US1012634A

US1012634A - Vacuum cleaning implement.

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Publication number: US1012634A
Application number: US60113311A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter B Guild
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-01-06
Filing date: 1911-01-06
Publication date: 1911-12-26
Anticipated expiration: 1928-12-26

Description

. B. GUILD.

VACUUM CLEANING IMPLEMENT. A PPLIGATION FILED JAN. 6,1911.

vPatened- Dec. 26, 191,1;

'sai i WALTER B. GUILD, F ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

VACUUM CLEANING IMPLMENT.

i,eiegesi.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

vApplication led `January 6, 1911. Serial No. 601,133.

. To all vwhom 'it may concern:

,Be it known that I, WALTER B. GUILD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at -itoxbury, inthe county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful.improvements in Vacuum Cleaning implement-s, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n pneumatic or vacuum cleaningimplements, and has for its obJect to provide a cleaning deviceof this class which may be applied lto the hand-of the user and which may be vneared by the movements of the fingers,

thumb4 and palm of the hand so as to accommoda'te itself to the irregularities of the surfacebeing operated upon, and the object is fintlier to -provide suitable means such as' a brush or'brushes so arranged as to stir up. or disturb the dust or other loose matter on the surface being cleaned so that a thorough cleaning of the-surface may be effected.

While' the implement which forms the subject matter of my invention may be utilized for a' variety of purposes, including the cleaning of furniture' and the like, it is especially adaptedfor use in brushing 'horses and when so used will effect a more thorough A cleaning than is possible' with the means and methods now employedv for'the purpose. A

' To these ends, my invention consists." in' thenovel features of; construction and 1n the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointedout in the claims.

I Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the palm side of 1a vacuum cleaning implement vembodying my invention. *Fig 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2'-e2 of Fig. 1, looking inthe direction of the arrows on said line. F ig'. -3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-,-3'of Fig. 1,1001nng in the direction of the arrow' on 'said line.

Fig. e is a cross sectional view of a finger 'of a modified' form 'of the invention.v Fig. v5 is. 'a cross 'sectional' view of asecond modifica;- -tion of the invention. v

Like numerals'refer to like parts through i out the several views ofthe drawings.

In thedrawings, referring toFigs. 1, 2 and 3, 6 is a suitable sheath for the hand of the user and which, in the present instance, consists of aglove having a cavity 'if to reshown.

ceive the hand and having fingers 8, 9, 10 and 11 and a thumb 12 formed Iinternally to receive the fingers of the users hand. The glove is provided with one or more open channels suitably disposed 'upon' one side thereof and in the form of invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, these channels are located between the fingers, there being a channel or recess'13 between the fingers', 10 and 11 and a channel or'recess 14 located between the fingers 11 and 12.v `These channels or recesses are .connected to amain airv duct 15 by branch air ducts 16' and 17, preferably located upon the back ofthe glove. The main duct 1'5 is formed in a boss 18 projecting from the back of the glove'and.-

preferably, this boss is provided with a suitable metallic bushing 19 screw-threaded to receive a suitable 'hose fitting, not shown, whereby the passage may be placed in connection with a suitable vacuum pump, not The' bushing 19 may be held in place'by any suitable means such, for eX- ample, as circumferential vwires or bands 20 which force the rubber into grooves 21 provided in the periphery of the bushing 19. It will be under-stood., however, that this construction is merely typical and any suitable .practical connection may be provided for this purpose. 4

Preferably, the ducts 16l and 17 are provided Awith suitable means to prevent their collapsing, such means, in the present in-y stance, consisting of closely wound

helical springs

22 and 23 inserted in said ducts,4 rep spectively. The glove is preferably 'prof vided with some suitable means for disturb- .ing the' dustror lother loose material to bey .preferably separated from the walls-of their respective channels by a suiicient air space.

t0 allow for a circulation of air therearfound.

This location of the brushes is v.very important for the reason that'no matter in vwhat l Vdirection the implement may vbe traveling over the surface to be cleaned when the .brush disturbs or stirs up some'of the dust xit is followed by an open channel in whichv a' vacuum' exists sotlia't'tlie dust which is ijos ' allows the brush to flex so as to accommo date itself to the irregularities of the surface being operated on. Freferably, the brush is provided with a suitable backing 28 which' preferably consistsv of a strip of rubber folded over the -sides of the bristles, the backing and the' core being vulcanized in such a manner as to flow between and around the bristles and firmly bind them together and the backing is alsovulcanized to the bottom of the recess in which the brush is'located, as-Will be apparent from Fig. 2. It will be understood, however, that this construction is merely typical of the brush and I do not limit myself to the specific details.

If desired, the channels andbrushes may be located upon the fingers themselves of the glove in the manner illustrated in the modification in Fig. 4, in Which 29 is the finger of a glove provided with a channel 30 in which is located a brush 31, it being obvious that in this form of my invention the fingers Will not be connected to each other by Webs, as in the form illustrated inv Figs. l, 2 and 3.

Referring now 'to Fig. 5, wherein I have illustrated another modification of my invention, 32 is a mitten having simply one -large cavity to receive all of the lingers instead of having separate sheaths for the fingers as in the case of a glove, and in 'case a mitten is employed the same is provided with a recess 33 upon its palm side having therein one or more suitably disposed brushes 34.

ln all 'three forms of my invention, the glove or mitten is formed of some suitable material such, for example, as molded rubber and is consequently flexible so that' it ivill yield or flex With the relative inovements of the fingers and thumb'and the glove will accordingly accommodate itself to inequalities and irregularities of the surface to be operated upon so as to maintain the open suction channels in such-position that their edges will be close to or touch the object being cleaned,v it being understood that the brushes will project a slight ldistance beyond the open channels or recesses so as to perform their functions in a proper mannl".

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire byV Letters Patent to secure is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a vacuum cleaning toolconsisting of a fieirh ble sheath -having a cavity to receive the hand of the user, having an open channel in andv extending along one side thereof, and having a duct communicating with Said channel, said duct having an outlet adapted to be connected with 'a suction hose.

:2. The combination, in a vacuum cleaning tool, of a flexible sheath having a cavity to receive the hand of. the' user and having an open channel inone side thereof and a duct communicating with said channel and hav ing an outletadapted to be connected with a suction hose; and a brush located in said channel.

3. The combination, in a vacuum cleaning receive the hand ofthe user and having an open channel in one side thereof and a duct communicating with said channel and having an outlet adapted to beconnected with a suction hose; and a brush located in said channel, said brush being separated from the-sides of said channel by spaces, and said sheath having flexible lateral walls locatedV on all sides of said brush.

l. The combination, ina vacuum cleaning tool, of a sheath havinga cavity for the hand of the user, and a brush attached to said sheath, said sheath having a conduit provided Withv an inlet orifice located adjacent to said brush and an outlet adapted to' be connected. with a suction hose.

" 5. As a new article of manufacture, a vacuum cleaning tool consisting of a flexible glove provided with channels between the fingers and provided With a duct communieating With said channels and haviiig'an e outlet adapted to be connected with a siiction hose.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a vacuum cleaning tool consistingof a flexible glove provided with a series of ducts havin@ outlets located on one side of said glove, sai ducts extending between the fingers and having inlet orifices on theother side of' the glove. l

7. As a new article of manufacture, a vacuum cleaning tool consisting of a flexible glove provided -on one side With an open channel and provided on the other side with a lduct communicating With 'said channel and having an outlet adapted to be connected with a suction hose.

S. As a newA article of manufacture, a

vacuum cleaning tool consisting of a flexible 9. The combination,y in :i vacuum cleani. In testimony whereof I- have hereunto set ing'tool, of a nozzle provided with an inlet my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 10 -and an oultlet7 aid a bruslxedlly positioned messes. in said in et an separate at ay 1 times fromV 5 opposite sides .of thev inlet orifice by spaces WALTER B' GUILD' which communicate Wit-h said outlet and said Vitnesses:

..0z'z1e having flexible lateral Walls located LOUIS A. JONES, n all sides of said brush. SADIE V. M'CCARTHY.