US831294A

US831294A - Fabric-cleaning machine.

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Publication number: US831294A
Application number: US31787906A
Authority: US
Inventors: Andrew Olson
Original assignee: EDWARD E ERICKSON; JOSEPH G HORNWALL
Current assignee: EDWARD E ERICKSON; JOSEPH G HORNWALL
Priority date: 1906-05-21
Filing date: 1906-05-21
Publication date: 1906-09-18
Anticipated expiration: 1923-09-18

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PATENTED SEPT. 18; 1906.

A. OLSON. FABRIC CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAYZI 1 06 PATENTED SEPT. 1a, 1906. I

I A. OLSON. FABRIC CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATTON FILED MAY 21. 1906.

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PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

A. OLSON.

FABRIC CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZl, 1906.

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A. OLSON.

FABRIC CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY21. 1906.

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I TED, STATES PATENT ANDREW OLSON, OF CORLISS, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO OF CORLISS, WISCONSIN.

FABRIC-enume-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.-

- Application filed May 21. 1906. Seria1No.31"l,879.

To in whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW OLsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of ties of construction and combination of parts.

Corliss, in the dounty of Racine and'State of Wlsconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric-Cleaning Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in certain peculiari herein shown, described, and claimed, its objeot being to provide simple, economical machinesesplecially designed for cleaning carpets or ot er fabric in acontinuous web.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents an elevation of one side of a machine in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a similar view of the op osite side of the machine; Fig. 3, a vertica lon itudinal section of said machine; and ig. 4, a front elevation of'the same, partly in section.

Referring by letter to the-drawings, A indicates each of a pair of transverse SlllS, and B side pieces of a frame, vertical1y-'depending portions 0 of these side pieces being bolted to the sills. The frame is rovided with bearings fora main shaft D, aving a fly-wheel E and driving pulley F fast thereon. A cylindrical scouring-brush G is fast on the shaft D above andb etween a pair of similar brushes H, j ourna ed in the aforesaid frame. A spurwheel b, on the main shaft, meshes with similar whe ls c d, fast on journals of the brushes H, and these brushes rotate in opposite directiohs'i" I 1 A small pulley Lfast on the main shaft,

I has belt connection with a lar e u'lley J, fast on a counter-shaft K, for w 'c the f'r'ame aforesaid is provided with-bearings; Apulley L, fast on the-counter-shaft, is in belt connection with another smaller pulley M, fast on the shaft e of a rotary fan. f,:havi the casing 9 thereof attached to the mac eframe, 'and' an eccentric-N, fast on said countor-shaft, turns in the ri end of a pitman O, that is connected at its ft her end to a crank of an annular-"rooker-yoke P, for which sai frame is provided with bearings,- upward play of the yoke being limited by a stop-rod arranged in its path. A spurinion m, fast on t e counter-shaft, meshes with a similar pinion n, loose on a lateral stud ofthe mathe aforesaid frame.

[ chine-frame and in mesh with a spur-wheel suitable bearings being provided for the spindle. A detent g is hung in connection with the frame of the machine to engage the ratchet-wheel and prevent reverse movement of the take-up roller. -The rotary motion of thetake-up roller is intermittent, and the frequency of its movement depends u on the nuanber of lugs ,p on the spur-wheel 5 aforesai Between the forward scouring-brush H and the rocker-yoke Pare tension-rolls U U, oneof which is j ournaled in stationary bearings and the other in spring-controlled pivoted arms 1', one of these arms being shown in Fig. 3. An antifriction-sleeve s is supported on a rod in the aforesaid rocker-yoke adjacent to the transverse end of same.

Journaled in the sides of the machineframe is a lower wringer-roll V, and an upper wringer-roll V is 'ournaled in movable boxes t, for which e-recesses are provided in said frame. semi-elliptic spring W is arranged to be'ar' at its ends on the journalboxes 15, and a tension-screw W for the spring ,is'arranged to turn in an arch of the aforesai frame. A concave-convex swing-plate X is hung in the machine frame back of an'ironin -roll Y, j ourn'aled in bearings with WhlOh fast onthe spindle S of a take-up roller T,

saidframe is provided. A sto s in .u is stuck in an aperture of one side 0 t e machinefITa-me over a crank-extension 'U of a journal of the-late X to hold said plate inworking position-. Extending through one of its journalbea'rings into the ironing-roll is a burner p1 e w, in connection with a mixing-chamber x or air and asolene', that are respectively piped to said 0 amber-from the fan-casing aforesaid, and a tank Zjfsupported in connection w1th Journaled in the machine-frameis a roller A on which carpet or other continuous-web fabric to be cleaned is wound. A crank-wheel yis fast on a journal ofthe' roller A, and said roller is tensioned by a weight-controlled band brake z, the weight 1 2' being adjustable on-the beam of said brake tension; Troughs B O are g esbetween the "side of the machine to var ende ame, and covers D E F are also provided 4o ing web of fa in connectionwith said frame to inclose the 1 contents of the troughs. From the trough C is an incline G to the wringer-rolls.

The feedroller A and the take-up roller T are similar in detail, each being annularly grooved at intervals of its length. Tapes b are fastened to each of said rollers to wind in the grooves of same, and a head-strip e, fastened to the tapes, is hooked or otherwise fastened to the. material to be wound. The tapes, in connection with the supply and take-up rollers, are long enough in practice to extend clear through the machine.

A cleaning fluid is put in the trough B, and the web of carpet or other material is trained from the feed-roller A up over a supporting-roller H, between scouring-brushes G H and tension-rolls U U, through the rocker-yoke P, in contact with the antifriction sleeveor roller .9, hung therein, between the wringer-rolls, and finally between the plate X and ironing-roll Y, the forward end of said web being attached to the strip 0, joining the tapes I), in connection with the take-up roller aforesaid. Rinse fluid is supplied in the trough C, and the feed of the aforesaid material being intermittent a portion of said material is agitated bythe rocker yoke P in-said rinse fluid while another ortion thereof is being scoured. The rinse material passes between the wringer-rolls and from thence down between the plate X and ironing-roll Y, to be finally wound dry on the take-up roller, as aforesaid.

I claim- 1. A machine for cleaning continuous-web fabric and which com rises a suitable frame and trou hs, feed an take-up rollers at opposite en s of the machine, the feed-roller bewithin one of the troughs, a supporting roller and, cylindrical scourin -brushes in proximity to the feed-roller, sai brushes being arran ric trained through the machine, tension-rollers between which said fabric is fed after passing the brushes, a rocker-yoke o erative inanother of the troughs and t ough which the fabric is trained after pass ing the tension-rollers, wringer-rolls between ed,to operate upon both sides of a the fabric is passed on its way from said rocker-yoke to the take-up roller, and

means for imparting intermittent motion to said take-up roller and continuous motion to said scouring-brushes and rocker-yoke.

2. A machine for cleaning'continuous-web fabric and which comprises a suitable frame and troughs, feed and take-up rollers at opposite ends of the machine, the feed-roller being with one of the troughs, a supportingroller and cylindrical scouring-brushes in proximity to the feed-roller, said brushes being arranged to operate upon both sides of the web of chine, tension-rollers between which the fabric is'fed after passing the brushes, a rockeryoke-operative in another of the troughs, and through which the fabric is trained after passing the tension-rollers, wringer-rolls between which the fabric is passed on its way to the take-u roller, an ironing-roll and backingplate between which the fabric is passed ahead of the take-up roller, means for continuous heating of the ironing-roll by commingled air and burning fluid, and means for imparting intermittent motion to said take-up roller and continuous motion to said scouringbrushes and rocker-yoke.

3. A machine for cleaning continuous-web fabric and which comprises a suitable frame,

cleaning and rinsing'fluid troughs, means by which the fabric is intermittently fed through fabric trained through the ma-- the troughs, scouring-brushes arranged to op- I erate upon thefabric, means for agitating [the fabric in the rinsetrough, and means for wringing the rinsed fabric.

4!. A machine for cleaning continuous-web fabric and which comprises a suitable frame,

cleaning and rinsing fluid troughs, means by which the fabric is intermittently fed through thetroughs, scouring-brushes arranged to operate upon the fabric, means for agitating the fabric in the rinse-trough, and means for wringing and ironing the rinsed fabric.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW OLSON.

Witnesses N. E. OLIPHANT,

J OSEF HORNWALL.