US403313A - Carpet-cleaner - Google Patents

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W. P WHITE. CARPET CLEANER.

No. 403,313. Patented May 14, 1889.

H F A Will 283x81 WILLIAM I. IVHITE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CARPET-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,313, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed November 24, 1888- Serial No. 291,804. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, VILLIAM P. \VHITE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Oleaners, of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved carpetcleaner. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of one of the hollow journals and flanges with the braces broken away. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of said hollow journal and flange with the band-wheel and blow-pipe in position.

My invention consists, first, in the peculiar configuration of the carpet-cleaning cage, and, secondly, in the attachment of hollow journals and flanges to said cage, through which a blow-pipe may be inserted for forcing air into the cage to facilitate in cleaning the carpet, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

The cage A is made up of longitudinal slatwork, which may be secured to and around the outer edge of the ends B in any suitable manner. The ends B are of an irregular configuration, substantially as shown, the object being to avoid any acute angles on the inside of the cage in which the carpet would be liable to catch and tear, and at the same time produce an uneven surface for carrying the carpet to near the top of the cage, when the latter is revolved, before the carpet will drop by force of gravity. The ends B are preferably constructed air-tight, or nearly so, excepting the opening through the flange (J, and are preferably constructed as follows: The flange O has suitable recesses in its outer face for about two-thirds the thickness of the flange, in which the braces d are secured, preferably by being bolted therein, as shown at b, Fig. 2. To the braces 01 are secured the auxiliary braces (1, said braces d and d forming a frame-work for boarding up the ends 13. The boards which form the ends are secured to said braces and rest on the outer circumference of the circular flange C, so that the inside of the ends will come flush with the inner face of the flange. These ends 13 may be made of thin sheet-iron, if desired.

Any suitable support may be employed for retaining the carpet-cage in a rotatable position. In the present illustrative instance I have shown the cage supported by the hollow journals D, resting in a semicircular recess in the top of the standards F, which latter may be supported in a vertical position in any suitable manner. Two collars, E and E, encircle the hollow journals at each side of the standards F, to prevent any to-and-fro movement of the cage. A suitable bandwheel, G, is secured to the hollow journal at either side the cage, or both sides, if desired, to impart a rotary motion thereto.

The hollow journals D and flanges C are cast in one piece, the openings in said journals extending through said flanges, which openings are preferably large enough to permit the blow-pipes H to enter therein without coming in contact with the inner shell of the hollow journals.

To facilitate cleaning the carpet, I have provided the two blow-pipes H, one at each end of the cage, which pipes are inserted into the hollow journals D. These blow-pipes H may extend entirely through said journals and flanges and come flush with the inside of the cage, or may extend only part-way through the journals, as shown in Fig. 3, in which latter case a flange, H, with suitable packing, is socured on the blow-pipe to fit up against the end of the hollow journal to prevent any escape of air outward from said journal. same motive used for revolving the cage may be utilized for generating and forcing the air through the blow-pipes into the cage. One blow-pipe can be advantageously employed; but it is preferred to use two-one from each end of the cage.

The operation of my improved carpetcleaner is as follows: The carpet is inserted into the cage through an opening in the side thereof, which opening is covered with a suit,- able slatted gate, J, which is hinged to a heavy slat and secured to place by a suitable catch. The cage is now revolved in a direction as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, which revolution carries the carpet to near the top portion of the cage, when it is permitted to drop to the bottom of the cage, to be again elevated and dropped continuously until the carpet is The IOU

be attached to any revolvin cage irrespective of outline configuration.

I am aware that it is not new, broadly, to ')rovide a rotatable cage for cleaning carpets; but

hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .Patei'1t, is

i. A rotatable earpet-cleaning cage having closed ends, in combination with the hollow journals and flanges, the frame-Work oi the ends of said cage being connected to said flanges, and suitable blo\v-1)i 1es for forcing air into the cage through said hollow journals and flanges, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a carpet-cleaning cage having closed ends, the hollow journal D and flange C, said journal having the collars E and E and band-wheel G, and. blowpipe ll, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM P. XVIII'JE.

Witnesses:

0. M. lllLL, E. lLivENs.

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