Rug cleaning apparatus and method

Abstract

Abstract RUG CLEANING APPARATUS INCLUDES A HORIZONTAL RESILIENTLY MOUNTED SCREEN POSITIONED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT A RUG HAVING A NAP OR PILE SIDE ENGAGING THE SCREEN AND VIBRATING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCREEN FOR VIBRATING THE SCREEN AND RUG THEREON FOR REMOVING FOREIGN MATERIAL THEREFROM AND COLLECTING SAME IN A COLLECTION CHAMBER BELOW THE SCREEN WHERE VACUUM MEANS REMOVES THE FOREIGN MATERIAL. AN ELONGATE FRAME IS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE VIBRATING SCREEN AND CARRIES RUG MOVING MEANS POSITIONED THEREON TO RECEIVE THE RUG AND MOVE SAME ALONG THE FRAME, SAID RUG MOVING MEANS BEING IN THE FORM OF A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS ARRANGED IN LONGITUDINALLY SPACED AND ALIGNED PAIRS WITH THE ROLLERS IN EACH PAIR BEING VERTICALLY SPACE APART. PATH DEFINING MEANS GUIDES THE MOVING RUG BETWEEN THE VERTICALLY SPACED PAIRS OF ROLLERS THEREBY POSITIONING SAME ABOVE A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS THEREBY POSIELONGATE SPRAY BARS EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPRAY NOZZLES FOR DIRECTING OVERLAPPING SPRAYS OF CLEANSING AND RINSING FLUID AGAINST THE NAP SIDE OF THE RUG. BELT CONVEYING MEANS ARE POSITIONED TO RECEIVE THE RUG FROM THE FRAME AND MOVE SAME ADJACENT A PLURALITY OF HEATING ELEMENTS FOR DRYING THE RUG AND THE BELT CONVEYING MEANS MOVES THE HEATED AND DRIED RUG ADJACENT FAN MEANS FOR COOLING SAME.

Inventors

• 👤 Jeffrey K Bell

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