US1335637A

US1335637A - Road-sweeper

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Publication number: US1335637A
Application number: US238948A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles E Barrie
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-06-08
Filing date: 1918-06-08
Publication date: 1920-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 1937-03-30

Description

C. E. BARRIE.

ROAD SWEEPER.

l APPLICATION mio lun: e, 191s.

Patented Mar. 1920,

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Application ledJune 8, 1918. Serial No. 238,948.

1 To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. BARR1E,'a

citizen of the United States, and a resident Y of Brattleboro, in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Road-Sweeper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to sweepersand has for an object the provision of an improved construction which may be used for sweeping roads, streets and the like' under ordinary conditions, or may be used for sweeping snow or other matterv in considerable quantities.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved, construction wherein the elevating means extends to a point near the road so that the sweeping members or collecting members may not raise the dirt, snow, or other matter. Y

A still further object of the invention is to provide a sweeping and elevating device for a vehicle which will operate to Ycollect the dirt or other matter being swept while the vehicle is moving at an appreciable speed, so that the streets may be cleaned without shutting 0E their general traffic.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the rear part of the machine Adisclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view on A,line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the same being on a reduced scale.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the structure shown'in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a through Fig. 1 on line 4 4.

Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary view showing a slightly modified form of collecting means wherein a scraper is used instead of a brush. Y

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates the frame of an automobile or other vehicle, the detail features of which form no part of the present invention. It will, of course, be understood that a power driven vehicle may be used or a horse drawn vehicle without departing from the spirit of the invention. When the device is mounted on a power driven vehicle power is transmitted from the engine through shaft 2 to the worm 3, which in turn transmits power to the worm gear 4 secured to the transverse shaft 5 rmounted in suitable bearing boxes on the frame 1.

fragmentary sectional view Y Supported by the shaft 5 are sprocket wheels 6 and 7 which accommodate chains 8 and 9, which chains in turn pass over sprocket wheels connected with the driving or trac-V tion wheels 10 and 11. The wheels 10 and 11 are rigidly secured to tubular stub shafts 12 and 13, which stub shafts are loosely mounted on a fixed non-rotatable bearing shaft 14. VThe stub shaft 13 is connected to the auxiliary shaft 15 through gears 16 and 17 and a clutch 18, which clutch is operated byA lever 19 and rod 20 extending to the front of the machine. The stub shaft 12 transmits power through the gears 21 and 22 and the clutch 23 to the auxiliary shaft 24. Clutch 23 is operated by a lever 25 which in turn is actuated by rod 26 extending to the front of the machine whereby when the rods 20 and 26are actuated the clutches will also ber-actuated for turning on and offthepower to theauxiliary shafts 15and 24. These shafts are supported by suitable bearing .boxes carried by what may be termed the elevator 27, which elevator is provided 'with a sheet metal base 28 extending from the rear of the machine as shown in Fig. 1 forwardly to the bend 29 and from thence upwardly to the horizontal, section 30 of the chain 31. Suitable brackets 32 and 33 are mounted on the axle 14, said brackets being rigidly secured to the plate 28 in any desired manner whereby the plate :is permitted a swinging movement around the axle l14v and thereby the elevator 27 may move up vand down in passing over inequalities in the roadbed or street.

To provide a proper bearing surface for the plate 28 Va number of runners 34 are pro- Ivided which are rigidly secured to the horizontal or bottom sections 35 of plate 28 as shown particularly in Figs. 1 and 2. The

`auxiliary shaft 15 has a sprocket wheel 36 rigidly secured thereto, said sprocket wheel accommodating the chain 37, which chain passes over a sprocket wheel 38 mounted on the shaft 39. Shaft 39 carries sprocket wheels 40y and'41, said sprocket wheels accommodating the chain 31 as shown particularly in Fig. 1. The chain 42 passes over a sprocket43 on auxiliary shaft 24 and also one of the sprockets 38 on the'shaft 39. A sprocket 44 is rigidly secured to the auxiliary shaft 24 and accommodates chain 45, which chain passes over a sprocket 46 operating the shaft 47, which shaft rotates the vbeveled gear 48 meshing with the beveled gear 49. Vleveled gear49 is connected to the may desired, from brush 50 through a universal joint 51Where.-the spirit .ofthe invention.

by said brush is rotated, but is allowed vto Above the sprocket Wheels 75 and toward accommodate itself to the inequalitiesof'thrthefront of the automobile is arranged a street or roadway. A sprocket 52 is confwishaft 80 carrled by bracket 78, said shaft nectedto the .auxiliary-shaft and accoln-v-v modates a chain 53, which acts similar to chain 45, but rotates the sprocket 54`o`n the ehafeeemllieh eerree, elle, beveled geel." 56- The eeerfe 'meshes ,with .the beveled geef 57. which last mentionedgear rotates the said beveled gear actingthrongh the funiversal connection 59. By the construction just described. ivhen the automobileis movedalong .the Apoiver ,Will'be' transmitted to the brushes 5() and 58 forrotating the same, and

,y these brushes zit-rearranged onfan angle'the dirti; or'foth'er matter being ,operated upon ulilllbe gradually Worked toivard'the center Vand evenly 'deposited4 on .the elevator 27. Brac/kets''O'are hingedl at 62 and 63 on the .frame 1 said brackets having suitable bear-L M'* ingbokes'atthe enter end ioif accommodatingnthe. supporting shaft ofvthebrushes 50 r and 58 as shown finl'Fi'g". 2. .The 'innere ends folithebrushe's' discharge the .dirt on yto the ,eleaoraiwnch elevator is', needed, with chains V31 Atofwhich lflights or lifting membersel,aresecuredf These lifting members .maybe ,of e113?. Size and eefv le lift the f dirt orthel metter,,.bengeperetee pen eP ywardly lat aslzightv angle asshovvn in Fig. 1

' untilthe chains reach the"horizontal p0- sitin indeeeeel ,by -numerelj 30 e le F.lejglg ,whereupon the dirt er. Y ethermtfier Wlll vdrop on. to thebottom 65, and as'this'bottom -sat anY incline ythe dirt orlothermatteryvill vsteeltate-te the betteln 166 ef 'the' bei ,011 body ,-674 lhs beX er beely e'rvetelly S1111- perted 6.8 elvelrie PieY'eleel Wllle door 69. at. .thereerfend Wheh ile-hinged et elle for i fastened in any /suitable'mann'er ,at ,the

tate twostreams rearwardly into'rthe bOX lwhereiipelil ehe-bex .er beelylre'y b ef'elumpel V`easily ,bye Suitable ,lltine-.meelleniem '7l eenneeted te @helmet lef elle, beX ,Y tflllle rearwoithenelevator the chainsBl pass. over ,the sprocket wheels AO'fand /'l'fandy at the ',s'iupportinguprights therebeing any delelred. nurlvllbel` .of 'upleliee 79- le Wll 'ef eeurse, be evident-thee-. theser Sup-nomine brackets' may be rearranged and modified accommodating the sprockets 8l softhatater the chains leave the sprockets 75 they pass around' ^the^`sprockets 81 and from thence around the sprockets 82 carried byshaft 8 3 and finallynback-` in `va Vdiagonal directioni'to Stoodthat the bottom 65 and the ,V-shated member 7 Glare' supported by the u'prights 79 andtheffro'nt' section 7401i' plate 28v or in any other desired manner so that vhen'the be;y orbody 67f`i`s dumpedfthese 'membersand alsoV the elevator will remain stationaryf" 'In 'order toipr'oxfidoapropor path' or doop street for'theelevatorI v"ce'ntral- 'cleaning roller 84 is provided",arranged in the'lfro'nt "of theelevator.`V This roller supported by brackets 85 yand 86,1'bra'cket 85 being'confynected directly tothe plate 28 Whilebacket 8,6 is connected in any suitable manner'vith 'the frame' '1, 'as ffor -instzu`1c'e`vv by" being lconfno'o'todtobraokotfsr; Th'supportinggshaft 'of Ibrl'lfsh 84 lhas a," sprocket N vheelfSB" con# iVnected ,therewith Iivvli'cli accommodates 'chain 89, and saidohoi passos'ovorfa sprocket '9o gear 97 islosely mounted Von fthef sleeve, said gear meshing continuously 'vvith" gear "j 98 rigidlysecnrd'to 'the shaft' 5. ""Byjtliis'jstr'- ture Whenever the' ,clutch V"9 6'A isclosd power 'wi11'boeronomiaod to tho'bruoh erprovidoo the 'operate'dl" Brush '84 rotates'in proportionfto 'the' rrotation, "of lthe yller brushes fand ,cleansa path infront of the elevator'" 27,` the. matter'removeld "bein'gfdismoved and the bevel gears 48'fan'd` 57 aiie'also removed and Scrapers 99 are,substitnted"as "shown inFi'g'f 5f 'Thesescrap'ers'are'rigidly secured to i a ,sha-ft: `1`0`0 mounted ifxthewbean nog boxeo 'roland rogoofooito scrape up vehicle, a` traveling Acarrier"'formed vvitl pair of chains, a plurality of sprocket wheels for guiding the chains, said sprocket wheels being positioned to cause the carrier to move over the horizontal section and then over the upwardly extending section as the vehicle moves forwardly, a plurality of runners secured to said horizontal bottom section positioned to engage the earth so as to support the forward part of the elevator, a pair of brushes carried by the vehicle overlapping the bottom section of the elevator for causing the sweepings to be engaged by said carrier, and means for moving said carrier and rotating said brushes.

2. A street sweeper comprising a vehicle, an elevator arranged on the vehicle said elevator being provided with a plate having a horizontal ground section and an upwardly extending section, a plurality of runners arranged on the horizontal section, a traveling member formed with lifting blades, means for guiding the traveling member so as to pass horizontally over the horizontal section and then upwardly along the upwardly extending section, means for pivotally mounting the rear end of the elevator on said vehicle so that the rontpart will be supported by said runners andallow an up and down movement to compensate for the unevenness of the roadway, a plurality of brushes for sweeping matter on to said elevator, and means for operating the elevator in connection with said brushes.

3. A sweeping machine of the character described comprising a vehicle, an elevator arranged on the vehicle having a horizontal section, means for pivotally connecting the rear end of said elevator with the vehicle so that the front end will rest on the ground, runners for supporting one end of said elevator, diagonally arranged means for ydirecting snow and other matter being swept to said elevator, means for operating said elevator, and means for receiving the sweepings from the upper part of the elevator.

CHAS. E. BARBIE.