Improved Means for Dusting and Cleansing.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 30th Mar., 1892—Accepted. 21st May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Dusting and Cleansing.
I JULIUS DANIEL AMENÁBAR of 223 Upper Brook Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Student of Medicine do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-.
My said invention relates to improved means for dusting and cleansing rooms,
walls, cornices, ceilings, halls, theatres, churches, statues and other places, parts,
and objects difficult of access from the ground or floor. I provide a pole of
sufficient length to reach the parts or object to be acted upon which pole may be
in one piece or may be composed of sections or lengths either made telescopic or
removable so as to increase or diminish the. length of the pole at will.
At the top
of the pole there is a stud or spindle carrying a revolvable brush composed of
bristles or of any other material suitable for removing dust or cleansing. Upon
the axis of the said brush I fix a pully and at the foot of the pole I place another
pully provided with a handle so as to be driven by the operator. A driving cord
or band passes over the two pullies so that when the pully at the foot is rotated by
the operator the pully and brush at the top are also revolved. The foot or butt
of the pole is or may be supported in a socket carried in a belt worn by the operator
and the pole may carry a handle by which the operator can more effectually steady
and guide the pole and cleansing brush. I do not confine myself to a cord and
pullies as means for operating the dusting and cleansing brush for example I might
use a sliding rod extending from the foot to the top and carrying a rack gearing
with a pinion on the axis of the brush so as to reciprocate the brush or I might
drive the brush from a prime motor, by electricity or by other means.
cases I might make the central part of the brush hollow and conduct water or other
cleansing Huid thereinto. The water might either be conducted to the brush by its
own pressure or the rotatory or reciprocatory motion imparted to the brush might be
utilised to raise and force the water from a pail or receptacle near the operator.
The brush might be set to act either in the horizontal or vertical plane and brushes
of different forms and consistence may be employed according to the different objects
upon which they are used. The pole carrying the brush may be made collapsable
or extensible as to its length and may be fitted with a spring to extend the pole up
to a certain limit a pinching screw or other means securing the sliding portions
together at any desired point.
Dated this 29th day of June 1891
In some
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improved Means for Dusting and Cleansing.
JULIUS DANIEL AMENÁBAR of 223 Upper Brook Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Student of Medicine, 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 and accompanying
drawings:-
:-
My said invention relates to improved means for dusting and cleansing rooms,
walls, cornices, ceilings, halls, theatres, churches, statues and other places, parts,
and objects difficult of access from the ground or floor.
The said improved apparatus is clearly illustrated on the annexed sheet of
drawings which I will now proceed to describe.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a view of the apparatus looking at the side of the brush. Fig. 2 is a
view looking at the end of the brush. Figs. 3 & 4 are modifications of the
apparatus.
I provide a pole a of sufficient length to reach the parts or objects to be acted
upon, which pole may be in one piece or may be composed of sections or lengths
capable of being easily fitted together or taken apart the joints or sockets being
made in any suitable manner.
In some cases the pole might be made telescopic.
By these means the length of the pole may be increased or diminished at will.
At the top of the pole is a bracket & having bearings in which run a spindle c
carrying at one end à revolvable brush d and at the other end a grooved pulley e.
The brush d is composed of bristles or of any other material suitable for removing
dust or for cleansing. The central part of the brush is bored to fit the end of the
spindle a thumb screw or any other suitable means being employed to keep the
brush fast on the spindle. The lower end of the pole a carries a yoke f intended
to rest upon the leg of the operator while the pole is grasped by one hand.
At a suitable distance from the lower end of the pole I provide a pulley g carried
on a stud which can be adjusted up or down in a slot in the pole by means of the
thumb screw i as clearly shown in the drawings.
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The pulley lies in line with the pulley e at the top of the pole. The operator
supports and attaches the pole to his person by means of a band passing over his
shoulders and attached to the hooks jj on the yoke. By preference I make the
said supporting band elastic so as to enable the operator to raise and lower the pole
while he is using it, but the said supporting band might also be non-clastic.
g
A driving band (preferably elastic) extends from the pulley y to the pulley e.
The pulley is provided with a handle & whereby it can be turned so as to impart
motion through the band to the pulleye and brush. In working the apparatus the
operator having slung the supporting band over his shoulders and placed the yoke
upon his leg grasps and guides the pole with one hand while with the other he
rotates the pulley g and consequently the cleansing brush. In Figs. 1 and 2 the
brush is mounted horizontally on the spindle but in some cases it might be desirable
to work it in a vertical position.
In such a case provide the top of the pole with a bracket similar to that shown
at Fig. 3 and lettered l.
C
The said bracket is formed to carry two spindles and c¹. The two spindles are
geared together by the bevel wheels m. The spindle c carries a grooved pulley e
as in Figs. 1 and and is driven as already described, the two spindles ce¹ thus
running at equal speeds. In this arrangement the brush may be placed either upon
the spindle c or upon the spindle c¹ accordingly as it is desired to use the brush in
a horizontal or in a vertical position.
In Fig. 4 I lead a pipe n up the side of the pole a the said pipe terminating in a
spray or other nozzle o.
Water or any required liquid detergent or it might be a blast of air is led through
the pipe and discharged upon the brush or upon the surfaces to be cleaned by
the brush. In some cases I might make the central part of the brush hollow and
perforated and conduct water or other cleansing fluid thereinto. The water might
either be conducted to the brush by virtue of its own pressure or the motion
imparted to the brush might be utilised to raise and force the water from a pail or
receptacle near the operator. Brushes of different sizes, forms and constructions
might be used according to the different surfaces or objects to be cleansed.
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 general arrangement, construction and methods of operating the improved
apparatus for dusting and cleansing, substantially as hereinbefore described and
shown

page_text: 2) The improved apparatus for dusting and cleansing consisting of a pole in one
or in several pieces carrying at the top a revolvable brush and pulley and at the
foot a similar pulley made adjustable by means of a slot in the pole al communi-
cating with the pulley at the top by means of an elastic or non-elastic band
whereby the cleansing brush can be revolved, the said pole having an angle piece
or yoke at the foot to rest upon the operators' leg or body and being supported by
an elastic or non-elastic band passing over the shoulders of the operator substantially
as hereinbefore described and shown.
3) In apparatus of the indicated nature the improved arrangement for carrying
the brush either in a horizontal or in a vertical plane substantially as described and
as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.
4) In combination with the hereinbefore described improved apparatus for dusting
and cleansing the means for supplying the brush with water or liquid detergent
substantially as described and as illustrated by Fig. 4 of the drawings.
DU30 C Mauch 1800
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.