resulting in undesired problem.

In generally, most people has a brush and a shoe polish in houses or offices and periodically polish their shoes to achieve the above; however it is difficult to always carry the brush and shoe polish for going out, such that it is difficult to keep the shoes clean for a long-time going out.

Obviously, although it is possible to remove this problem, using a shoeblack in case of long-time going out, it is a little burdensome because it takes a relatively long time to wait for a turn and the cost is not cheap.

However, the automatic shoe cleaning devices of the related art have a problem that the shoe polish injected is dispersed and stains the users' pants, because they have a structure of directly injecting a liquid shoe polish to the surface of the shoes.

However, this case also has a problem the shoe polish is applied only to some portion and it is difficult to uniformly apply the shoe polish over the entire shoe.

Further, the automatic shoe cleaning devices of the related art has a problem that it is difficult to always discharge a predetermined amount of shoe polish, such that a too large or small amount shoe polish is applied to the shoe, thereby deteriorating the entire performance.

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