US1307559A - Nkilly - Google Patents

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H. R. MCNEILLY.

RUG EXTRACTOR. v APPLICATION FILED AusAsf'IQla.

l ,307,559. a PzIt-ent-ed June 24, 1919.

@y /f/ #i MW W/r/VEIS'SES HENRY RAYMOND MCNETLLY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

' RUG-EXTRAOTOR.

y Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 24, 1919.

' 'Application led August 15, 1918. Serial No. 250,055.

To ZZ whom 'it mag/- concern Y Be it known that I, HENRY RAYMOND Mo- NEILLY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of 242 Huron St., city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and. usefullmprovements in Rug-Extractors, of which the following-is av specification.

The invention relates to improvements in rug extractors Vas described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form a part of -the same. f

VThe invention consists essentially of the novel means employed for rolling arug inwardly against .the under side thereof within a pile for extracting same and in thenovel means for lautomatically raising the particular rug as it is being rolled to correspond to the increasing thickness of the roll.

The objects of the invention are to economize in time and labor in extracting rugs from within large piles, to facilitate salesmen and others in showing rugs to prospective purchasers, to prevent damaging the rug in any way while being handled and generally to provide a rug extractor which will be simple of operation, efficient and durable.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective,

view of the rug extractor.

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the sliding support for the roller.

Fig. 3 is a detailof the main driving gear and the small bevel gear secured thereto.

Fig. l is a detail of one of the gear wheels supporting the ends of the rug roller.

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of one end of' the roller.

Fig.'6 is a sectionalview through a pile of rugs showing a rug partly woundaround the roller. f

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings 1 are end standards mounted on platforms 2 having rollers 3 mounted on the under sides thereof respectively, said standards being provided with elongated slots 4 and being for the purpose of supporting the rug roller and the various operating parts. e

The standards are preferably supported by bra-ces 5 to prevent lateral distortion.

Each of the standards 1 is provided with a substantially rectangular block 6 slidably arranged within the slot Il and having flanges 7 engagin g the sides of said blocks.

Eachfof the blocks 6- is held at any desired position within its slot by means of a threadedppin 8 threading through a downwardly extending opening in the top 9 of the standard-1 and having a bevel gear 10 horizontally arranged on the lower end thereof, said bevel gear projecting through a slot 11 in the sides of said blocks and causing said block to slide upwardly or downwardly in said slot accordingly as the said pin is rotated.

12V are shafts rotatably mounted in bearings through the blocks 6 below the slots 11, saidshafts being provided on their outer ends with gear wheels 13 and having substantially squared openings 14 in their inner endsadapted to accommodate the correspondingly shaped ends 15 of a rug roller 16 adapted to connect' the standards 1.

The rug roller 16 is preferably of hollow formation and is lloosely mounted at each end so that one or both of the standards may be drawnv away when required to permit of the removal of the rug and roller.

The rug is secured to the roller 16 by ineansof a rod 17 extending parallel therewith and connected to said roller through links 18 secured in slots 19 in said rod and extending through elongated slots 20 in said roller and pivotally secured therein by pins 21, so that accordingly as the rod is drawn toward one or other of the ends of the roller the said rod will engage the carpet and hold it firmly to the roller.

.The roller 16 and the pins 8 and bevel gears 10 are rotated simultaneously by means of a pair of comparatively large gear wheels 22 mounted one on the outer side of each of the blocks 6 in suitable bearings therefrom and meshing with the small gear wheels 13, each of said goal1 wheels 22 having on the inner side thereof a bevel gea-r 23 meshing with the bevel gear l0, so that on each revolution of the gear wheels 22 the roller 16 will be rotated through the co-action of said wheels and the wheels 13 and at the same time the coaction of the bevel gears 23 and 10 will rotate the pins 8 thus raising or lowering the blocks 6 according to the direction in which the wheel 22 is rotated.

24 is a handle mounted on the shaft of the gear wheel for operating said wheel.

25 is a very small roller mounted on a shaft 26 having its ends squared and loosely mounted in vertical slots 27 in the standards 1 above the slots l1, said roller being adapted to provide a very slight separation between the rug as it is being rolled and the rug thereabove and being adapted toslide upwardly in said slots 27 as the roll increases in thickness.

In practice it may notbe necessary to use the roller 25 in which case it may be re moved from the slots 27.

In the operation of the invention the device is placed against the end of the pile of rugs with one of the standards at each side thereof and the rug roller is then brought to a position slightly higher than the rug to beextracted and the said rug secured thereto by means of the rod 17. One or both of the handles 24: are then operated causing the rug roller to rotate forwardly and to roll the carpet inwardly on the under side thereof, the pitch of the threads on the pins 8 and the various gears being so gaged that as the thickness of the roll increases the blocks 6 will automatically rise a corresponding distance thus always keeping the roll free from the rugs therebelow and permitting of the rug rolling freely through the pile and drawing the device along on the rollers 3 and when the rug is completely wound around the roller the device will be at the opposite end of the pile. The rug may then be spread out on the top of the pile or the device may be wheeled to any desired place, such as before a window, and the rug deposited by simply grasping the free end and pulling until the rug is unwound.

By the use of this invention the rug cannot possibly be damaged as it is simply rolled inwardly from the smooth surface of the rugs thereabove and does not come in contact with the ones below as it as well as those above are automatically raised as the roll increases in thickness. The device will also be found most simple to operate as not only is no opposition offered by the remaining rugs but as the rug is rolled the ones thereabove drop down behind the roll and tend to facilitate the rolling.

lVhat I claim is l. In a rug extractor, the combination with a pair of movable standards slotted substantially throughout their length, ofV a roller detachably mounted in blocks slidably arranged inthe slots in said standards, pins threading downwardly through the tops of said standards and carrying at their lower ends bevel gears, said gears being horizontally arranged and projecting through slots in said blocks, gear mechanisms operating said roller and operatively connected with said bevel gears for rotating said roller and said pins simultaneously.

2. In a rug extractor, the combination with a pair of movable standards, slottedA substantially throughout their length, of a roller detachably mounted in blocks slidably arranged in the slots in said standards, bolts threading downwardly through the tops of said standards and carrying horizontal bevel gears, said gears project-ing through slots in the sides of said blocks, gear wheels mounted on shafts projecting inwardly throughsaid blocks and fitting over squared ends on said roller, gear wheels mounted above the aforesaid gear wheels and meshing therewith and carrying on their inner sides substantially vertical bevel gears meshing with the aforesaid bevel gears and handles for operating the last mentioned gear wheels to rotate said roller and said bolts simultaneously.

3. In a rug extractor, in combination, a pair of movable standards slotted substantially throughout their length, blocks slidably arranged in said slots, a rug roller detachably mounted at each end on shafts loosely mounted through said blocks, means for securing a rug to said roller, gear wheels rigidly mounted on said shafts on the outer sides of said blocks, bolts threading downwardly through the tops of said standards and carrying at their lower ends bevel gears, said gears being horizontally arranged and projecting through transverse slots in said blocks and gear mechanisms coacting with said gear wheels and said bevel gears to roll said rug inwardly against its Linder side and to raise said `blocks simultaneously to correspond to the increasing thickness of the roll.

Signed at Toronto, Ont., this 18th day of July, 191s.

HENRY RAYMOND MGNEILLY.

Witnesses:

W. G. HAMMOND, PHILIP HARTLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. C.

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