Improvements in and relating to Street and Road Cleaning Appliances.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1894-Accepted, 4th Aug.. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Street and Road Cleaning
Appliances.
I, GEORGE GOLDSMITH of 24, Susannah Street Poplar, London, E. Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in street and road cleaning appliances and
refers more particularly to those used for removing snow, and thick or caked mud
and the like, the object being to provide a device by means of which mud and snow
can be thrown off at whichever side of the device required and with less fatigue
to the operator than with those now in general use.
In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a blade or pusher of elm or
other hard wood, furnished at the part coming in contact with the ground with a
plate of iron, steel, or other suitable material, attached by means of screws, and
which can be readily replaced when it becomes worn. This blade or pusher is
loosely mounted upon a metal socket, carried by the handle, by means of screw
rings and a metal bolt, so that it shall move freely from side to side.
At a short distance from the ends of the blade or pusher, two rods are loosely
connected both of such a length that they can be conveniently attached to the ends
of two short levers loosely pivoted within a hollow part of the handle, these two
levers are of such a shape that by tilting the blade or pusher to the required side,
and then pushing the connecting rod of the opposite side with some force until the
short lever of that side is nearly contained within the aforementioned recess, the
blade will remain in its locked position until the connecting rod is removed by
the operator, when the blade can be tilted to the other side and secured there in a
similar manner.
Should it however be required to use the blade or pusher at right angles, the
bolt upon which the two short levers are pivoted is passed through a hole or
peforation nearer the blade or pusher when the required object will be
accomplished.
Although my invention has been described in connection with a cleaning device
of special construction, it is obvious that the tilting arrangement could be applied
to squeegees of ordinary construction.
DL 91 1...
Ontahan 1002
Improvements in and relating to Street and Road Cleaning
Appliances.
I, GEORGE GOLDSMITH of 24, Susannah Street, Poplar, London, E. Gentleman,
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 the following
statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in street and road cleaning appliances and
refers more particularly to those used for removing snow and thick or caked mud

page_text: and the like, the object being to provide a device by means of which the snow,
mud &c. can be thrown off at whichever side of the device required and with less
fatigue to the operator than with those now in general use.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I provide a blade or pusher of elm
or other hard wood, furnished at the part coming into contact with the ground with
a plate of iron, steel, or other suitable inaterial attached by means of screws, and
which can be readily replaced when it becomes worn. This blade or pusher is
loosely mounted upon a cross-piece carried by the handle, by means of screw rings
and a metal bolt, so that it shall move freely from side to side.
At a short distance from the ends of the blade or pusher, two rods are loosely
connected both of such a length that they can be conveniently attached to the
ends of two short levers loosely pivoted within a hollow part of the handle.
These two levers are of such a shape that by tilting the blade or pusher to the
required side, and then pushing the connecting rod of the opposite side with some
force until the short lever of that side is nearly contained within the aforesaid
recess, the blade will remain in its locked position until the connecting rod is
removed by the operator, when the blade can be tilted to the other side and secured
in a similar manner.
Should it however be required to use the blade or pusher at right-angles, the
bolt upon which the two short levers are pivoted is passed through a hole or
perforation in the formed in the handle nearer the blade or pusher, when the
required object will be accomplished.
Although my invention has been described in connection with a cleaning device
of special construction, it is obvious that the tilting arrangement could be applied
to squeegees of ordinary construction.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now proceed to
describe same to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved appliance, Fig. 2 heing a front view
thereof.
Fig. 3 is a detailed view at an enlarged scale of the locking levers.
My improved appliance consists of the blade 6 furnished at the part coming into
contact with the ground with a plates of steel, iron, or the like attached by means
of screws s'. The blade is loosely mounted to a cross piece c carried by the
handle H by means of metal rings and bolt a.
At a short distance from the ends of the blade s is loosely mounted two rods d d'
by means of rings ff, the said rods both being of such a length that they can be
conveniently attached to the free ends of two locking levers which are loosely
pivoted with a hollow portion of the handle H, the aforesaid levers being of such
a shape that by tilting the blade 6 to the required side, and then pushing the
connecting rod d¹ of the opposite side with some force the blade will remain in its
locked position as shown Fig. 2 until the connecting rod is forced out by the
operator. Should bowever the blade be required to be held at right-angles the
bolt e upon which the levers are mounted is removed and the said levers
pivoted somewhat lower down, the bolte in this case passing through the
hole e¹.
To enable my improved device to be used with less fatigue to the operator than
would otherwise be the case, I provide a small wheel g₁ carried in the clip g by
means of which it is also attached to the handle H by bolts, screws, &c. while in
cine cases in order that the device may always be in position ready for use, the
bracket g may be mounted somewhat higher on the handle H, while the arms
carrying the wheel g¹ are extended until the said wheel comes into contact with. the
ground, and thus acting as a support for the device.
Having now. particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The new or improved road cleaning appliance. arranged constructed and

page_text: operating, substantially as herein described and shown and for the purposes
specified.
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2. In a road cleaning appliance such as above claimed, the blade tilting
mechanism, consisting of the rods d d¹ and and pivoted levers l', arranged con-
structed and operating, substantially as herein described and shown and for the
purpose specified.
Dated this 20th dow of Luno 1804
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.