US1498344A

US1498344A - Carpet beater

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Publication number: US1498344A
Application number: US577225A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry O Boots
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-07-24
Filing date: 1922-07-24
Publication date: 1924-06-17
Anticipated expiration: 1941-06-17
Also published as: USRE15981E

Description

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H. O. BOOTS GARPET BEATER Filed July 24.119,22

Patented June i7, i924,

HARRY O. BOOTS, 01E' PANORA, IOWA.

CARPET Application led July 24,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY O. Boers, a citizen of the United States, residing at Panora, in the county of Guthrie, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet Beaters; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in carpet beaters and particularly to manually operated carpet beaters.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and "simple device of this character by means of which the operator can attach the same to his foot and quickly and easily move the device from place to place on the carpets or rugs being beaten,

Another object is to provide a device of this character wherein the operator can stand in an upright position and beat the carpet or rug thus obviating the usual strain of the back incident to the stooping over while wielding the beater.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carpet beater made in accordance with my invention.` the beater members being down.

'Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the device showing the position of the parts when the beater member is raised.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4--4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 shows detail of beater fastening to the foot board. e

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 represents a wooden or other block on which the operator is to place his foot. Carried by the block is a strap which the operator secures over his foot to hold the block attached thereto so that the block can be lifted with the foot, the strap being shown at 11.

The forward end of the block is rounded. as at 12, and carried by this portion of the block are the bearing members 13, which support a transverse shaft, 14, and which pivots on bolt 2O as shown in Figure 5. Con

1922. Serial No. 577,225.

nected to this shaft, and arranged to rock therewith, is a forwardly extending stern 15, on the outer end of which is mounted the wire frame 16 of the beater. `Pivotally connected to the stem at a point intermediate the center and the Apoint of the wire frame 16. is a vertical operating rod 17, said pivot being shown at 18.V Said operating rod is fitted with a handle as Shown at 21.

The portion of the stem is offset downwardly so that the wire frame of the beater will engage with the carpet surface in the same-plane as the block, this offset portion being` shown at 19 in'Figures 1 and 3 of the drawing.

It will thus be seen th at when the operator places his foot on the block and properly attaches the same to the foot by the strap, and then places the block on the carpet or rug, it is only necessary to lift up on .the rod 17 and then push down again with a sudden movement, thereby causing the wire frame to strike the carpet or rug` and beat out the dust and dirt. Owing to the pivotal connection on the foot block, a considerable portion ofthe carpet or rug may be beaten without moving the foot. When necessary to move the operator simply moves or lifts his foot and steps with the block to another part of the carpet and repeats the up and down movement ofthe rod.

It will be readily understood thatvals the operator liftsrhis foot, when moving the beater from place to place on the carpet, the tendency will be to lift up on the operating rod, thereby lifting the beater frame from the carpet and greatly facilitating the said movement of the device.

Attention is called to the fact that the de'- vice is of extremely simple construction and is formed from a small number of parts. It will also be noted that the carpet can be efectively beaten without the usual strain on the back of the operator incident to stooping over. The ease and simplicity of operating this device makes it possible `for the operator to clean the carpet more thor oughly and quickly than with a common hand beater.

What is claimed is:

A carpet beater including a foot block, a strap secured to said foot block for per mitting the foot of an operator to be received therein and rest upon said foot block. a pair of upright spaced bearing members on seid foot member arranged forwardly of Said sbr-Tap,A seemfeeeved between and( pir-- otelly connected,` tov Said bearing members,

'said stem being provided with en oser por- 5 tion, e beater frame of Substantially large aree being carried by tbe free outer end of said stem and a hand operating rod'extend ing forwardly from said stemend pvotally `connected thereto for permtting't'he hand 10 operating rQd to be engaged for imparting HARRY 0. BOTS. Witnesses z v A W'. E. YATES, GEO. GIBSON.