AN IMPROVEMENT IN CARPET-BEATING MACHINES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, SIDNEY SIMMONS, Manufacturer and Carpet Beater, of York Road, King's
Cross, in the county of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN CARPET-BEATING MACHINES," to be as follows :―
The present invention consists in improvements in the carpet beating machines
described in the specification of Letters Patent N° 427, dated the 30th of January
1880.
The objects are to diminish wear and tear, and to lessen the noise caused by the
action of the beaters or chains.
For this purpose I replace the leather straps, which support the carpet and
receive the shock of the revolving beaters, by endless straps, preferably of india
rubber, each strap passing over and under the two parallel beams which form the
top or front part of the horse, and the ends of each strap being laced together by
the same material or by springs.
By reason of this arrangement the strap may be periodically shifted lengthways,
so that the parts which have been previously subjected to the beating action are
afterwards placed out of the reach of the beaters, while new portions of the belts
or straps are placed within their reach, and the wear may be thus distributed over
the whole length of the straps.
The straps may be made to pass over rollers which impart to them a continuous
or intermittent endless motion in the direction of their length.
In order to lessen the noise, I interpose between the top or front of the horse
and its base one or more buffers or cushions of india-rubber or other elastic
material, adapted to lessen the vibration, said cushion being preferably placed at
both ends of the vertical or inclined posts or beams which connect the supports of
the straps with the frame at the base of the horse.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, SIDNEY SIMMONS, Manufacturer and Carpet Beater, of York Road, King's
Cross, Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CARPET-BEATING MACHINES, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The present invention consists in improvements in the carpet beating machines
described in the specification of Letters Patent No 427, dated the 30th of January
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page_text: The objects are to diminish wear and tear, and to lessen the noise caused by the
action of the beaters or chains.
For this purpose I replace the leather straps which support the carpet and
receive the shock of the revolving beaters by endless bands, preferably of india
rubber each band passing over and under the two parallel and horizontal beams
which form the top or front part of the horse, the ends of each band may be laced
together by the same material or by springs or each strap may be made continuous
in one piece.
By reason of this arrangement the band may be periodically shifted lengthways,
so that the parts which have been previously subjected to the beating action are
afterwards placed out of the reach of the beaters, while new portions of the belts
or bands are placed within their reach, and the wear may be thus distributed over
the whole length of the straps.
The bands may be made to pass over rollers which impart to them a continuous
or intermittent motion in the direction of their length.
In order to lessen the noise I interpose between the top or front of the horse and
its base one or more buffers or cushions of india rubber or other ebonite material,
adapted to lessen the vibration, said cushions being preferably placed at both ends
of the vertical or inclined posts or beams which connect the supports of the straps
with the frame at the base of the horse.
The accompanying drawing will illustrate a mode of performing the invention-
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a carpet beating machine-A is the outer casing,
B a roller or shaft passing from one end of the casing to the other and made to
revolve by any convenient means, E are chains or other convenient beaters, D are
the improved endless leather or rubber rings bands or straps passed over the
horizontal bars F of the horse or carpet support, G G¹ being legs of same, K is a
roller over which the carpet to be beaten is passed through the hinged opening H,
L is an air opening.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the top of the horse showing the endless leather or
rubber bands D which may be about eight inches wide, 1/" thick and arranged
about three inches apart. M is a rubber block or shoe to the leg G for lessening
the sound and receiving the concussion, a similar block may be placed under the
leg or vertical support G¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st In carpet beating machines the endless bands D.
2nd In carpet beating machines the shoe M.
All substantially as described and illustrated and for the purposes set forth.