IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR BEATING, CLEANING AND BRUSHING CARPETS WHICH INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES "
Year: 1883

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LETTERS PATENT to Charles Hinksman of 117 Great Russell Street
Bloomsbury in the County of Middlesex for an Invention of IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR BEATING, CLEANING AND BRUSHING
CARPETS WHICH INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER ANALOGOUS
PURPOSES
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Hinksman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th February 1883.
CHARLES HINKSMAN, of 117 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury in the County
of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR BEATING,
CLEANING, AND BRUSHING CARPETS, WHICH INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO
OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES.
The object of my said invention is to effect improvements in machinery and
apparatus for beating, cleaning and brushing carpets and articles of a like nature
whereby such operations are performed in a superior manner.
The ineans whereby I carry out these improvements are as follows:-
I mount two rollers a suitable distance apart, in such a manner that they are
caused to rotate in similar directions by means of ratchet wheels and pawls, which
are actuated simultaneously, by a crank pin and connecting rods; the crank pin
being attached to, and rotating with, a shaft which is driven by the motive power
applied to the apparatus.
One end of the carpet to be operated upon is temporarily attached, by means of
bands, hooks, or otherwise, to one roller, and is partially wound thereupon, and the
other end of the Carpet is similarly attached to the other roller. Intermediate
rollers are also mounted on suitable axles and bearings, round which endless bands
are stretched, against which the "wrong" side or back of the carpet infringes, the
right" side or face of the Carpet being downwards. An intermediate roller is
also fitted to sustain a portion of the weight of the carpet midway between the
other rollers. Under this immediate roller a partially rotating shaft is mounted,
having a spur wheel which works in a toothed rack, such rack having a to and fro
motion imparted thereto by a connecting rod attached to a revolving crank driven
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page_text: by the prime motor. The beaters are formed of wire rope, hung vertically, in
loops, centrally, below and in a vertical line with the intermediate roller, These
beaters are sufficiently elastic to answer the purpose, and are fixed to or driven by
the vibrating shaft which actuated by the spur wheel and rack last mentioned.
The elastic wire rope loops or beaters are also attached to a peculiar form of cam
link, which causes such wire rope loops to strike upwards against the carpet on each
side of the shaft with a suitable action, according to the material to be operated
upon the force of the "beat" being regulated at will by a brake controlled by a
hand lever.
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The effect of the above described arrangement is that the Carpet, after having
had a considerable portion thereof wound round the first roller, is then slowly-
wound on to the second roller and unwound from the first roller, at the same speed,
and during its passage from one to the other is suitably beaten by the Beaters.
This operation completed the carpet may be passed on under a set of rotary brushes
which finish the process. The carpet is then disconnected and taken away from
the machinery.
The beaters-are-surrounded or encased, at their upper ends, in leather sleeves, or
tubes, which impart a certain amount of stiffness to that portion of the beaters,
leaving the uncovered portion of the wire rope boaters at liberty to acquire an
amount of elastic motion and vis viva which accomplishes the work in a superior
and efficient manner
The motion of the beaters to and fro' is carried through about a half circle, the
beating being from below, upwards, on both sides of the central shaft, and the
wrong" side of the carpet momentarily recedes from the beaters, upwards, against
the endless bands before mentioned on being beaten
The dust arising from these operations, is drawn through a shaft, to and driven
by a rotating fan to and out of a suitable flue or other exit

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Hinksman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th August 1883.
CHARLE HINKSMAN, of 117 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, in the County
of Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR BEATING,
CLEANING, AND BRUSHING CARPETS, WHICH INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO
OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES,"
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The object of my said invention is to effect improvements in machinery and
apparatus for beating, cleaning, and brushing carpets, and articles of a like nature,
whereby such operations are performed in a superior manner.
The means whereby I carry out these improvements are as follows;
I mount two rollers a suitable distance apart, in such a manner that they are
caused to rotate in similar directions by means of ratchet wheels and pawls, which
are actuated, simultaneously, by a crank pin and connecting rods; the crank pin
being attached to, and rotating with, a shaft which is driven by the motive power
applied to the apparatus.
One end of the carpet to be operated upon is temporarily attached, by means of
bands, hooks, or otherwise, to one roller, and is partially wound thereupon, and the
other end of the Carpet, is similarly attached to the other roller. Intermediate
rollers are also mounted on suitable axles and bearings, round which endless bands
are stretched against which the "wrong" side or back of the Carpet impinges, the
'right" side or face of the carpet being downwards. An intermediate roller is
also fitted to sustain a portion of the weight of the Carpet midway between the
other rollers. Under this intermediate roller a partially rotating shaft is mounted,
having a spur wheel which works in a toothed rack, such rack having a to and fro'
motion imparted thereto by a connecting rod attached to a revolving crank driven
by the prime motor. The beaters are formed of wire rope, hung, vertically, in
loops, centrally, below and in a vertical line with the intermediate roller. These
beaters are sufficiently elastic to answer the purpose, and are fixed to or driven by
the vibrating shaft, which is actuated by the spur wheel and rack last mentioned.
The elastic wire rope loops or beaters are also attached to a peculiar form of cam
link, which causes such wire rope loops to strike upwards against the carpet on
each side of the shaft with a suitable action, according to the material to be
operated upon; the force of the "beat" being regulated at will by a brake
controlled by a hand lever.
The effect of the above described arrangement is that the Carpet, after having
had a considerable portion thereof wound round the first roller, is then slowly
wound on to the second roller and unwound from the first roller, at the same speed,
and during its passage from one to the other is suitably beaten by the beaters.
This operation being completed the Carpet may be passed on under a set of rotary
brushes which finish the process. The Carpet is then disconnected and taken away
from the machinery.
The beaters are surrounded or encased, at their upper ends, in leather sleeves, or
tubes, which impart a certain amount of stiffness to that portion of the beaters,
leaving the uncovered portion of the wire rope beaters at liberty to acquire an
amount of elastic motion and vis viva which accomplishes the work in a superior
and efficient manner.
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The motion of the beaters to and fro' is carried through about a half circle, the
beating being from below, upwards, on both sides of the central shaft, and the
wrong" side of the carpet momentarily recedes from the beaters, upwards; against
the endless bands before mentioned on being beaten; ..

page_text: The dust arising from these operations, is drawn through a shaft to and driven
by a rotating fan to and out of a suitable flue or other exit.
And in order that my said invention may be clearly understood, reference is
hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation, partly in section, on the line 1, 2, of
Figs 3 and 4¹,..
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Fig. 2 is a plan view with a portion of the boarding or flooring removed to
expose the rollers to view.
Fig. 3-is a front view of the apparatus, and Fig. 4 is a section of the same on
the line 3, 4, of Figs 1 and 2.
The rollers a and b are mounted horizontally, as shewn on the drawings. These
rollers have suitable attachments for temporarily fastening one edge or end of the
Carpet thereto, such attachments usually consisting of stout canvas; but bands,
hooks, or other appliances may be substituted for canvas. The Carpet, being in
this manner attached to the rollers a and b, is then wound up upon one roller until
it is-sufficiently stretched for beating. Two other rollers c d are similarly mounted.
These rollers have an endless band e wound round and stretched upon them. The
rollers c d only revolve by the friction of the carpet coming in contact with the
endless band e.
The rollers a and b are rotated by means of the ball crank levers ff, which are
caused to oscillate to and fro' by means of the crank g and connecting rods h. h;
driving pawls are attached to the outer arms of the bell crank levers ff,
whereby either roller can be made the "leading" roller, the pawis of the
following" roller being thrown out of gear by hand. The two pawls k. k fixed
to the frame prevent the rollers from revolving in the wrong direction, one of the
pawls being likewise thrown out of gear to allow the following roller-to-revolve
in the same direction as the leader.
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A small central roller is mounted between and below the two intermediate
rollers to support the carpet while being beaten.
The Carpet is so mounted that it is face downwards, the "wrong" side of the
carpet being upwards. The dust from the carpet, as it is beaten, falls by gravita-
tion and is drawn out and driven away by the fan m which is driven by the
ordinary means. n and o are fast and loose driving pullies, mounted as usual, the
fast pulley actuating the shaft p, with a disc q and crank pin 7. This crank pin is
adjustable as to its radial distance in order to regulate the length of stroke. This
crank pin, by means of the connecting rod 8, actuates the vibrating toothed rack t,
mounted in a slide, as shewn. The teeth of this slide gear with the wheel which
thereby receives an alternate rotary motion extending to a portion of a revolution
each way. This wheel actuates the beater shaft v, imparting thereto a similar
motion which is communicated to the beaters.
The beater shaft vis mounted at intervals in bearings, and has arms w w firmly
bolted thereto. These arms support a batten x as shewn, to which the beaters y Y
are attached
The arms ww are formed with shoulders on each side of the pivot on which they
work, as shewn in section in Fig. 5 (drawn to a larger scale) where w' is the centre
and ww are the shoulders which strike against the beater shaft v on each side
alternately. The effect of this arrest of motion of the arms ww is that the
beaters y y are thrown upwards in a suitable manner against the carpet, the result
being the cleansing of the carpet by beating out the dust &o.
The beaters yy are, by preference, formed of wire rope, stiffened with leather
at y¹ to prevent too much play near the batten .
The Carpets are rolled off one roller on to the other, the roller b being regulated
by the hand brake e, and the carpets are beaten at the same time, and afterwards
brushed by the brushing apparatus hereinafter described.
Fig 7 is a sectional elevation of the revolving brushes, and
Fig. 8 a plan of the bevel gear for actuating the brushes.

page_text: The brushes are mounted immediately over the roller b, the axles of the brushes
being fixed transversely to the axis of the roller, and so arranged as to revolve in
opposite directions as shewn by the arrows in Fig. 7. The brushes may be driven
by any ordinary gear applicable for the purpose, or by bevel gear as shewn in
Fig. 8.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I claim :-
1. In the construction of carpet beating machines, the use of looped beaters
mounted, fitted and worked in the manner hereinbefore described and shewn on
the drawings, or any mere modification thereof.
2. In carpet beating machines, the combination of the wheel u, toothed rack and
slide t, connecting rod 8 and adjustable crank pin r, for actuating the beaters as
herein before described and shewn on the drawings, or any mere modification
thereof.
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3 In carpet beating machines, the use of the rollers a b c and d mounted fitted
and actuated as hereinbefore described or any mere modification thereof.
4. In carpet beating machines, the use of the rockers or bell crank levers fƒ for
the purpose hereinbefore described and shewn on the drawings or any mere
modification thereof.
5. In carpet beating machines, the use of the blower m for the purpose herein
before described.
6. The general combination and arrangement of parts severally and respectively,
together forming my improvements in machinery and apparatus for beating,
cleaning, and brushing carpets, and for other analogous purposes, substantially as
herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
In witness whereof I the said Charles Hinksman have hereunto set my hand and
seal this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty three
CHARLES HINKSMAN (LS)