Brush cleaning device

Claim 1

A CLEANING DEVICE FOR HAIR BRUSHES OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING A PLATFORM, AT LEAST TWO SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSTS DISPOSED LATERALLY AT SAID PLATFORM, AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL BOARD MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM, MEANS ADAPTED TO RELEASABLY RETAIN A PLURALITY OF HAIR BRUSHES ON SAID BOARD ALONG AN IMAGINARY HORIZONTAL LINE SPACED APART AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, A SUPPORTING MEMBER INCLUDING TWO OPPOSITELY DISPOSED CARRIERS CONNECTED BY A CONNECTING BAR, SAID CARRIERS INCLUDING ROLLERS RUNNING ALONG CORRESPONDING OPPOSITE FACES OF SAID POSTS AND THE LATTER FORMING TRACKS FOR SAID CARRIERS, AN ARM PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM EACH OF SAID CARRIERS, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SUPPORTED BY ONE OF SAID ARMS, AT LEAST ONE FIRST SHAFT DISPOSED CROSSWISE BETWEEN SAID ARMS, A PLURALITY OF ROTARY BRUSHES KEYED TO SAID SHAFT AND AXIALLY SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER FOR A DISTANCE EQUAL WITH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID RETAINING MEANS FOR SAID HAIR BRUSHES, A SECOND SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID CARRIERS, AT LEAST ONE CAM DISC KEYED TO SAID SECOND SHAFT, AN AXLE RIGIDLY SECURED BETWEEN SAID POSTS, THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID AXLE BEING DISPOSED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PLANE INCLUDING THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SECOND SHAFT, A FOLLOWER ROLLER TURNABLY MOUNTED ON SAID AXLE AND ENGAGING CONTINUOUSLY THE PERIPHERAL FACE OF SAID CAM DISC, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID FIRST SHAFT AND SAID SECOND SHAFT BY SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR, SO THAT UPON START OF SAID MOTOR SAID CAM DISC AND SAID ROTARY BRUSHES ARE SUBJECTED TO ROTATION AND SAID ENTIRE SUPPORTING MEMBER PERFORMS A LIFTING STROKE ALONG SAID POSTS BY OPERATION OF SAID CAM DISC AND A DOWNWARD STROKE BY THE WEIGHT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER.