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| VOLUME XI. | NEW-YORK, MARCH 29, 1856. | NUMBER 29· |
THE
Scientific American,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
At 123 Fulton Street N.Y. (Sun Buildings.)
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has been employed in Europe for cleaning tbe principal thoronghfares of the larger dties
For many years past the aid of mechanism a
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period that such apparatuses have been regu introduced in this country.
but it is only within
comparatively short Indeed,
Philadelphia, we believe,is the only city where street sweeping machws have found a per
manent employment. J,ast year an attempt was made to intr odu them into N cw York, and, tor a srason, one portion of the city was assigned to their usc. The locality thus set otf soon presented 1I le nly appetlJ"llnce pre
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In onr opinion the time is not far distant when hand sweeping in the streets will be wholly superseded by mechanism. nC'ltnpss
tion will contribute greatly to the health and of our towns and cities.
Its liberal adop
are, to a great extent, copied from those em ployed in London.
The machines heretofore used in this conntry They consist of large
boxed up vehicles, the sweeping being done hy a revolving brush, which sweeps the dirt up an inclined plane into the box. the hox fills, the machine is and its load is dumped. Whenever away vehi The taken
cles in question are large, heavy, and clumsy; and in most cases the power necessary for operation is so great as to impose very severe tasks upon the horses. ' Messrs St John and Brown, or LeonarUs posits it on the ground again, in winrows, as to wheel 0, the pin of which, P, traverses 1n' re the inventors and patentees; ilie " N. The revolving brush is, to some extent, ob shown; thus collected it is easily shovelled slot Q. In the forward movement of rod M v . . can b e ob jectionable, one reason being that it cannot up into dnmping carts and taken away. I is th e broom b aT L ,IS depressed, and the brooms from them any further mformation ' , Their P atent bears date Nov. 20, do clean work. Its high velocity carries a a shaft, which gives motion, through suitable thus brought in contact with the ground; on tained
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portion of the dirt clear over and throws it gearing, to the belt, IT. Shaft I receives its the backward movement of 11 the broom b r, 18ti(j. ------- .. . - -.... --- back upon the ground; this is especially apt power from the main shaft, J, with which it L, is elevated, and the brooms lifted from the Prcscr1'in:: Fur. to occur when the ground is a little muddy or connects, by means of pinions. These pinions earth; this motion is almost exactly the same . A solution of alum and corrosive snbli wet. This kind of machine also creates con are connected with clutches, and the latter are as that given to a broom by a person sweepmg mate applied to fur, keeps it from coming off. siderable dust unless the street is well moist operated by the lever, K. When it is desired in the common manner. It must be obvious An ounce of corr02ive sublimate and an onnce ened with water. to change the direction of belt, IT, so as to that such an arrangement insures clean and of alum are dissolved in a pint of rain water, In the improvements herewith illustrated form the dirt winrows on the other side of the thorough work. and this is applied to the roots of the fur with the inventors have endeavored to avoid all of machine, the driver moves lever K. By the The hight of the back end of the machine is if possible it should be also the objections named, and also to obtain ad same lever the whole machinery may be in- regulated by turning the hand nut, R, which is a sponge; and applied on the inside of the fur. This solution ditional advantages, unknown in any other stantly thrown out of gear and stopped. attached to the shank of wheel, B; the presapplied to fur capes, victorines, &c. , before apparatus for the same purpose. The brooms, F, are all separate; their hanks, sure of the brooms upon the ground is thus ad they are laid past during warm weather, it is The machine consists of II light three F', are attached to the cross bar, L, the ends justed with great convenience. said, will effectually prevent the attacks of wheeled vehicle, of the general form exhibited of which fasten to the connecting rod, M. The If desirahle, scrapers may be substituted in moths. Many valuable articles of fur are de in the engraving. A A are the driving wheels, broom shanks, F', are adjusted by the screws, place of the brooms, and mud may be thus stroyed every season by moths; if such arti by which all the sweeping machinery is put in 1', so that if one broom is shorter, or bec meS The elasticity removed with great facility. ? cles are treated as described, then hung up to motion. B is a steering wheel, used to sup worn, more than another, it may be qUIckly given to each broom shank would also ren dry in a room for a few days; they may be port and guide the back end of the frame. let down to an even line with the others, or a der the scrapers effecive. For some of the then wrapped in glazed linen, and laid past Wheel B is ingeniously connected with an up new broom substituted. The broom s have a Western cities this arrangement might often with perfect safety. The corrosive sublimate right crank standard, C, in front, on the draft spring connection with their bar, L, (not be valuable; in New York it certa nly would. being a virulent poison, is the grand protec tongue of the machine. The cranks of B and shown) which permits them, when stones or This machine appears to combme ususual tive. It must be kept out of the reach of C are connected by means of rod D, which is other obstructions happen to be in the way, to facilities and capabilities. It is simple and children and thoughtless persons. slotted, and has a fulcrum at E, as shown , spring back, and thus pass over the impedi- strong in all its parts; light and easy of .. . therefore, whenever the tongue on which stand ment; each broom being separate acts inde- draft; convenient and economical in uB e; A Good Notice on Both Eides. . ard. C, rests is moved, the steering wheel, B, pendently, so that if the obstacle presents it- thorough and effective under nearly all Cl A correspondent-J. Gray-writing to us will be correspondently turned ; the machine self before only one broom the position of the cu mstances and conditions of the streets; It from Dundas, C. W., says: "I got one of Car is thus enabled to describe a very short circle, other will not be altered. The angle at which strikes us as being much superior to any other penter's Rotary Pumps through a notice I and to turn with great ease. the brooms are set may be easily varied, so as machines of the same class that we have seen; saw in your paper; it is invaluable; has been The sweeping is done by means of reciproto cause them to sweep obliquely, if desired. its merits, we believe, will sooner or later up six months, pumping hot water every day, cating brooms, F, which move back and forth This separate adjustment of each broom is an give it a very extensive introduction. Good and I have never touched a screw about it. It over the surface of the ground, sweeping the important and valuable feature. street sweeping machines arc wanted' in near- has paid for itself and my paper, long ago." dirt up the small inclined leaf, G, on to the ... - .. Bar L receives reciprocating motion from ly every city in the country; we shall be dis endless revolving helt, IT; the latter carries A little sugar dissolved in any writing ink rod M and crank N, the latter being attached appointed if the present improvement does not the dirt to one side of the machine, and de-
changes it into II. suitable copying ink. to main shllft J. One end of rod M is attached carry off the palm.
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