US1393640A - Sidewalk snow-sweeper - Google Patents

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J. PANTALEONE AND M. ZODA.

SIDEWALK SNOW SWEEPER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1920.

1,393,640. Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

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.UNHTED STATES JOSEPH PA NTALEQNE AND lvnicnantzona, or 'rnnnroiv, new JERSEY.

SIDEWALK SNOW-SVJEEPER.

' To all 1117mm it may concern and hirer-Linn Zena, both citizens of the,

United States, and both residents of Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Sidewalk Snow-Sweeper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

Our invention relates to a street cleaner, and aims to pro ;-'ide .a device of this nature, more mrticularly adapted for use in connection with cleaning the sidewalks and streets of snow, but not necessarily limited to this adaption.

it is well appreciated that numerous devices have been proposed for removing foreign substances, such as snow, etc, from side walks and streets. These devices have for the most part been in the nature of a power driven scraping means, which necessarily involved considerable expense in operation, .aside from the fact that the foreign substances were not, for the most part, efiiciently removed.

A further detect experienced in connection with devices of this nature has been that the vehicle, or similar device utilized tor supporting the cleaning element has usually been supported by wheels, which wheels necesp'arily moved through the substance to be moved, rendering the movement of the vehicle or similar device very diificult.

llith this in view we have constructed a street cleaner, which aforestated is particularly adapted for use in connection with snow removal, but not necessarily limited to this adaption, and which primarily, may be manually operated, so that the expense incident to devices of this type heretofore experienced may be eliminated.

A further object of our invention is the construction of a device of this nature which shall effectively clean the entire surface over which the same is moved.

A still further object of our invention is the construction of a cleaner in which the supporting medium forming a part of the device will move in the path which has been cleaned by the'cleaning element, aside from cleaning the surface over which it is moved moving the foreign matter to one side.

Further objects of our invention will appear in the annexed specification and draw- Specification of Letters Patent. 'Pafagnted ()Qt, 11, Application filed November 5, 1920 Serial No. 422,106.

ings, which latter illustrate one practical embodiment :of our invention, and in which Figure l is a plan view, and I 1 Fig. 2 is a side view of a cleaner constructed in accordance with our invention.

In these views, the reference numeral 5 in- .licates the handle, which may conveniently be provided to permit of a manual movement of the frame 6, which is attached to the lower end of the handle.

A rotatable member, conveniently including a shaft 7, mounting radially extending bristles .8. is now provided, and positioned in advance of the main portion of the frame (3, by being mounted in bearings 9 conveniently forming an integral extended part of the frame 6.

It will also be seen that the body of the brush 8, lies at an angle to the path of travel of the cleaner, thus removing any foreign substance, with which it contacts, all to one side of the cleaner. This disposition of the brush is accomplished by extending the frame, as has been indicated by the reference numeral 10, to project beyond the op posits portion. 11 of the frame. these extended portions of the frame, terminate as atorestatcd. in bearings 9, and it is to he noted that these bearing portions carry the shaft 7 in such a manner that the brush will be moved forward at an angleto the direction of travel of the cleaner.

Supporting wheels 12 are rotatably secured to the frame 6, and serve by any suitable transmitting mechanism, such as 13, to

direct the rotation of the shaft 7 forming part of the brush. Thus, we have provided a cleaner, the cleaning element of which Wlll primarily move in front of the supporting medium, thus providing a clear path for the latter, and permitting of its more ready movement.

Also the simple construction provided will permit of the effectual manual operation of this cleaner, and will serve to transmit any movement on the part of the supporting wheels 12 to the cleaner element.

In this connection it is to be noted that a secondary supporting element, conveniently including a wheel l l may be provided to one side of the frame 6, and adjacent the ex tended portion 10 thereof, for more evenly balancing the weight of the entire device.

It will also'be appreciated that particles Both of of snow may-cling to the bristles of the brush, and be thrown back uponthe surface cleaned, thereby, and to eliminate this, the outer ends of the extendingportions 10 and 11 of the frame mount a scraper 15, adapted to contact with the bristles 8 to effectually remove any adhering particles of snow therefrom; V r

' Obviously numerous modifications of structure might readily be resorted to Without in the least departing from the spirit of 'our invention, which we claim as-:-

vA cleaner including a frame, non-alined wheels mounting and balancing said frame, 7

ing with said first-mentioned bevel gears,

sprocket wheels associated with said lastmentioned bevel gears, further sprocket wheels associated with each of said nonahned wheels, and driving chains connecting 7 said sprocket wheels adapted to drive said cleaning element on both ends.

JOSEPH PANTALEONE. MICHAEL ZODA.

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