US282713A

US282713A - Joseph c

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Publication number: US282713A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-08-07
Anticipated expiration: 1900-08-07

Description

(No Model.)

J. C. GARROTT.

FLOOR SGRUBBING MACHINE.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE.

JosErH c. e-AEEOTT, or BRooKLYN, NEW Youn.

FLOOR-SCRUBBING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 282,713, dated August '7, 1883.

Application filed October 6,1882.

To @ZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JosErn C. GARROTT, o Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Floor-Scrubbing Machines, of which the-following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a hoor-scrubbing machine, to be moved over the fioor by hand, which will scrub the iloor and wipe or take up the dirty water from the floor and deposit it in a receptacle attached to the machine'for that purpose.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of my new and improved scrubbing-machine, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

The side bars, A A, and end cross-bar, B,

' constitute the frame of the machine. C O are the drive-wheels secured to the cranklshaft D, j ournaled in the side bars, A A.

To the crank d ofthe shaft D is attached the pitman D', which connects the shaft D with the scrubbing-brush E, which rests on the door and runs between the guide-bars C Q', which are secured to the side bars, A A, in front of the crank-shaft D, by the downwardly-projecting arms h h. In rear of the shaft D is journaled on the pintle J the intermediate double cogwheel K, (consisting of wheel fand larger cogwheel f,) through which the proper rotary motion is communicated from the shaft D to the wiper-wheel L, which is journaled in the .downwardly-projecting arms a. a of the frame,

the cog-wheel F of the shaft D meshing with the cog-wheel f of the double cog-wheel, and the cog-wheel f thereof meshing with the cog- Wheel M on the shaft b of the wiper-wheel, as shown. with the radial rubber wings c, and is held by the arms a a so near the floor that these wings, as the wiper-wheel revolves, come in contact with the floor and wipe the water, dirt, &c. off from the floor, and move it back. over .the lip and swell e', into the receptacle N, which is attached to the side bars, A A, and carried near the iioor forthat purpose.

O is an endless. wiping-apron running in rear of and over the receptacle N. This apron The wiper-wheel L is provided (No model.)

is covered with sponges or other similar material for wiping up and absorbing the water from the floor, and is held in contact with the floor by the roller I), journaled in the arms d d, and the apron is caused to travel by the roller Q, journaled in the bars A A, over the receptacle N, and is revolved by the belt It, passing over the pulley S, attached to the shaft D, and the pulley S, attached t'o the shaft q of the roller Q.

Q. is a roller journaled in the side bars, A A, just in front of the roller Q, for squeezing the apron O above the receptacle N, for freeing it from the water, Src., which -it has taken up into 'the receptacle, as indicated in T T are the handles by which the machine is shoved over the floor, and U U are small wheels or casters journaled to the legsV V for facili- 7o tating the movement and easy operation of wipes up and absorbs the remaining waterl from the door or surface and deposits it in the receptacle N, thus leaving the floor clean and comparatively dry. .I ust in rear of the lip e of the receiver N is formed the swell or enlargement c', above mentioned, over which the water, dirt, Src., is thrown by the wheel L, and which thus serves as a dam for keeping the dirt, Src., in the receiver.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenty 1.y The combination, in a scrubbing-machine, of the brush E, wiper-wheel L, wipingapron O, receptacle N, and means for operating the parts, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the receptacle N, having an opening in the upper end of its back, and swell c', of the rollers P Q, apron IOO O, provided with Sponges, and leading over' the receptacle, and pressure-roller O, substantially as described, Aand, for the purpose P and Q Q', the roller Qbelng revolved by the set forth' belt R, passing over the pulleys vS S', substan- 3. The scrubbing-machine herein shown and tially as set forth. described, consisting of the reciprocating JOSEPH C. GARROTT. 5 brush E, crankshaft D, drive-Wheels C C, in- Witnesses:

terniedialtc double gear-Wheel, K, Wiper-Wheel H. A. WEST, L, receptacle N,A wiping-apron O, and rollers C. SEDGWICK.