ROAD SWEEPING AND CLEANING MACHINE
Year: 1884

page_text: I RICHARD WILLIAM TAYLER 17 Angel Hill Bury St. Edmunds in the County
of Suffolk Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for the said
ROAD SWEEPING AND CLEANING MACHINE to be as follows:-
An Improved machine for sweeping & cleaning roads and streets being
constructed of brushes of cane or steel wire made to rotate with great velocity
and to sweep dirt, mud or snow into a trough or troughs and from thence into the
ordinary carts or receptacles used to collect mud and other refuse from roads
& streets.
This Invention relates to Improvements in Road Sweeping and Cleaning Machines
and has for its object the more simple and permanent manner of dealing with the
accumulation of dust, mud, or snow in roads and streets, and consists of a machine
built in a suitable frame carried by road or travelling wheels, and adapted to hang
or suspend from the back or hinder part of carts and other receptacles used for the
purpose of collecting mud or refuse from roads and streets. For this purpose the
Improved Road Sweeping Machine is constructed of brushes fixed to barrels or
drums revolving within the said frame and travelling wheels, the said brushes being
driven by suitable gearing attached to the travelling wheels, and the said brushes
revolving at a much higher rate of speed than the travelling wheels, strike the
ground with great rapidity and drive the mud or dirt before them and upwards
on an inclined or curved plate or platform into a horizontal trough in front of the
said brushes; the mud or dirt is then propelled along the said trough by an
Archimedean screw to the end thereof from whence it is elevated by a second screw
through a vertical or inclined trough into a cart or other moving receptacle attatched
to and preceeding the said Improved Sweeping Machine. The brushes of the
Improved sweeping machine are constructed of cane or other suitable material, or
preferably of steel wire and can be varied in shape to suit the irregularities of the
surfaces of roads & streets, and to suit the curvatures of gutters. The Improved
sweeping machine is attatched or connected to the hinder part of any travelling
receptacle by the necessary hooks and levers to sustain the said machine in position
and for the purpose of obtaining the motive power required to actuate or propel
the said machine; and the said Sweeping machine being by this means connected
to or drawn by any travelling receptacle moved by horses or driven by other
motive power receives its motive power therefrom or is actuated thereby; and the

page_text: Improved sweeping machine admits of being conveniently and expeditiously
detatched from the moving receptacle by which it is drawn when the receptacle has
been filled by the said sweeping machine and admits of being attatched to any
other empty receptacle for the purpose of being filled with dirt or mud by the
same means and in the same manner. The following letters describe the parts
mentioned herein before namely A. is the travelling or road wheel B the frame Ċ the
brushes D the gear wheels for driving the brushes E the plate or platform over
which the dirt or mud is driven F the horizontal trough and screw and G the
vertical trough and screw for delivering the mud or dirt into the travelling
receptacle.
Dated this 8th day of January 1884.

page_text: I RICHARD WILLIAM TAYLER 17 Angel Hill Bury St. Edmunds in the County
of Suffolk Engineer do hereby declare the nature of iny invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN ROAD SWEEPING AND CLEANING MACHINES and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
Improvements in Road Sweeping and Cleaning Machines consisting of a series
of steel wire brushes or brush heads attatched to rings or drums contained within
a framing or carriage supported and moved by travelling or road wheels the said
road being used to impart a rotary notion to the drums and brushes by ordinary
gear wheels in an opposite direction to that of the road wheels; and the rings or
druins carrying the brushes are driven by each road wheel separately so as to
secure their free and independent action and tho turning round corners and curves
with greater facility. The brushes are shaped to suit the quadrants or crown of
the roads and curvatures of the gutters or surfaces to be cleaned or swept by the
improved sweeping machine. The brushes as they revolve sweep the dirt or refuse
from the surface of the ground on to a receiving plate curved to suit the circle
described by the bruses or platform and the refuse so collected is passed by a
horizontal Archemedian screw or endless band or bands revolving horizontally from
the right and from the left to an inclined or ordinary elevator into a cart or other
receptacle. The blades of the Archemedian screws and endless bands are constructed
of India rubber or other flexible material and arranged by ordinary gear wheels to
lift the collected refuse into a cart or receptacle from either side or from the centre
of the machine and the working parts of the said machine are covered or concealed
from view and the machine can be attatched to any cart or receptacle so as to be
filled thereby with refuse swept therewith either while preceeding or following
such cart or other receptacle. The accompanying drawings and letters describe the
features of my improved sweeping machine as follows A A are the road wheels
carrying the frame which contains the two rings or drums to which the wire
brushes are attatched. B B are the rings and the wire brushes which receive
motion from the road wheels. FF are endless bands revolving from left and from
right and conveying the refuse from the collecting plate or platform to an ordinary
clevator G which delivers the refuse into the cart or other receptacle. Having now
particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is-
I A road sweeping and cleaning machine baving wire brushes attatched to
revolving rings or drums.
II The formation of the brushes to the curves of roads and gutters.
III A curved plate or platform to receive the refuse from the brushes.
IV In the road sweeping machine hereinbefore described revolving bands
receiving the refuse from the collecting plate or platform and conveying
the said refuse to an elevator for delivery into a cart or other receptaclo
preceeding or following the said sweeping machine.