US1294090A - Carpet and rug beater. - Google Patents

Description

C. J. GREEN.

CARPET AND RUG BEATER. APPHCATION FILED FEB. 14. ma.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

Application filed February 14, 1918. Serial No. 217,109.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, CHARLES J. GREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olean, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet and Rug Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

" Beaters, whips and the like as ordinarily constructed for removing dust and other matter fro-1n carpets, rugs, draperies, and the like, operate by dislodging dust and foreign matter from the interstices of the carpet or other fabric to be cleaned and the dust thus removed fills the air to the annoyance and inconvenience of the operator, and

a certain percentage of such dust collects uponthe carpets or fabric being cleaned, thereby retarding thecleaning action.

The present invention provides a beater which will greatly facilitate the cleaning operation with a minimum amount of annoyance and inconvenience to the operator, and which at the same time, will raise the nap of carpets, and like fabrics.

The invention consists in combining with a heater an attachment which operates to blow the dust away from the operator and also acts to cause a positive movement of the air through the fabric at each stroke of the beater, so that on the down stroke-the air is compressed to a certain extent and forced through the fabric, thereby loosening and dislodging the dust and other matter, and on the up stroke, there is a tendency to create a suction which assists materially in the cleaning operation.

In the specific adaptation, the invention consists of a heater of any type or structure having a portion inclosed on one side, and having the part thus inclosed sub-divided to form channels or chambers which are forwardly flared, so as to direct the dust away from the operator when the beater is "in operation.

The invention furthermore strengthens and braces the beater without adding materially to the cost or weight thereof, thereby enabling the beater when formed of wire, to be constructed of wire of light gage without impairing the durability and efliciency of the article.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention, however, it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet diiferent conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a heater embodying the invention.

' 'Fig. 2 is a. side or edge View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 looking to the rear as indicated by the arrows.

' Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated'in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The beater shown is of ordinary construction and illustrates the application of the invention, and comprising a handle B and heater members A. The body of the beater, i. 6., the loop members A are constructed of wire, the elements of which are indicated at 1, 2, 3, and 4, the same converging toward the handle to which they are attached in a manner well understood.

In accordance with the present invention, a portion of the heater is inclosed as indicated at C. The inclosed portion coincides with the inner or rear portion of the body, such arrangement having been found to give the best results. The parts of the beater thus inclosed are sub-divided longitudinally to form chambers or channels 5 which are forwardly flared. The general form of the heater is of fan shape, 2'. 6., it spreads from the handle forwardly. The elements 1, 2, 3, and 1 gradually diverge in a forward direction and the general formation of the channels or chambers 5 is such as to conform to the spaces between adjacent elements 1, 2, '3, and 4. The part of the beater inclosed consists of a sheet, preferably of thin metal, such sheet being of tapering form and having its longitudinal edge portions attached in any manner to the outermost elements 1, and 1, preferably by being bent around the same, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 3.

The intermediate portion of the sheet or inchambers or channels 5. The underside of the inclosing portion of the beater is open as clearly indicated in Fig. 3.

In the operation of a heater embodying the invention, the down. stroke of the beater results in confining the air under the part inclosed or covered, and the airthus confined is compressed to a degree and a portion is caused to pass through the interstices of the fabric, thereby assisting materially in loosening and dislodging the dust and foreign matter. As is manifest, a portion of the air thus confined and compressed is forced forwardly thereby creating a blast away from the operator which carries off the dust thereby decreasing the discomfort usually experienced by the operator and at the same time preventing the dust settling upon the fabric or other articl being cleaned. On the up stroke of the beater a suction is created beneath the inclosed part thereby causing the air to pass through the interstices of the fabric in an opposite direction to that produced by the down stroke of the beater, and this suction further facilitates the clean ing operation by loosening the dust and other matter contained in the spaces of the fabric. It will thus be understood that the air is alternately compressed and drawn through the fabric, and this action in addition to loosening and dislodging the dust, serves to raise the nap of carpets, rugs, draperies, and the like embodying nap.

As a result of constructing a beater in accordance with this invention, the cleaning operation is greatly facilitated, the operator is subjected to a minimum amount of annoyance and inconvenience, andthe nap of the fabric or the like is raised. 7

'VVhat I claim is:

1". A carpet beater, comprising a plurality of spaced elements and a cover at one side of the beater comprising a plurality of forwardly flared channels which are open at the sides adjacent the heater.

2. A carpet beater, comprising a plurality of spaced elements, and a cover extending over a side of the heater and having its 1ongitudinal edge portions bent about the outermost elements thereof.

3. A carpet beater, comprising a plurality of spaced elements, and a cover extending over a side of the heater and having its longitudinal edge portions bent about the outermost elements thereof, and having the intermediate portion crimped to provide longitudinal channels. I V

4; A carpet beater, comprising a plurality of forwardly diverged elements and a cover at oneside of the beater consisting of a flared sheet crimped between its longitudinal edges to form a plurality of forwardly flared channels which are open at the sides adjacent the beater, the edges, of the channels corresponding with the elements of the beater.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, CHARLES J. GREEN.

Witnesses:

W. MANDEVILLE TROY, FRED D. ABRAMs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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