US1037081A - Pneumatic carpet-cleaner. - Google Patents

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R. W. THORNE.

PNEUISMIJITGY CARPET CLEANER. APPLIOATION FILED 1113.2, 1911.

1,937,081. Patented Aug'z, 1912.

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PNEUMATIG CARPET CLEANER.

H l APPLIGATIoN FILED fm2, 1911.

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I .hereinafter first fully set forth and de-v .1'5 scribed and thenvpointed out in the claim.I

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein; w

' yFigure vlis aplan View of my invention. .20 Inths View the-wire or otherreticulated open floor is shown.. Fig. 2 is another plan view of myinvvention. In lthis View the wire or other `reticulated"open' floor'l is removed, .anda plan Viewl of the sills, 'unnels,' 'con-A Fig. 3 is an end view of my invention. In ,this view the compressed air tank, the *innv nels' to catch the dust, dirt vand other cui matter, and the pipes leading'from the flindncting pipes andattachments are shown.

'30 nels to the fan -tcremove.,dust, 'dirt and other impurities, are'sho'wn. Fig. eeshows one of the vfloor wires adjustably h'eld vat one end, and Fig. 5 shows one of the floor Wires rigidly held at* the other end. Fig. `6 is a l sidev'iew, and Fig.- 7 a front view of the air 'nozzle and-attachments. F ig. 8 is a view of the air nozzle looking at it from the. underside` In the accom anyin cates 'the sills o the oor and 2 the open 4ilo'or made of crossed wiresl or other'reticu' lated suitable material.

In Fig. 5 one of the wires, a, of which theopen oor isformed, is shown rigidly sei; cured to the sill' 1, bythe staples 3, and to thesill 1 at the other side of theopen floor, the other endof the w/ire, a,-is secured to the eyebolhas shown in Fig. el.

5. is asill board secured to the sill"1.by`

` the bolts,y and the eyebolt 4C extends ythrough the sillboard 5 and is adjustably secured in place by a *nut` 7 screwed on said eyebolt -1 The crossed l wire oroth'er reticulatedopen floor 2 is thus adjustably secured I to the sills 1, Abeing adapted tc sag slightly :toward its center as shown.

i pecic'ation of Letters Patent.

' drawings "1:: indi-" l Patented Aug. 27,191.2.'

7 "Application mea February 2, 1911. serial NO eoaieo-i.

Serel tunnels, open at the top, which eX; tend from and are secured at their edgesjt'o the sills 1,'and these :tunnels 8 extend sliglitly l below the open door 2, having the ltop edgefsgwi or rims 8 thereof inclined slightly inwardly as shown in Fig. 3. The rims 8 at the 'mouths of the tunnels being inclined toward the transverse linel 9? leave spaces orope'n-, ings 10 for vthe entrance of' air to the X465 haustingfunnels 8. 9 are conducting pipes which communicate with and open into the :tunnels 8, and? lO'is a fan which opens into and communicates with these conducting pipes 9,as E'7c shown; and 11. is a Well or other bodyof sanitary water into which the fan 10 empties. f l

12 is a lever which is shown pivotalily'se-V cured to the funnel 8, but it may be secured '75 "to the sill 1 'or other suitable support, which lever 12 operates a valve 13 in the enlargement, c, of the funnel 8,' vwhen required, whichvalve 13 shuts o any. funnel. 8 from the pipe 9 when part of the funnels 8A 1 'e"8`0 not used, in-- order to concentrate the wind [from the Yconducting pipe9 to suclgthe dust, dirt'or other impurltiesidown any of the tunnels 8.' j v 14. isa door 4in each ofthe tunnels :8,*85 which is 'usedtoget at the insideof said tunnels 8 fromthe underside to sweep or clean them out when desired or for repairs. 'or Jfor any other'purpose.

- 15 isa cmnpressedair tank, situated-M1190 any suitable point, thefair pressure in which 1s 'maintained by an engine and air, comy-presso'r orby any suitable means.

16 isran air`pipe,-`wh ich pipes the air frdmm `said coilpressed air tank tothe nozzle' 17,95

out of which t-hecompressed air vpasses through a narrow slit, b. 18 is a valve in this pipe 16, to permit or prevent the compressed air to pass to the nozzle 17. r109 yThe opera-tion "which is very sim le is-as follows: The 4carpehis laid 'face own on the wire or other open floor 2, and 'every parti-cle of dust, dirt, and 4other imprrties are forced vfrom every thread ofthe carpet 105 i by about one hundred pounds air pressure coming from the compressed air tank 15 through the 4air pipe 16, and out-,of the slit, Z in the nozzle 17 onto the carpet and fron1. the latter into the funnel `8 below, leavinglm the carpet perfectly santaryand clean. But if the carpet should Vbe very dirty, it

)can be gone over again orit may Vbe turned over and' receive another :application of an1 from the saine o5 'opp .he can conductthe osite side, and the air e'hands of an operator 4 air to the central or other dirtypart of the carpet, as required. The dust, etc. taken fromeach carpetor thejlike floor covering, is'conducted by the unnels 8 to.l the pipes nozzle 17 being-,iin t posited in a. sanitary is therefore provi -fill'lralolel and inexpensive 'to manufacture,

and.' one very eiicient in practical use.

Having thusfdescribed my invention, Iv

claim.:l

An apparatus .for cleaning fabrics' cornprising an adjustably-mounted :foraminous' support for the fabric 'slightly depressed toward the center thereof, sills upon which -9, and a fan 10 or other underground suction system, is de# Well 11 outside, which 1s kept thoroughl disinfected. A -devi'ce' Ved Which is very simple,

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said support is mounted, means forforcing dust downwardly through the fabric, a pair ofvfunnels located therebeloW, rims at the vmouths of said 'funnels arrangedlso as .to fill the space between the said sills, the adjacent portions of said 'rims extending below said sillsz formingair entrance openings betw'en :said sil'lsand rims', conducting pipes ROBERT iv. THQRNE. Witnesses:

P. J. EDMUNDS,

S. HARDY.

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