Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Feb, 1896-Accepted, 11th Apr,
1896
I, ALIANDER BENKOVICH, of Krisztina ter No 3, Budapest, in the Kingdom
of Hungary, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention has for its object, to provide efficient appuatus for glossing or
polishing wooden floors
The apparatus chiefly comprises a rectangular main frame in which are mounted
a pair of axles, one of which (the front axle) carries a rotary brush and a belt
pulley, while the other, (the rear axle) carries a pair of vehicle wheel and a belt
pulley connected with the other belt pulley by a crossed driving belt
The apparatus also comprises a smaller frame supported by the front beam of the
lower frame and placed immediately above the brushing rollet, so that the upper
frame may be placed either parallel or at various acute angles to the lower frame,
the front part of the frame serving as a kind of fulcrum, while the rear end is
provided with an adjustable screw spindle and hand wheel adapted to secure the
upper frame to the lower main frame at the desued angle of elevation
The upper frame contains a wax plate or block placed radially to the brushing
1oller and resting on the same with variable pressure, for which purpose an upper
frame carries a weight capable of being shifted so as to vary its distance from the
fulcrum of the upper fiame
A pair
The necessary fiction between the vehicle wheels and the floor is produced by
a weight resting on the main frame near the bearing of the rear axle
of scrapers are applied to the vehicle wheels so as to keep the same clean,
and a pair of long lovers provided with cross handle is pivoted to the rear
axle, so that the whole appaiatus may be conveniently drawn to and fro on the
floor to be polished
When the apparatus is drawn or pu hed over the floor by means of the handle,
the vehicle wheels are caused to turn on their axis and transmit this motion to the
rotary bru h, which during its rotation takes up small particles of the wix plate
mentioned above, and deposits them on the flool
Instead of a belt, tooth gearing or other suitable mechanium may be employed
for transmitting motion to the front axle, and if dcsued, the wax plate may be
withdi iwn, so that no wax is deposited on the floor
Dated this 29th day of April 1895
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant
1, ALEXANDER BLNKOVICH of Kristina ter No 3, Budapest in the Kingdom
of Hungary do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
O the following statement
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This invention has for its object to provide efficient apparatus for polishing or
glossing floors

page_text: In the accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example one con-
struction of apparatus according to this invention
Fig 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus and
Fig 2 a sectional plan of the sime
a is a frame in which are journalled shafts b and c On the shaft b is keyed a
toothed-wheel d and a circular biu.hf, on the shaft c are two wheels g g' and a
toothed wheel h The toothed wheels d h engage with each other and so transmit
the movement of the shaft c to the shaft b On the frame a is mounted a vertical
fiame which is provided inside with a guide for a thin plate of wax This plate
of wax is constantly pressed by the aim p against the cncular brush f The
aim p turns round the pin r and carries a sliding weight o The pressure on
the plate of wax can be adjusted by adjusting the weight o on the arm p
The apparatus works as follows,-
2
When the apparatus is moved in any direction by means of the handle u, the
wheels roll on the floor 1 his movement is transmitted by the toothed
wheels d to the brush f, which in its movement takes up wax from the plate
of wax, which plate is pre-sed against the brush by the arm p and by the weight o
as aforesaid and transfers the wax to the floor
The st of the invention will not be altered, if, instead of toothed wheels, belt
pulleys or chain or other gear is used
In case the floor becomes too well polished the wax plate is removed from the
machine and the work of brushing is continued without it
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim 15,
1 In an apparatus for polishing or glossing floors the combination with a frame
such as a of shafts such as b and c geared together, wheels such as 9 9¹ and a
circular brush such as f, with or without a device such as the lever P for pressing a
cale of wax or the like against the brush substantially as described
2 An apparatus for polishing or glossing floors substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings
Dated this 24th day of February 1896
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant