US1933492A - Floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine - Google Patents

Floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US1933492A
US1933492A US358560A US35856029A US1933492A US 1933492 A US1933492 A US 1933492A US 358560 A US358560 A US 358560A US 35856029 A US35856029 A US 35856029A US 1933492 A US1933492 A US 1933492A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
brush
nozzle
cleaning machine
vacuum cleaning
shaft
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US358560A
Inventor
Chester H Beach
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
SC Johnson and Son Inc
Original Assignee
SC Johnson and Son Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by SC Johnson and Son Inc filed Critical SC Johnson and Son Inc
Priority to US358560A priority Critical patent/US1933492A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US1933492A publication Critical patent/US1933492A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
    • A47L11/4041—Roll shaped surface treating tools
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/02—Floor surfacing or polishing machines
    • A47L11/20—Floor surfacing or polishing machines combined with vacuum cleaning devices
    • A47L11/204—Floor surfacing or polishing machines combined with vacuum cleaning devices having combined drive for brushes and for vacuum cleaning
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
    • A47L11/4044—Vacuuming or pick-up tools; Squeegees
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4063—Driving means; Transmission means therefor
    • A47L11/4069—Driving or transmission means for the cleaning tools

Definitions

  • This invention relates to a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine.
  • the invention has as an object to provide a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine in which a cylindrical brush arranged in a suction nozzle is readily removable therefrom and replaceable therein.
  • Another object is to provide a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine which is sturdy and compact.
  • Another object is to provide a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine which may be readily and economically manufactured.
  • a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine inits suction nozzle with a cylindrical brush which is rotated upon a horizontal axle by a. drive shaft arranged above the brush and with a latch or other means retaining the brush in the nozzle and operable to release the brushand thereby permit it to be readily removed from the nozzle and replaced by another brush.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of the machine.
  • Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.
  • Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 4 is a section Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 5 is a detail view of a polishing brush.
  • Fig. 6 is a detail view of a sweeping brush.
  • the floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine has its mechanism carried by a frame which is formed by a closed motor casing 11, a fan casing 12, and a suction nozzle 13.
  • the nozzle 13 is is arranged upon the front end of the fan casing 12 and ordinarily formed integral therewith, and the motor casing 11 is attached to the fan casing by screws 14. l
  • the frame is supported at its front end from the floor by two rollers 15 carried by the fan casing 12 and, at its rear end by a castor 16 attached by the motor casing 11.
  • the motor casing is ordinarily divided into a front part and a rear part which form a tight joint with each other and are connected together in any suitable way.
  • the motor casing has an electric motor 1'1 arranged therein and provided with a shaft 18 which has a bearing in each end of the motor taken on the line 4-,-4 of casing and in the front of the nozzle 13.
  • the fan casing has a fan 19 arranged therein upon the shaft 18 which rotates it to draw air through the nozzle 13 and thereby create suction therein.
  • the air drawn through the nozzle 13 is exhausted from the fan casing 12 through an exhaust pipe 20 which is connected to the fan casing at one side thereof and has a dust bag 21 attached to its outer end to collect dust and other matter carried by the air drawn through the nozzle.
  • the nozzle 13 has a cylindrical brush wed therein and carried by a horizontal axle to rotate thereon in contact with the floor.
  • the brush in the nozzle may be either a sweeping brush, such as that shown in Fig. 6, or a polishing brush, such as that shown in Fig. 5.
  • the sweeping brush has a cylindrical core 22 which has rows of bristles 23 arranged spirally thereon and a gear 24 arranged intermediate the ends thereof to mesh with a gear 25 carried by the shaft 18.
  • the nozzle 13 has a slot or seat 26 formed in each end thereof in which a spring latch 27 is arranged to engage the brush axle 28 and rotatably support the brush in operative position.
  • the brush may be placed in position by inserting the .ends of the axle 28 into the slots 26 and thrusting the same upward until the latches 27 lock the axle in place, and "it may be removed by disengaging the latches and allowing the brush to drop out of the nozzle.
  • the polishingbrush is interchangeable with the sweeping brush and similar thereto except that the bristles 29 are uniformly distributed around the periphery of the core instead of being arranged in spiral rows.
  • the nozzleand the brush may be adjusted toward or from the floor by raising or lowering the rear end of the frame by means of the caster 16 which has its socket 30 threaded into a bracket 31 carried by the motor casing 11 and held in adjusted positions by a lock nut 32.
  • the machine is guided by a handle 33 which is pivoted to the motor casing 11 by a yoke 3 4 and supports the upper end of the dust bag 21.
  • the motor 17 may be connected in circuit by a conductor 35 which has a' connecting plug 36 for attachment to an outlet receptacle and a switch 37 for controlling the flow of current to the motor.
  • the machine may be employed as a vacuum cleaner, either with or without the sweeping brush being in place, and the dust and dirt in the article being cleaned are drawn upward by the fan and discharged into the dust bag 21.
  • the machine is employed to polish a floor, the polishing brush is attached and the caster 16 adjusted to apply the required pressure thereto.
  • a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine comprising a suction nozzle having a slot in each of its lateral sides, a horizontal cylindrical brush arranged within said nozzle and having its axle seated in said slots, a screw gear fixed upon said brush, a longitudinal driving shaft arranged over said gear, a screw arranged upon said shaft in mesh with said screw gear, an electric motor to drive said shaft, a fan driven by said motor to create suction in said nozzle, and a latch arranged upon each side of said nozzle to retain said brush axle in. said slots and operable to release it therefrom.
  • a latch to retain said brush axle in said seats and to release it therefrom to permit said brush to be readily removed and replaced.
  • a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning ma chine comprising a suction nozzle having a seat in each of its lateral sides, a brush arranged within said nozzle to rotate therein in engagement with the floor and having an axle arranged in said seats, a drive shaft geared to said brush to drive the same and supported above said brush to allow said brush to be readily removed from said nozzle independent of said shaft, a fan to create suction in said nozzle, an electric motor to drive said brush and said fan, and means retaining said axle in said seats and operable to release said axle and permit said brush to be readily removed from said nozzle and replaced by another brush.
  • a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine comprising a suction nozzle, a fan casing formed integral with said nozzle upon the rear thereof and having its rear side open, an electric motor carried by said fan casing and having its casing connected to said fan casing and closing the open rear side thereof, a shaft driven by said motor and having a bearing in the front wall of said nozzle, a fan arranged within said fan casing and driven by said shaft to create suction in said nozzle, a horizontal cylindrical. brush arranged within said nozzle below said shaft and in engagement with the floor and having its axle supported by said nozzle independent of the support for said shaft to permit said brush to he removed from said nozzle independent of said shaft, and gearing connecting said brush to said shaft to enalole said shaft to rotate said prom.

Description

Oct. 31, 1933.
C. H. BEACH FLOOR POLISHING AND VACUUM CLEANING MACHINE Original Filed April 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l 0a. 31, 1933. H. BEACH 1,933,492
FLOOR POLISHING AND VACUUM CLEANING MACHINE Original Filed April 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Get. 31 i933 10R POLISHING AND VACUUM GLEANIN MACHINE Chester H. Beach, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor, by mesne assignments, to S. C. Johnson 8; Son,
Racine, Wis... a iirm Application April 27, 1929, Serial Nb. 358,560 Renewed March 28, 1933 4Claims.
This invention relates to a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine.
The invention has as an object to provide a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine in which a cylindrical brush arranged in a suction nozzle is readily removable therefrom and replaceable therein.
Another object is to provide a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine which is sturdy and compact.
Another object is to provide a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine which may be readily and economically manufactured.
According to the invention in its general aspect,
- a floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine is provided inits suction nozzle with a cylindrical brush which is rotated upon a horizontal axle by a. drive shaft arranged above the brush and with a latch or other means retaining the brush in the nozzle and operable to release the brushand thereby permit it to be readily removed from the nozzle and replaced by another brush.
' The invention is illustrated by the floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine shown in the accompanying drawings in which the views are as follows:
Fig. 1 is a side view of the machine.
Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.
Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a section Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a detail view of a polishing brush.
, Fig. 6 is a detail view of a sweeping brush.
The floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine has its mechanism carried by a frame which is formed by a closed motor casing 11, a fan casing 12, and a suction nozzle 13.
The nozzle 13 is is arranged upon the front end of the fan casing 12 and ordinarily formed integral therewith, and the motor casing 11 is attached to the fan casing by screws 14. l The frame is supported at its front end from the floor by two rollers 15 carried by the fan casing 12 and, at its rear end by a castor 16 attached by the motor casing 11.
The motor casing is ordinarily divided into a front part and a rear part which form a tight joint with each other and are connected together in any suitable way.
The motor casing has an electric motor 1'1 arranged therein and provided with a shaft 18 which has a bearing in each end of the motor taken on the line 4-,-4 of casing and in the front of the nozzle 13.
The fan casing has a fan 19 arranged therein upon the shaft 18 which rotates it to draw air through the nozzle 13 and thereby create suction therein.
The air drawn through the nozzle 13 is exhausted from the fan casing 12 through an exhaust pipe 20 which is connected to the fan casing at one side thereof and has a dust bag 21 attached to its outer end to collect dust and other matter carried by the air drawn through the nozzle. y
The nozzle 13 has a cylindrical brush wed therein and carried by a horizontal axle to rotate thereon in contact with the floor.
The brush in the nozzle may be either a sweeping brush, such as that shown in Fig. 6, or a polishing brush, such as that shown in Fig. 5.
The sweeping brush has a cylindrical core 22 which has rows of bristles 23 arranged spirally thereon and a gear 24 arranged intermediate the ends thereof to mesh with a gear 25 carried by the shaft 18.
The nozzle 13 has a slot or seat 26 formed in each end thereof in which a spring latch 27 is arranged to engage the brush axle 28 and rotatably support the brush in operative position.
The brush may be placed in position by inserting the .ends of the axle 28 into the slots 26 and thrusting the same upward until the latches 27 lock the axle in place, and "it may be removed by disengaging the latches and allowing the brush to drop out of the nozzle.
The polishingbrush is interchangeable with the sweeping brush and similar thereto except that the bristles 29 are uniformly distributed around the periphery of the core instead of being arranged in spiral rows.
The nozzleand the brush may be adjusted toward or from the floor by raising or lowering the rear end of the frame by means of the caster 16 which has its socket 30 threaded into a bracket 31 carried by the motor casing 11 and held in adjusted positions by a lock nut 32.
The machine is guided by a handle 33 which is pivoted to the motor casing 11 by a yoke 3 4 and supports the upper end of the dust bag 21.
The motor 17 may be connected in circuit by a conductor 35 which has a' connecting plug 36 for attachment to an outlet receptacle and a switch 37 for controlling the flow of current to the motor.
The machine may be employed as a vacuum cleaner, either with or without the sweeping brush being in place, and the dust and dirt in the article being cleaned are drawn upward by the fan and discharged into the dust bag 21.
lit
Gil)
ifi 'hen the machine is employed to polish a floor, the polishing brush is attached and the caster 16 adjusted to apply the required pressure thereto.
The invention herein set forth is susceptible of various modifications without departing from the scope thereof as hereafter claimed.
The invention is hereby claimed as follows:
i. A floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine, comprising a suction nozzle having a slot in each of its lateral sides, a horizontal cylindrical brush arranged within said nozzle and having its axle seated in said slots, a screw gear fixed upon said brush, a longitudinal driving shaft arranged over said gear, a screw arranged upon said shaft in mesh with said screw gear, an electric motor to drive said shaft, a fan driven by said motor to create suction in said nozzle, and a latch arranged upon each side of said nozzle to retain said brush axle in. said slots and operable to release it therefrom.
2. A. floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine, comprising a suction nozzle having a seat in=eaeh of its lateral sides, a brush axle arranged in said seats in a horizontal position, a cylindrical hrush carried by said axle to rotate within said nozzle in engagement with the floor, a screw gear fired upon said brush, a longitudinal driving shaft arranged over said gear, a screw. fixed upon said shaft and having said gear in mesh therewith, an
electric motor to drive said shaft, a fan driven by said motor to create suction in said nozzle, and
a latch to retain said brush axle in said seats and to release it therefrom to permit said brush to be readily removed and replaced.
nesacea 3. A floor polishing and vacuum cleaning ma chine, comprising a suction nozzle having a seat in each of its lateral sides, a brush arranged within said nozzle to rotate therein in engagement with the floor and having an axle arranged in said seats, a drive shaft geared to said brush to drive the same and supported above said brush to allow said brush to be readily removed from said nozzle independent of said shaft, a fan to create suction in said nozzle, an electric motor to drive said brush and said fan, and means retaining said axle in said seats and operable to release said axle and permit said brush to be readily removed from said nozzle and replaced by another brush.
4. A floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine, comprising a suction nozzle, a fan casing formed integral with said nozzle upon the rear thereof and having its rear side open, an electric motor carried by said fan casing and having its casing connected to said fan casing and closing the open rear side thereof, a shaft driven by said motor and having a bearing in the front wall of said nozzle, a fan arranged within said fan casing and driven by said shaft to create suction in said nozzle, a horizontal cylindrical. brush arranged within said nozzle below said shaft and in engagement with the floor and having its axle supported by said nozzle independent of the support for said shaft to permit said brush to he removed from said nozzle independent of said shaft, and gearing connecting said brush to said shaft to enalole said shaft to rotate said prom.
(ll-ESTER H. BEACH.
US358560A 1929-04-27 1929-04-27 Floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine Expired - Lifetime US1933492A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US358560A US1933492A (en) 1929-04-27 1929-04-27 Floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US358560A US1933492A (en) 1929-04-27 1929-04-27 Floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US1933492A true US1933492A (en) 1933-10-31

Family

ID=23410154

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US358560A Expired - Lifetime US1933492A (en) 1929-04-27 1929-04-27 Floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US1933492A (en)

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5129128A (en) * 1990-01-12 1992-07-14 Trc Acquisition Corporation Vacuum cleaner
US5218736A (en) * 1990-01-12 1993-06-15 Trc Acquisition Corporation Vacuum cleaner
DE4212733A1 (en) * 1992-04-16 1993-10-21 Hans Tuchlinski Suction cleaner with roller brush esp. for staircase or ramp - has forward-mounted brush for simultaneous sweeping of tread on which machine rests on riser of next step
WO1995028123A1 (en) * 1994-04-15 1995-10-26 Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh Brush cleaning device, especially for carpeting
US20040010884A1 (en) * 2002-07-22 2004-01-22 Hitzelberger J. Erik Floor care apparatus with deep cleaning action
US20180146773A1 (en) * 2014-07-16 2018-05-31 Markus Kress Roller Brush, In Particular For A Cleaning And/Or Care Device and Cleaning And/Or Care Device
US11484173B2 (en) 2014-07-16 2022-11-01 Markus Kress Roller brush, in particular for a cleaning and/or maintenance device and a cleaning and/or maintenance device

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5129128A (en) * 1990-01-12 1992-07-14 Trc Acquisition Corporation Vacuum cleaner
US5218736A (en) * 1990-01-12 1993-06-15 Trc Acquisition Corporation Vacuum cleaner
DE4212733A1 (en) * 1992-04-16 1993-10-21 Hans Tuchlinski Suction cleaner with roller brush esp. for staircase or ramp - has forward-mounted brush for simultaneous sweeping of tread on which machine rests on riser of next step
WO1995028123A1 (en) * 1994-04-15 1995-10-26 Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh Brush cleaning device, especially for carpeting
US20040010884A1 (en) * 2002-07-22 2004-01-22 Hitzelberger J. Erik Floor care apparatus with deep cleaning action
US20180146773A1 (en) * 2014-07-16 2018-05-31 Markus Kress Roller Brush, In Particular For A Cleaning And/Or Care Device and Cleaning And/Or Care Device
US10517385B2 (en) * 2014-07-16 2019-12-31 Markus Kress Roller brush, in particular for a cleaning and/or care device and cleaning and/or care device
US11484173B2 (en) 2014-07-16 2022-11-01 Markus Kress Roller brush, in particular for a cleaning and/or maintenance device and a cleaning and/or maintenance device

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3869749A (en) Cleaning apparatus
JP4519140B2 (en) Vacuum cleaner with base station
US2266075A (en) Suction cleaner
JP4711436B2 (en) Bare floor vacuum cleaner
US1498255A (en) Rug and fabric cleaning device
US3848290A (en) Rinse method and machine
US2149453A (en) Vacuum scrubber
US3346896A (en) Carpet and floor-scrubbing machine
US1933492A (en) Floor polishing and vacuum cleaning machine
US3559230A (en) Escalator cleaner
US1801135A (en) Floor-scrubbing machine
US1849218A (en) Floor polishing machine
CN111588312B (en) Dual-purpose robot for sweeping stairs and floor
US1763397A (en) Vacuum cleaner
US2372033A (en) Suction cleaning apparatus
KR102128198B1 (en) Steam Mop Vacuum Cleaner
US2134396A (en) Vacuum cleaner
US1394789A (en) Cleaner
CN105708390A (en) Cleaner with self-cleaning type structure
US1531701A (en) Floor-scrubbing machine
US2073145A (en) Vacuum cleaner
US1718804A (en) Suction cleaner
US1711380A (en) Vacuum washer and cleaner
CN109779982B (en) Cleaning auxiliary device for maintaining centrifugal pump
US1533806A (en) Vacuum cleaner