CARPET SHAMPOO APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for shampooing surfaces comprising a housing, a series of cleaning members rotationally carried by the said housing, and having their axes lying in a horizontal plane but being angularly inclined to the direction of travel of the housing and adapted to contact the surface being shampooed, the cleaning members being so positioned and of a diameter so as to have laterally overlapping cleaning areas when moved in the direction of travel of the housing, and means to supply shampoo liquid to the said surface being cleaned.
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Abstract
A carpet shampoo apparatus sing members both capable of brushing and absorbing which move at an angle to the direction of travel to brush and shampoo the carpet but to remove excess shampoo liquid and foam from the carpet.
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8 Claims
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1. An apparatus for shampooing surfaces comprising a housing, a series of cleaning members rotationally carried by the said housing, and having their axes lying in a horizontal plane but being angularly inclined to the direction of travel of the housing and adapted to contact the surface being shampooed, the cleaning members being so positioned and of a diameter so as to have laterally overlapping cleaning areas when moved in the direction of travel of the housing, and means to supply shampoo liquid to the said surface being cleaned.
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2. A shampoo apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that the cleaning members are provided in sets and each set comprises a plurality of axially spaced brush sections with narrow radiating tufts, and disposed between the narrow brush sections discs of sponge material.
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3. A shampoo apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that the liquid is supplied to the said surface by discharging it onto the periphery of said cleaning members.
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4. A shampoo apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that the cleaning members are arranged in sets with the axes of adjacent sets oppositely inclined to sweep alternately slightly to the left and right with respect to the direction of travel.
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5. A shampoo apparatus according to claim 1 characterized by a plurality of brushes each comprising a plurality of brush sections with narrow circumferentially spaced tufts, and disposed between the said brush sections discs of sponge material, said brush sections and interposed sponges being rotationally carried on axles supported from axle supports engageable on the said housing said axles being angularly disposed relatively to the direction of travel.
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6. A shampoo apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that the cleaning members comprise a series of disc-shaped brush sections with narrow radiating tufts, and disposed between the narrow brush sections discs of sponge material, each of said brushes of said series and each said sponges being approximately of the same diameter but with the brushes preferably slightly larger than the sponges.
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7. A shampoo apparatus according to claim 1 characterized by a plurality of cleaning members each comprising a series of disc-shaped brush sections with narrow radiating tufts, and disposed between the narrow brush sections discs of sponge material, said brushes of said series and each of said sponges varying in diameter and the brushes and sponges are assembled on a shaft to give a tapered cleaning member.
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8. An apparatus for shampooing surfaces comprising a housing, a series of cleaning members rotationally carried by the said housing, and having their axes lying in a horizontal plane but being angularly inclined to the direction of travel of the housing and adapted to contact the surface being shampooed, and means to supply shampoo liquid to the said surface being cleaned;
- and the cleaning members being provided in sets and each set comprises a plurality of axially spaced brush sections with narrow radiating tufts, and disposed between the narrow brush sections discs of sponge material; and
two sets of cleaning members being present, a pair of axles used in each set to support said cleaning members, each pair of axles engaging an axle support between them, the axles of each pair being at an angle to each other to form a flat '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'V'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"' with its medial line arranged in the direction of travel of the apparatus, all of said cleaning members providing laterally overlapping cleaning action with a laterally adjacent cleaning member when in use.
- and the cleaning members being provided in sets and each set comprises a plurality of axially spaced brush sections with narrow radiating tufts, and disposed between the narrow brush sections discs of sponge material; and
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