Patent ID: 6067688
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A shoe cleaning device comprising:a casing including a top cover having a plurality of slots;a plurality of elongated brushes rotatably mounted in said casing,a funnel-shaped plenum within said casing situated proximate to said cover;a suction fan;an electric motor having a first shaft connected to said fan and having a first drive pulley;a second shaft having a second pulley mounted thereto proximate its lower end and a first bevelled gear at an opposite end;a drive belt between said first and second pulleys for transferring power from said drive pulley to said second pulleya second bevelled gear in meshing engagement with said first bevelled gear, said second bevelled gear connected to said brushes;a spur gear on one of each of said plurality of elongated brushes at one end thereof, each said spur gear in meshing engagement with at least one of said spur gears on adjacent said brushes,a switching device for switching said motor on and off;a dirt collection compartment comprising:an entry port communicating with said plenum,a filter bag having an interior communicating with said entry port, andan exit port for exhausting air drawn through said shoe cleaning device,whereby said fan draws air through said plurality of parallel slots while said plurality of elongated brushes are rotated by said second shaft being driven by said first drive pulley, said second pulley and said first and second bevelled gears, drawing dirt brushed from shoes through said entry port and into said filter bag in said dust collection compartment and exhausting generally cleaned air through said exit port.