US318993A

US318993A - Carpet-cleaner

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Publication number: US318993A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 1902-06-02

Description

(No Model.)

W. H. LA FOUNTAIN.

CARPET CLEANER.

No. 318,993. Patented June 2, 1885.

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VILLIAM II. LA FOUNTAIN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CARPETfCLEANER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,993, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed November 8, 1834. (No model.)

5 and useful Improvements in Carpet-Cleaners,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for beating and discharging dust and dirt from carpets and similar fabrics; and it consists of a io rotating slatted or open-Werl; cage of peculiar 2C, Cylinder.

construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim,in which the carpet is placed, and is operated upon by the tumbling process.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View. Ii'ig. 2 is a cross-section, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectioinof my new' rotary cage.

The form of my cage is that of a corrugated The ends or heads are composed of at the center to plates D, having journals c. The rims or periphery of said heads are composed of semieircular angle-irons d, fastened together in ogee lines, so that the sides of the cage may be formed in deep rounded corrugations. rIhe inner portions of the said corrugated sides are made spokes a a., secured closed, and the outer portions are composedy of slats secured in diagonal lines, forming 3o open latticewvorlethrough which the dust and Said lattice-Work also serves to' and brace the sides. The ends ory dirt falls. strengthen heads are also finished with. slats in open or lattice forni, through which air is drawn as the cage is rotated. Io the inside of the heads are attached radial slats ce, whose outer ends are bent toward the center of the cage, and are fastened to the sides. The object of these radial slats is to form an incline to the inside of the ends of the cage, for the purpose of causing the carpet as itfalls to be thrown together instead of being spread and stretched, thereby straining the ber, but contrarywise, to have a l'ulling tendency, so that while the dust and dirt are beaten ont the fabric is retained close-and compact and undergoes the cleaning process without liability to injury.

The cage is provided with a suitable door at one side i'or inserting and removing the carpets, and it is to be propelled by the usual gear attachments.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a carpet-cleaner, the cage composed of the open or latticed heads, consisting of the spokes a c, covered with slats, and secured at the center to hubs b, provided with journals c, and having ogee rims constructed of curved anglepieces d, forming a corrugated periphery, to which are secured the alternately closed and slatted sides, the radial and bent internal slats, c, forming the incline end Walls, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM H. La FOUNTAIN.

W`itnesses: i

Geo. W. Ticni'rrs, M. G. Kontron.