Improvements in Machines and Appliances for Road Sweeping and Scavenging, and for like purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 15th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines and Appliances for Road Sweeping and
Scavenging, and for like purposes.
I, HENRY JOHN NOONAN of Albert House, Pevensey Road, Eastbourne, in the
County of Sussex, Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the manner in which I construct road sweeping
and cleaning appliances and machines, the object being to provide a receptacle or
retaining bin or tank for the mud, dust, or refuse, which the machine sweeps up
or collects from the road, walk, platform, or other surface.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a road sweeping machine in one
convenient manner in the form of a vehicle to be drawn by animal power by one
or two horses, or to be drawn or pushed by manual power as may be most
convenient for any particular position or locality where it is to work in.
I make the body of my vehicle suitable for the reception of shaft connections
when horses are to be employed and I form a bin or storage tank like receptacle
within the body, having doors shutters or slides for permitting a clearance or
emptying to be readily made without disturbing the mechanical arrangements of
my machine.
I mount the body upon axles having wheels or rollers of any
desired ordinary pattern, and having axle boxes or bearings of any well known
kind for the shafts to revolve in. Upon the main or back axle preferably I arrange
a gearing wheel or chain wheel for giving motion to a flying driving chain or for
giving motion to a train of gearing which in turn drives the revolving scrapers or
brushes which I employ, and also the ladder or conveying shutter-like band which
receives the refuse and carries it to the bin or tank.
I arrange a brush or series of brushes upon a spindle which I mount in bearings,
in such a position upon my machine body or frame that the brushes when revolving
collect or sweep the mud or dirt from the surface of the road when passed over
it. I prefer to construct my brush in the form of a number of blade like fibrous
or other bars or ribs having dashers or supports for protecting them, running the
entire length of the spindle or axle. Near to the surface of the road I place a
receiving bridge piece or trough on to or over which the mud or refuse is thrown
by the revolving brushes, and closely connected to this hinged or sliding bridge
piece which is supported by a roller or wheels, I mount a tape ladder formed of
canvas band, strips of wood, metal or other material, and having a driving or
carrying chain or chains on octagon shaped rollers or spindles which gives motion
to it from the upper or lower driving wheel or wheels. I prefer to mount this
ladder like conveyor in an inclined position and within a casing or protecting
trough, so that the material may be thrown on to the lower portion of the inclined
path and delivered from the upper end of the path, and then this upper portion
returns within its protecting channel or passage in the form of an endless band to
again take its position as the receiving end at the bottom of the incline.
I mount suitable guide pulleys and rollers within the body or frame of my
machine so that when employing a chain for driving the brushes I am enabled to
arrange one chain to drive the whole of my gearing in the necessary direction
from the main shaft or from the gearing connected with the main shaft or axle of
my machine.
I employ any form of doors or opening shutters for enabling a rapid removal of

page_text: the refuse to be secured, and I arrange them at the side base or front of the body
as may be desired for any particular requirement.
I modify the shape and configuration of the body of my machine and the method
of mounting the brushes and their gearing and chain mechanism to suit the locality
where the sweeper is to be employed; and I employ scoops, dashers, or vanes,
instead of brushes when thick mud or other material has to be raised. When
arranging my brushes for use as dust collectors I may employ a fan or draught
producing device to assist the collection of the dust and when so desired I arrange
a water sprinkling device to check the tendency to formation of clouds of dust
when the machine is in operation.
I make my machines of various sizes for paths, platforms, and other surfaces;
and provide them with brushes arranged in one or two rows; or with one row of
brushes and a similar row of scrapers, each having a moving ladder for conveying
the material into the hopper or tank; the framework I make of wood, metal or any
suitable material.
I utilize the exterior of my frame for displaying advertisements.
Dated this 14th day of November 1894.
Improvements in Machines and Appliances for Road Sweeping and
Scavenging, and for like purposes.
I, HENRY JOHN NOONAN, of Albert House, Pevensey Road, Eastbourne, in
the County of Sussex, Upholsterer, 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 has reference to the manner in which I construct road sweeping
and cleaning appliances and machines, the object being to provide a receptacle
or retaining bin or tank for the mud, dust or refuse which the machine sweeps
up or collects from the road, walk, platform or other surface.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle or machine constructed in accordance
with my invention; while Figure 2 is a plan thereof.
Figure 3 is a detail end elevation of a combined rotary dasher and brush.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a road sweeping machine in
one convenient manner as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 in the form of a vehicle
to be drawn by animal power by one or two horses, or to be drawn or pushed
by manual power as may be most convenient for any particular position or
locality where it is to work in. I make the body of my vehicle A suitable for the
reception of shaft connections when horses are to be employed, and 1 form a bin
or storage tank like receptacle A' within the body, having doors, shutters or slides
for permitting a clearance or emptying to be readily made without disturbing the
mechanical arrangements of my machine. I mount the body A which encloses
the sweeping mechanism upon axles B B having wheels or rollers of any desired
ordinary pattern, and having axle boxes or bearings of any well known kind for
the shafts to revolve in. Upon the main or back axle B₁ preferably I arrange a
gearing wheel or chain wheel C for giving motion to a flying driving chain D and
for giving motion to a train of gearing such as F F1 F2 F3 which in turn drive the
revolving scraper E or brushes E which I employ, and also the ladders or
conveying shutter like bands G G¹ which receive the refuse and carry it to the
bin or tank. A.
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page_text: 1 arrange a brush or series of brushes such as E E upon a spindle which
I mount in bearings, in such a position upon my machine body or frame that the
brushes when revolving collect or sweep the mud or dirt from the surface of the
road when passed over it.
I prefer to construct my brush as shown in Figure 5 in the form of a number of
blade like or other bars or ribs which serve as dashers or supports for protecting
the brushes e e which are secured thereto and are capable of adjustment thereon,
and run the entire length of the spindle or axle. Near to the surface of the road
I place receiving bridge pieces or troughs such as H H on to or over which the
mud or refuse is thrown by the revolving brushes or scrapers E E¹ and closely
connected to these hinged bridge pieces which are supported by rollers or wheels,.
I mount endless tape ladders G G¹ formed of canvas band, strips of wood, metal,
or other material, to which motion is imparted by the octagonal spindles G² G³.
which are respectively driven by the chain wheel I and the train of wheels F F F² F³.
from the endless chain D.
Upon the traction of the vehicle motion is imparted to the main driving chain
through gearing C C¹ which in turn causes the rotary dashers E' and rotary
brushes E to revolve in the forward direction thereby causing the refuse to be
swept or thrown upon the hinged and inclined receiving boards or surfaces H H¹
which are placed in juxta-position respectively to such dashers and brushes. The
conveying band or ladder G is mounted and has motion imparted to it in a corre-
spondingly inclined position immediately under the inclined receiving board, from
the same driving chain D in the direction indicated by the arrows; while similarly
the conveying band or ladder G¹ has motion imparted to it by means of
gearing F FF2 F3 and is mounted immediately under the receiving board H.
The dust and refuse being swept or thrown upon the receiving board is received
by the conveyors G G and is deposited in the one case, by the rotation of the
conveyor hand upon its upper spindle G, upon a fixed inclined board J, so disposed"
as to allow the dust or refuse to slide down upon the main conveyor G¹; while, in
the other case, the heavier refuse that is thrown upon the receiving board H' by
the dashers E' is conveyed and deposited into the main retaining tank or bin A¹
of the vehicle, by the rotation of the conveyor band upon its upper supporting
spindle G³.
I arrange upon the main axle of the vehicle a driving clutch for the purpose of
engaging or disengaging the sweeping mechanism at will; and I also provide the
I rushes and dashers with vertically adjustable bearings to permit of their adjust-
ent by means of links and lever or any other suitable means.
For the purpose
of sweeping the gutters which owing to the protrusion of the curbstone cannot
otherwise well be swept, I mount a rotary brush K preferably under the retaining
bin A in an inclined position, capable of being raised or lowered to the surface of
the road by any suitable means of adjustment, and I communicate motion to such
rotary brush by means of bevil wheels k¹ k² from a small countershaft k which in
turn receives motion from the spindle G2 by means of chain k³ from a chain wheel
secured thereto. The rotary brush K projects slightly without the body of the
vehicle, and is supported at its outer extremity in a bracket bearing K¹, to which
is secured a small rotary brush K2 vertically disposed, for the purpose of sweeping
the curbstone itself.
employ any form of doors or opening shutters for enabling a rapid removal of
the refuse to be secured, and I arrange them at the side, base, or front of the body
as may be desired for any particular requirement.
I modify the shape and configuration of the body of my machine and the
method of mounting the brushes and their gearing and chain mechanism to suit
the locality where the sweeper is to be employed; and I employ scoops, dashers or
vanes, instead of brushes, when thick mud or other material has to be raised.
When arranging my brushes for use as dust collectors I may employ a fan or
draught producing device to assist the collection of the dust, and in such a case
I arrange a fan with a circular aperture communicating from a roller chamber to

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the retaining bin; and I produce the rotation of such a fan by means of gearing
from the main axle of the vehicle or machine; and when so desired I
water sprinkling device to check the tendency to formation of clouds of dust when
the machine is in operation.
I make my machines of various sizes for paths, platforms, and other surfaces;
and I provide them with brushes arranged in one or two rows; or with one row
of brushes and a similar row of scrapers each having a moving ladder for conveying
the material in to the hopper or tank; the framework i make of wood wood metal,
or any other suitable material.
I utilize the exterior of my frame for displaying advertisements.
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. In road sweeping and scavenging machines or vehicles the combination of a
rotary brush or scraper of a receiving surface or trough, endless conveyor of an
inclined disposition and a collecting bin or receptacle substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described.
2. In road sweeping and scavenging machines or vehicles the provision of an
endless conveyor to which motion is communicated through gearing from the
main axle for the purpose of conveying the dust or refuse to a retaining bin
within the vehicle, substantially as described.
3. In road sweeping scavenging and similar machines, a combination rotary
dasher and brush in which relative adjustment of the brush upon the dasher arms
is possible, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.
4. The construction and arrangement of an improved sweeping and scavenging
machine or vehicle, substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.