Improvements in Machines for Beating, Brushing, and Cleaning Carpets or other Piece Goods.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 26th May, 1900-Accepted, 30th June, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Machines for Beating, Brushing, and Cleaning
Carpets or other Piece Goods.
We, MATTHEW JOHNSTONE, of 39, Lowther Street, Carlisle, in the County of
Cumberland, Architect, WILLIAM ANTHONY LEES, and GEORGE HENRY HARRISON,
trading as Lees and Harrison, of Providence Works, West Street, Leeds, in
the County of York, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
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This invention relates to machines for beating, brushing, and cleaning carpets
and the present improvements relate to the mounting and manipulation of the
cleaning brush (or brushes) of said machines whereby the brush may be moved in
position for operating on the carpet and lifted or carried out of the way as and
when desired.
According to this our invention the axis of the revolving brush is carried in
the bosses at the ends of two sector arms or levers, the sector or half moon
portions of said levers are provided with a chain and weight the latter nearly
counterbalancing the cleaning brush so that a slight lift applied to the brush
or to one of its carrying arms serves to tilt the brush and outer ends of the
sector arms upwards, the brush being thus raised and removed clear and out of
the way.
The mounting for carrying the axis of the sector or moon levers we prefer
should consist of a longitudinal bar or rib of I iron extending across the front
and inside the machine and which bar or rib carries brackets and pedestals or
bearings for the sector arms. We prefer that the driving pulleys be placed on
the axis of the sector or moon levers and connected with the brush by means
of chain or other gear.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Machines for Beating, Brushing, and Cleaning
Carpets or other Piece Goods.
We, MATTHEW JOHNSTONE, of 39, Lowther Street, Carlisle, in the County of
Cumberland, Architect, WILLIAM ANTHONY LEES, and GEORGE HENRY HARRISON,
trading as Lees and Harrison, of Providence Works, West Street, Leeds, in
Price Rd1

page_text: the County of York, Engineers, 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:-
This invention relates to machines for beating, brushing, and cleaning carpets
and the present improvements relate to the mounting and manipulation of the
cleaning brush (or brushes) of said machines whereby the brush may be moved in
position for operating on the carpet and lifted or carried out of the way as and
when desired.
.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,
in which:-
Fig. 1 is an end elevation of part of a carpet cleaning machine having our
improvements applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1.
According to this our invention the axis 1 of the revolving brush 2 is carried
in bosses 3 at the ends of two sector arms or levers 4 (one at each end of the
machine). The sector or half moon portions 5 of said arms or levers 4 are
provided with a chain 6 and weight 7, the latter nearly counterbalancing the
weight of the cleaning brush 2 so that a slight lift. applied to the brush 2 or
to one of its carrying arms 4 serves to tilt the brush and outer ends of the
sector arms 4 upward, the brush 2 being thus raised and removed clear and out
of the way so that the carpet or other piece goods can be easily placed in the
machine.
The mountings for carrying the axis 1 of the sector or moon levers 4 we
prefer should consist of a longitudinal bar or rib 8 of I iron extending across
the front and inside the machine, and said bar or rib S carries brackets 9 and
pedestals or bearings 10 for the sector arms 4, 4. The driving pulleys 11, 11 are
preferably placed on the axis 1 of the sector or moon levers 4 and connected with
the brush axis by means of chain 13 or other gear.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
(1) The improved method of and means employed for mounting the revolving
brush as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
(2) In machines of the class herein described, the brush 1 mounted in the
arms 4 provided with a counterbalance weight all in combination as and for
the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
MATTHEW JOHNSTONE.
WILLIAM ANTHONY LEES..
GEORGE HENRY HARRISON.
their Agents,
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
Dated this 25th day of May 1900.
MATTHEW JOHNSTONE.
WILLIAM ANTHONY LEES..
GEORGE HENRY HARRISON.
Hy their Agents,
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.