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Electromagnetic and vacuum debris collector

Assignee: M J C DEV Co Inc
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Filing: 1962-08-31
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Granted: 1964-09-29
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Expires: 1982-08-31
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Clarence T Johnson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 02:26
CPC Classifications
E; E03; E03F; E03F7/00; E03F7/10; E03F7/106

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 492 words
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC AND VACUUM DEBRIS COLLECTOR COMPRISING AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING A BED SUPPORTED THEREON, A CLOSED DEBRIS COLLECTOR BIN MOUNTED THEREON ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, A VACUUM PUMP IN SAID BIN EXHAUSTING TO THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH A FIRST WALL OF SAID BIN, A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID CONDUIT EXTENDING THROUGH A SECOND WALL OF SAID BIN ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF WITH ONE END OF SAID RIGID CONDUIT OPENING INTO SAID BIN, AN UPRIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER CLOSED END, MEANS RIGIDLY CONNECTING THE LOWER END OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER TO A THIRD WALL OF SAID BIN, AN ELONGATED UPRIGHT SLEEVE ENCOMPASSING SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER IN SPACED CONCENTRIC RELATION RELATIVE THERETO AND BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, AN OPERATOR PLATFORM EXTENDING ACROSS THE UPPER END OF SAID SLEEVE AND PROJECTING THEREBEYOND, AN UPRIGHT STANDARD SUPPORTED ON SAID PLATFORM AND HAVING THE LOWER END THEREOF FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID PLATFORM, A CONTROL MANUAL FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID STANDARD, A PAIR OF SPLIT COLLARS RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID SLEEVE IN VERTICALLY-SPACED RELATION, EACH OF SAID COLLARS HAVING THEIR FREE ENDS DISPOSED IN CONFRONTING RELATION, A PIVOT PIN EXTENDING BETWEEN AND SUPPORTED ON EACH PAIR OF SAID CONFRONTING FREE ENDS, A FIRST BOOM HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS CONNECTED ON THE PIVOT PIN OF THE LOWERMOST ONE OF SAID COLLAR, SAID FIRST BOOM BEING PIVOTAL IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL DIRECTION ABOUT SAID PIVOT PIN, A CONNECTOR LEVER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED ADJACENT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST BOOM, A SECOND BOOM, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF SAID CONNECTOR LINK TO SAID SECOND BOOM ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, A THIRD BOOM, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND BOOM TO ONE END OF SAID THIRD BOOM, AN ELONGATED HOUSING FIXEDLY SECURED AND DEPENDING FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID THIRD BOOM, A PLURALITY OF ELECTROMAGNETS FIXEDLY SECURED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, A DOWNWARDLY-OPENING NOZZLE, MEANS FIXEDLY CONNECTING SAID NOZZLE TO SAID HOUSING, AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE HOLLOW CONDUIT HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS CONNECTED WITH SAID NOZZLE AND ITS OTHER END CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID RIGID CONDUIT, SWITCH MEANS ON SAID MANUAL TO SELECTIVELY EFFECT ENERGIZATION AND DE-ENERGIZATION OF SAID ELECTROMAGNETS, A FIRST HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE PIVOT PIN OF THE OTHER OF SAID COLLARS AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST BOOM INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, BRACKET MEANS ON SAID FIRST BOOM, A SECOND HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID BRACKET MEANS AND TO SAID ONE END OF SAID CONNECTOR LINK, A THIRD HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER END OF SAID FIRST BOOM AND TO SAID ONE END OF SAID SECOND BOOM, A FOURTH HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND AND THIRD BOOMS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, AND HYDRAULIC FLUID CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING EACH OF SAID HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS WITH SAID CONTROL MANUAL FOR SELECTIVE OPERATION THEREOF OR IN COMBINATION WITH ONE ANOTHER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 492 words
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC AND VACUUM DEBRIS COLLECTOR COMPRISING AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING A BED SUPPORTED THEREON, A CLOSED DEBRIS COLLECTOR BIN MOUNTED THEREON ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, A VACUUM PUMP IN SAID BIN EXHAUSTING TO THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH A FIRST WALL OF SAID BIN, A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID CONDUIT EXTENDING THROUGH A SECOND WALL OF SAID BIN ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF WITH ONE END OF SAID RIGID CONDUIT OPENING INTO SAID BIN, AN UPRIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER CLOSED END, MEANS RIGIDLY CONNECTING THE LOWER END OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER TO A THIRD WALL OF SAID BIN, AN ELONGATED UPRIGHT SLEEVE ENCOMPASSING SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER IN SPACED CONCENTRIC RELATION RELATIVE THERETO AND BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, AN OPERATOR PLATFORM EXTENDING ACROSS THE UPPER END OF SAID SLEEVE AND PROJECTING THEREBEYOND, AN UPRIGHT STANDARD SUPPORTED ON SAID PLATFORM AND HAVING THE LOWER END THEREOF FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID PLATFORM, A CONTROL MANUAL FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID STANDARD, A PAIR OF SPLIT COLLARS RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID SLEEVE IN VERTICALLY-SPACED RELATION, EACH OF SAID COLLARS HAVING THEIR FREE ENDS DISPOSED IN CONFRONTING RELATION, A PIVOT PIN EXTENDING BETWEEN AND SUPPORTED ON EACH PAIR OF SAID CONFRONTING FREE ENDS, A FIRST BOOM HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS CONNECTED ON THE PIVOT PIN OF THE LOWERMOST ONE OF SAID COLLAR, SAID FIRST BOOM BEING PIVOTAL IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL DIRECTION ABOUT SAID PIVOT PIN, A CONNECTOR LEVER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED ADJACENT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST BOOM, A SECOND BOOM, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF SAID CONNECTOR LINK TO SAID SECOND BOOM ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, A THIRD BOOM, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND BOOM TO ONE END OF SAID THIRD BOOM, AN ELONGATED HOUSING FIXEDLY SECURED AND DEPENDING FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID THIRD BOOM, A PLURALITY OF ELECTROMAGNETS FIXEDLY SECURED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, A DOWNWARDLY-OPENING NOZZLE, MEANS FIXEDLY CONNECTING SAID NOZZLE TO SAID HOUSING, AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE HOLLOW CONDUIT HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS CONNECTED WITH SAID NOZZLE AND ITS OTHER END CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID RIGID CONDUIT, SWITCH MEANS ON SAID MANUAL TO SELECTIVELY EFFECT ENERGIZATION AND DE-ENERGIZATION OF SAID ELECTROMAGNETS, A FIRST HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE PIVOT PIN OF THE OTHER OF SAID COLLARS AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST BOOM INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, BRACKET MEANS ON SAID FIRST BOOM, A SECOND HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID BRACKET MEANS AND TO SAID ONE END OF SAID CONNECTOR LINK, A THIRD HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER END OF SAID FIRST BOOM AND TO SAID ONE END OF SAID SECOND BOOM, A FOURTH HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND AND THIRD BOOMS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, AND HYDRAULIC FLUID CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING EACH OF SAID HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS WITH SAID CONTROL MANUAL FOR SELECTIVE OPERATION THEREOF OR IN COMBINATION WITH ONE ANOTHER.

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