US62029A - Improved oaepet beater and clearer - Google Patents

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-w. H. HANKIN's-ON, or NEW YORK, N. Y. Letters Patent No. 62,029, dated February 12,1867, I

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TO ALL WHOM, IT MAY CONCERNE` l V Beit known ,that l', W. H. H'NKINSO'N, of the city,'county, and Stato of NewYork, have invented certain"`-- new and 4useful improvements ih Machines for Beating and Cleaning Carpets; and I do `hereby declare 4that the vfollowing is a full, clear, and-exactdescrption'of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

making'a portion ofthis specification, in whieh v I Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a machine constructed according to myinvention.` Figure 2, a plan or t'op view of the same. F i Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both gures.

This invention consist-s' in certain novel arrangements of parts, whereby carpets, or other fabrics of like,` p

character, of anylength or thickness, may be thoroughly cleansed from dirt or dust bythe action of rotating brushes andbrooms and by the operation of tlexible beaters, without injury to the said fabrics andivith` avery moderate expenditure of time.

To enable others to understandfthe construction and operation of my invention, willproceed to describe .it with reference to the drawings. v p i The working parts of the machine are supported by a streng framework of any suitable construction, and

, which in the drawingis marked A. Situated 'at the forwardend of this framework aretwo horizontal feeds,

rollers, B, which are situated one over the other. Placed at the rearmostend of the framework ,ncarly or quite on a level with the rollers B, is another pairof'similar feed-rollers, C4. The shaft of the upper roller of each pair works in bearings, which are placed inV suitable vertical guidesformed upon tlicframeworkA, in order thatnthe said u ppfer rollersmay befr-ee torisqand, fall, Mand thus adjust themselves to carpets'of `diiferentthickness or to'any variation in the thickness of the carpet. vSituatedut the inner sideo'f thewplowermost one of cach pair of rollers B and C, parallel therewith and with its upper side, nearly or quite on a level with the` upper side thereof, is a bar, D; and stretched or extended from one of these-bars D to the other are o series of strong horizontal cordsME, which serve to support a portion of the weight of the carpet,` as will be hereinafter` fully set forth. Located in rear of the pair of rollers B, and just back of :thelbar D, adjacent .to-the said rollers, are two transverse cylindrical brushes, F, 'which are situated one above and the other below the-supporting cords. E, and which, having a rotary movement communicated to them by means hereinafter described, act upon the two`side's of the carpet as it is passed through the machine to 'brush and clean the saute. Situated transversely over the supporting cords E is a horizontal shaft, G, which hasarranged spirally thereon anumber ofc iiexible beaters," al, which may consist of pieces of rope of the proper length, and which blyrbeatng upon the' carpet as it passes to the brushes F, assist materially in expelling the dust and dirt therefrom.V Situated atvthe rear-most end of the framework A, below and in rear of the feed-rollers C, is a transverse rotating shaft, I,.whil 1 1 is furnished 'with radial arms, a, towliich are attached longitudinal bars, b, the said arms and bars constituting i a kind of frame; and secured up'on these bars 6,'at suitable distances apart, and in'a position radialto the shaft I, are any number of stili' brushes, c, which may be made of broom-compr other suitably stil material, and

which, in the operation of the machine, are designed to brush the inner side or surface of the carp et.-V The means by whichthe required movements are communicated Ato the several parts areas` follows: The driving- AShaft l is furnished with a driving-pulley, d, andhas formed upon it-a Worm ortangenbscrew, e, which gears' into the pinion j', upon the rear extremity ofrtlie -secondary shaft K, which is furnished with two bevel gearwheels7 g and h, of which the wheel g gears into a pinion, z', `upon the extremity of the shaft. of the lowermost'` roller B, while the other wheel h gears in like manner into a similarrpinion, k, upon the shixftof therlovvermot,

one of the other pair of rollers C. The mechanism by which, ineaeh .pair of rollers B and C, motion is coins,4 municated from the lower to the upper one thereof, is identical, the shaft of the lower rollcrin eachcase beingprovided atene end with a small `spur-wheel, shown in dotted lines'at m, in,g.1and having pivoted,at;one end thereto a curved link, n, the upper end of which is connected with the shaft of the upperroller byfstraight` link, r. 'lhe' said .shaft of the upper roller is furnished with a spurfwheel, shown in'dotted linesnt ,in g.`, 1; and pivotcd within the links nr, are two intermediate spur-gears, 1t v, of likeV character, these'spur-lwheels '111,38, u, v, gearing together, and thc joint between the links n r permitting the upper roller to rise in ordbrto adjust4 itself to any thickness-of `carpet or fabric, or -to any inequalities in the thicknessthereof, without'bingng th` cylindrical brushes F, substantially as h erein set forth for the purpose specified.

aforesaid lsplir-v'vheels out of' gear with each other. -L shows a short shaft placed at rghta'ngles to the secondary shaft K, and connected therewith by twf'ibevel-genrs,l w w', and furnished at the, inner end'witlna small spurwheel, u', which gears into one of the gears by which the shaft of the lower-most ono of the cylindrical brushes F is connected wthrtheshaft 'of the upper one thereof, the two shafts of the said brushes being geared together inthe same manner aswthe two rollers oi' 'each 'pair oi' fcedngrollers, as hereinbfeforosctfnrthgthe shaft of the upperrnost of the brushes Fworking in vertically slidingbearings in 'the same manner asithe shafts of the uppermost feeding-rollers hereinbeforc described,.s`o' that the. aforesaid uppermost brush may rest lightly upon the carpet during the operation of l cleaning the `same. '.llhe` shaft Gr, carrying the beaters a*, is rotated bye.

belt aeting'upon the band-wheel Zr at the end thereof. v In using the'inachine, the carpet or other fabric, of any desired length, and'of 'a width not exceeding the 4length of the feeding-rollers, has one of its ends'iirst passed'hetweenthe two feeding-rollerait'thefront of the machineand then, backv between the cylindrical brushes F, andro'ver the supportingeords E, thence, between the two rearmost feed-rollers, and overpthe rotary frame which carriesy the stili' brushes c, and downward 'over thevtransverse supplementary roller c*, from .whchi't is carried 'forward underneath the parts just mentioned,'and is joinedby sewing to the other Aend 4offthe ea-rpet,`-so'that the said carpctforms a kind of' endless apron. -Motion being given to the machine bythe Ineans herainbefore describe'dpthe carp-et is drawn back by the feed-rollers, and the cylindrical brushes F, rotating in a. direction contrary to' that inwhich the carpet is drawn, .act upon the sides thereof, and .brush the dust and"dirt from'the surfaces of the same. The ilexiblc heaters rv", as the carpet passes along, striking or beating upon, the same with a force proportionedto the velocity of the shaft G to which they are attached, lexpel the dust and dirt from the 'interstices'of the carpet,

thecarpet being sustained against the said blows by resting upon tlie'supporting cords E.' At' lthe same tinie the stiff brushes c, acting-upon the inner surface of theA carpet, still further remove .thedust -and.dirtt-herefrom. The carpet yis thus carried around until, having several` times passed through the machine, or, in other words been subjected to the brushing' and beating actinof the parte just mentioned, 'has become thoroughly cleaned,

whereupon the two ends thereof are discpnneeted and it is withdrawn from the machine. The uppermost roller of 'each pair 'of feeding-rollers, and also the uppermost ofthe cylindrical brushes being capable of movingA i vertically, and boing thus selfadjusting to the thickness of the carpet or other v i fabric, it follows that the-machine is adapted tocleaning carpets of 'any desired thickness without any chalnge being' made in the machine.` It is designed that the greater portion of -the,machine be suspended within asuitah'le dust-room or casing, in such 4 manner that the dust' from the carpetma-y not" escape in front of the'machine.-

, What I. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l 1. The two pair of feeding-rollors 'B and C, and the cylindrical brush Ffmade self-adjusting as described and arranged in relation with each other and withthe l'supporting cords E, and flexible heaters a*, substantially as herein setl forth for the purpose. specifiedf 2. The stiil` brushes c, arranged upon a rotating frame, in combination with the vfeedingrolers B C, and

W'. H. HANKINSON.

Witnesses:

J. Wl Goonies, Gr. W. REED.

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