US1173796A

US1173796A - Machine for cleaning ceilings.

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Publication number: US1173796A
Application number: US6134515A
Authority: US
Inventors: Simon Gottlieb
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-11-13
Filing date: 1915-11-13
Publication date: 1916-02-29
Anticipated expiration: 1933-02-28

Description

S. GOTTLIEB.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING CEILINGS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13. 1915.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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MACHINE FOR CLEANING CEHJNGS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, I915.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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,4 TTOR/VEYS SIMON GOT'ILIEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JACOB WEINEB, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOB CLEANING CEILING-S.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIMON GOTTLIEB, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of the city of New York borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Cleaning Ceillngs, of Which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brushing and scrubbing, and has particular reference to means for cleaning ceilings or other overhead structures.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a machine of a portable nature adapted to be moved about on a floor or other analogous support, such machine hav ing facilities for brushing a ceillng or sweeping dust, dirt, cobwebs or the like from the same by means operable by the operator standing on the floor.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for washing or scrubbing a ceiling while at the same time washing. fluid may be delivered against the ceiling, means being provided to collect the washing fluid as it falls or is wiped from the ceiling.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed herein, still for the purposeof illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure l is a vertical transverse section on the line 11 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, looking toward the left in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line H of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional detail on the line 55 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a detail of a modified form of cleansing tool adapted for use with this machine.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, I show a receptacle 10 movably supported upon a vehicle 11 having

wheels

12 and 13 and. also having a tongue 14 representing means,for guiding or manipulating the vehicle along the floor.

The receptacle is provided with a rigid top 15 constituting supporting means for the various operating parts.

vided with a filling opening 16 through WhlCll cleansing fluid 17 may be supplied to one compartment 18 of the receptacle. Adacent the compartment is another compartment 19 adapted to receive the dirty water. Either compartment may be drained at the bottom by means of a suitable spigot 20.

At 21 I show a crane comprising a pluralty of adjustably connectedjoints or parts including a tubular post 22, and a stem 23 secured in position in the post by means of a set screw 24, said crane also including

links

25 and 26 connected by an adjustable link 27 composed of two parts, connected by means of a bolt and wing nut 28 through slots 28. At the upper end of the crane is supported a holder 29 adapted to hold or secure in position for operation a sponge 30 or a brush 30, depending upon the character of the cleansing to be performed. The post is rigidly secured to and extends upwardly from a slide 31 guided for horizontal reciprocation in a guideway 32 upon the receptacle top 15. The slide includes a rack 33 projecting downwardly through a slot in the cover 15 and meshing with a gear 34 mounted' upon a rock shaft 35 journaled in the receptacle and having on its outer end a pinion 36 with which an arc-shaped rack 37 meshes. The latter rack is journaled upon a stud 38 on the outside of the receptacle and is adapted to be oscillated through a lever 39 by an operator standing upon the floor. This operation of the lever causes the slide 31 and parts supported thereon to be reciprocated along the receptacle top and thereby the sponge or other cleansing medium would be caused to sweep or scrape to and fro along the ceiling. The adjustability of the parts at 22 and 23 is primarily for the purpose of providing for the operation of the cleansing tool bringing it into contact with the ceiling. The adjustment at 28 in the double link 27 is for the purpose of tilting the upper part of the link 27 and parts secured Said top is pm- I thereon to one side of the vertical plane of the cleansingoperation. For this purpose I show an air pump 39 communicating with' the upper portion of thecompartment and through which the space above the fluid therein may be highly charged With-compressed air.

At 40 is indicated a pipeleading from a point near the bottom of the compartment 18 upwardly through a flexible tube 41 to a rose 42 supported approximately in the vertical center of the receptacle. The delivery of the fluid through the

tubes

40 and 41 may be controlled by a valve 43. The rose is supported in operative position by means of a jointed arm 44 supported upon the top of the receptacle. With the compartment 18 charged with compressed air and the rose so positioned as to direct the flow up- Wardly, the operator will open the valve 43, permitting the air pressure within the compartment to force the fluid upwardly' through the

tubes

40 and 41 and through the "rose in as great a volume as required. This action may take place independently or at the same time that the tool holder 29 is reciprocated to and fro along the ceiling.

The dirty water dropping 'or being scraped from the ceiling may be disposed of by collecting it in a pan 45 located below the rose and field of operation of the cleansing tool. Said pan has a downwardly sloping bottom with which'a pipe 46 communicates preferably at its center, said pipe leading into the compartment 19 through the top 15. The pipe 46 may be telescopic for the purpose of extension of the pipe or for the purpose of removing the pan from the receptacle when required.

I claim:

1. The herein described machine for cleaning ceilings comprising a receptacle, means to support the receptacle movably upon a floor, said receptacle being adapted V to contain a cleansing fluid, means to deliver the fluid in regulatable quantities upwardly I against the ceiling above the receptacle, and

the top of the first mentioned support tov support the crane and cause the movements of the cleansing tool.

3. In a machine for cleaning ceilings, the combination of a :main support, portable supporting means for the main support, a slide guided for reciprocations in a horizontal plane at the top of the main support, a vertically adjustable crane carried by and extending upwardly from the slide, a cleansing device carried by the upper end of the crane, and means mounted upon the main support to cause the reciprocations of the slide and parts supported thereon.

4. In amachine for cleaning ceilings, the combination of a main support having a guideway in its top, a slide mounted in said guideway and movable to and fro in a horizontal plane, said slide having a rack projecting downwardly therefrom, a vertically adjustable crane extending upwardly from the slide, a cleansing tool carried by the crane, and rack and pinion devices journaled on the main support and cooperating with the aforesaid rack to cause the reciprocations of the slide.

SIMON GOTTLIEB.

Witnesses:

THOMAS F. CURRAN, JACOB WEINER.