An Improved Machine for Cleaning, Brushing, Polishing, Washing, or Scrubbing Miners' Safety Lamp Gauzes and Glasses or other Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Cleaning, Brushing, Polishing, Washing,
or Scrubbing Miners' Safety Lamp Gauzes and Glasses or other
Articles.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM BATHOLOMEW of Blakesley Hall Towcester in the county
of Northamptonshire, Civil Engineer and Joss OXLEY of Wombwell Main Colliery
Barnsley in the county of York Mechanical Engineer 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 :-
Our present invention relates to apparatus employed for the cleaning brushing
polishing washing or scrubbing of miners' safety lamp gauzes or glasses or other
articles and has for its object the accomplishment of the same effectually and expedi-
tiously to attain which we employ simple mechanical means combined and constructed
in the following manner:
Our improved machine is made with a base-plate or bed having made with or attached
to it suitable horizontal bearings which carry a shaft having a crank or disc at one end
and two or more belt rope or other pulleys or wheels fixed or secured to other suitable
portions thereof. The aforesaid crank or disc has secured thereto a crank pin which
is preferably arranged adjustable so that the stroke may be altered from time to time
as desired. One end of a suitable connecting-rod works on said crank pin and the
other end of rod works on a horizontal pin which connects and supports two vertical
plates. The said connecting rod may where preferred be arranged so as to be capable
of adjustment from time to time as to its length.
The vertical plates which are supported by the horizontal pin are held at a suitable
distance apart thereby which distance may be altered from time to time by means of
suitable nuts screwed on said horizontal pin. The under part of each vertical plate
has attached or fixed thereto a piece or bar of soft or other metal or wood which
projects on the outer side or face of each vertical plate and so forms a flange
or lip.
Ordinary flat or other brushes or other like articles employed for cleaning brushing
polishing washing or scrubbing are secured to the said outer faces of the vertical plates
and their lower ends rest upon the said flange or lip.

page_text: The said brushes are secured to the vertical plates either by means of screws or in
any other manner. At a desired distance from or at a position touching the face or
end of each brush or other article we fix by any suitable means a vertical post, or pin.
It will be obvious however that one long brush where preferred may be used in which
case we fix any suitable number of posts or pins so as to form rows at either side of
the vertical plates and at a desired distance from or touching the face of said brush or
other article.
The said posts or pins are preferably arranged so that they may be altered in position
from time to time as required.
We also either attach to or make with said bed or base-plate two elevated supports
or bearings which carry an elevated shaft preferably over the brushes or other articles
herein before described. On any suitable part of said elevated shaft we secure a pulloy
or wheel which is arranged to come in the same plane as the driven pulley or
wheel' which is fixed to the horizontal driving shaft. The ends of the said elevated
horizontal shaft extend behond the bearings or supports therefor and said ends are
arranged so that any kind of brush or other article used for cleaning brushing or
polishing may be fixed or attached thereto in any suitable way.
In order that our present invention may be more fully understood and readily carried
into effect we hereunto attach drawings of which the following is a full description:
Fig. 1. is a side elevation Fig. 2 a plan and Fig. 3 a cross sectional elevation taken
through the dotted line 2. 2. of Fig. 2 of a machine constructed according to our present
improvements.
Upon a base-plate or bed A is either attached to or made therewith suitable
horizontal bearings which support or carry a driving shaft C the said shaft Chaving
a crank or disc D secured thereto and also suitable pulleys E, F, and G. A crank
pin F is arranged with one portion thereof to fit in a slot and the said pin F is fixed
or secured to the disc or crank D. by means of a nut by releasing or unscrewing this
nut h the pin F may be moved either nearer to or farther away from the centre of the
shaft and the stroke may thereby be adjusted as desired.
The connecting rod J has one end working on the pin F and the other end j
working on a horizontal pin K which connects and supports the two vertical plates Q.
The connecting rod J may be arranged with a box and have portions and which
are threaded one to the right hand the other to the left by means of turning the box
one way or the other the rod J may be adjusted to any length required.
The vertical plates Q are arranged a suitable distance apart and are supported by the
pin K which is threaded at each end for the purpose of receiving suitable nuts n by
the screwing or unscrewing of which the distance between the said plates may be
regulated as will be well understood. The under portion of each plate Q has attached
thereto by any suitable means a piece of soft or other metal or wood or other
suitable material m which projects on the outer face of plate and forms a lip or
projection o (Fig. 3). It will however be obvious that the underside of said plates
may be arranged in suitable grooves formed in the bed or base-plate A or in slides
fixed thereon. Flat brushes S or any other articles employed for cleaning brushing
polishing washing, or scrubbing are secured to the faces of the plates Q either by
means of screws q' as shown (Fig. 2.) or in any other suitable way and the lower ends
or sides of said plates Q rest upon the lips or flanges o.
Suitable circular or other posts or pins T are arranged opposite each brush S and at
a required distance therefrom or touching the bristles of said brushes.
Each post T is secured to the base-plate or bed A by means of a bolt v (Fig. 3.)
having its head v¹ fitted in a slide or slot 2. A set screw is screwed through a
portion of bed A and the end of said set screw is either attached to or presses against
a part of the pin or post T. It will be understood by reference to the drawings that a
separate set screw is arranged at each post T and that the said set screws act as
stops to determine the position of each post T; therefore when it be needed to adjust
the posts T it is only necessary to loosen the nuts * and screw, or unscrew the set-
screws and so force each post T to position required after which the nuts v₁ may be
screwed again tight and the posts or pins T fixed firmly to the base-plate or bed A.

page_text: The elevated supports or bearings we carry a horizontal shaft æ, the pulley Y is fixed
thereon and comes in the same plane as the pulley E. The ends a¹ of the elevated
horizontal shaft a have attached thereto either by means of a screw thread as shown
(Fig. 2) or in any other manner any kind of brush or other article used for cleaning
brushing or polishing.
Our improved machine is preferably driven by means of a strap z passing round the
pulley G and we preferably have two pulleys G being fast to the shaft C and F fitting
loose so that the machine may be started and stopped as desired in the ordinary
manner.
When it be required to clean safety lamp gauzes they are placed upon the posts T
and rest loose thereon.
The brushes receive a reciprocating motion by means of the connecting rod J and
crank D the brushes S are thus caused to press backwards and forwards on the exterior
periphery of the gauzes which being loose upon the posts T the brushes cause them to
revolve at a suitable speed by which means the said gauzes become effectually and
expeditiously cleaned they may then be taken off and others placed upon the posts T
during the time the machine is in motion.
The tops of the gauzes and their inner sides may be expeditiously cleaned by means
of pressing them against or upon the brushes Z and Z.
It will be obvious that our herein described improved machine may be employed
for cleaning brushing washing and scrubbing any kind of article capable of being
placed upon the posts T.
Where desired hand power may be used for driving the machine in which case it is
only necessary to substitute a hand wheel or crank for the driving pulley G and
dispense with the loose pulley F as will be well understood.
We do not limit ourselves to the special size of the machine as the posts T and
brushers or other articles S may be increased or diminished in number as desired
and the several parts of our present improvements may be enlarged or diminished
and composed of material suitably adapted for their various purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. An improved machine combined constructed and arranged substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
2. The combination of a crank D pin F rod J and vertical plates Q having brushes
or other articles used for cleaning brushing polishing washing or scrubbing attached
thereto with posts T for the holding or supporting of gauzes, or other articles during
the cleaning brushing polishing washing or scrubbing thereof all arranged and worked
substantially as described and set forth at figs. 1, 2 and 3, of the accompanying
drawings.
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