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Agitating bag rack and baffle structure for furnace cleaners

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-09-26
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Granted: 1975-12-16
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Expires: 1994-09-26
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Abstract

Abstract In a mobile-vacuum-furnace cleaner a bag assembly comprises a bag platform having a horizontally disposed plate-like deck mounted horizontally in the lower portion of the body below the air inlet, the bag platform having a multiplicity of tunnels and bag collars; a bag rack including a framework having means suspending the framework from the body on springs, and vacuum bags being mounted at their tops to the bag rack framework, and with their mouths mounted at the bag collars; and a baffle assembly comprises a multiplicity of horizontally disposed plates which, when parallel, form a horizontally oriented floor disposed distally below the bag platform, the baffle plates being mounted on pivots in the body and having means for actuating the rod to pivot the plates on the pivots.

Inventors

  • 👤 Claude M Coleman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 21:33
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L9/00; A47L9/20; B; B01; B01D; B01D46/00; B01D46/66; B01D46/74; B01D46/76; B01D46/02; B01D46/04; E; E01; E01H; E01H1/00; E01H1/08; E01H1/0827; E01H1/0836

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 191 words
A MOBILE-VACUUM-FURNACE CLEANER, BEING MOUNTED ON A VEHICLE CHASIS HAVING A SEALED BODY, A FAN AND MEANS FOR POWERING SAID FAN, AND A VACCUM INLET MOUNTED CENTRALLY IN ONE OF THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID BODY, COMPRISING: A BAG ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BAG PLATFORM HAVING A HARIZONTALLY DISPOSED PLATE-LIKE DECK MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID BODY BELOW SAID VACUUM INLET, SAID BAG PLATFORM HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF TUNNELS AND BAG COLLARS, A BAG RACK INCLUDING A FRAMEWORK HAVING MEANS SUSPENDING SAID FRAMEWORK BY SPRINGS FROM SAID BODY, AND VACUUM BAGS BEING MOUNTED AT THEIR TOPS TO SAID BAG RACK FRAMEWORK, AND WITH THEIR MOUTHS MOUNTED AT SAID BAG COLLARS; AND A BAFFLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF PLATES BEING MOUNTED ON PIVOTS WHICH ARE ALIGNED WITH THE HORIZONTAL PLANE TO SAID BODY, SAID PLATES BEING JUXTAPOSED AT INERVALS PERMITTING SAID PLATES, WHEN ORIENTED WITH THEIR WIDTH DIMENSIONS ALIGNED, TO FORM A FLOOR DISTALLY BELOW SAID BAG PLATIFORM, AND BELOW SAID VACUUM INLET, SAID BAFFLES HAVING DOWNWARDLY DOSPOSED CAPSTANS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO A CONNECTOR ROD HAVING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID ROD TO PIVOT SAID PLATES ON SAID PIVOTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 191 words
A MOBILE-VACUUM-FURNACE CLEANER, BEING MOUNTED ON A VEHICLE CHASIS HAVING A SEALED BODY, A FAN AND MEANS FOR POWERING SAID FAN, AND A VACCUM INLET MOUNTED CENTRALLY IN ONE OF THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID BODY, COMPRISING: A BAG ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BAG PLATFORM HAVING A HARIZONTALLY DISPOSED PLATE-LIKE DECK MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID BODY BELOW SAID VACUUM INLET, SAID BAG PLATFORM HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF TUNNELS AND BAG COLLARS, A BAG RACK INCLUDING A FRAMEWORK HAVING MEANS SUSPENDING SAID FRAMEWORK BY SPRINGS FROM SAID BODY, AND VACUUM BAGS BEING MOUNTED AT THEIR TOPS TO SAID BAG RACK FRAMEWORK, AND WITH THEIR MOUTHS MOUNTED AT SAID BAG COLLARS; AND A BAFFLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF PLATES BEING MOUNTED ON PIVOTS WHICH ARE ALIGNED WITH THE HORIZONTAL PLANE TO SAID BODY, SAID PLATES BEING JUXTAPOSED AT INERVALS PERMITTING SAID PLATES, WHEN ORIENTED WITH THEIR WIDTH DIMENSIONS ALIGNED, TO FORM A FLOOR DISTALLY BELOW SAID BAG PLATIFORM, AND BELOW SAID VACUUM INLET, SAID BAFFLES HAVING DOWNWARDLY DOSPOSED CAPSTANS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO A CONNECTOR ROD HAVING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID ROD TO PIVOT SAID PLATES ON SAID PIVOTS.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 61 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said baffle plates are connected in cooperating groups disposed to each side of said vehicle from each other, each of said groups of said plates being connected to a connector, said connector being actuated by a T-crank having its base journally mounted in said body, and its arms connected by push arms to said plates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 62 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said bag rack is mounted upon upstanding legs, each of said legs comprising an upstanding hollow tube, a shaft slidably carried at its lower portion by said tube, said framework being mounted at the uppermost terminAl end of said shaft, and a spring mounted between the lowermost terminal end of said shaft and in said tube.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 35 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said bag rack frame is mounted on a base fastened at corners of the roof of said body, and said springs are mounted between said base and said framework.

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