Portable scrubbing tool
AssigneeNuvite Chemical Compounds Corporation
InventorsFrank R. Lester, James Bullard
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AssigneeNuvite Chemical Compounds Corporation
InventorsFrank R. Lester, James Bullard
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A lightweight pneumatic powered portable scrubbing tool is disclosed having a scrubbing brush member that is rotated by a cylindrically-shaped elongated air powered motor. The brush member has a substantially circular mounting plate and a plurality of bristles affixed to a surface of the plate. At least a portion of the bristles are adjacent the periphery of the plate and are directed at an angle outwardly therefrom. The motor shaft is affixed to the brush member and supports the brush member. The motor housing is pivotably connected to an elongated main support pole, having an air supply hose disposed therewithin and along the length thereof. The air supply hose exits from a peripheral portion of the main support pole and is interconnected with the motor. A quick-disconnect fitting is mounted on an opposite end of the main support pole, i.e., remote from the motor, for interconnection with a fluid source, or a secondary main support pole. An auxiliary support pole is interconnected with the main support pole at a preselected position along the length of the main support pole. The auxiliary support pole is extensible.
A lightweight, portable, pneumatic powered scrubbing tool comprising a scrubbing brush member having a substantially circular mounting plate, and a plurality of bristles affixed to one surface of the plate, at least a portion of said bristles affixed to said plate adjacent the periphery thereof and directed at an angle outwardly therefrom, a pneumatic powered motor having a motor drive shaft connected to said plate for rotating said plate, said motor positioned adjacent the other surface of said plate, and of a size so as not to extend beyond the periphery of said plate, an elongated, tubular, main support pole, means for pivotally connecting one end of said main support pole to said motor, a flexible pneumatic fluid supply hose within said main support pole extending from the other end of said main support pole and through an opening defined in a peripheral portion of the main support pole and connected to said motor, said opening located adjacent said one end of the main support pole, a quick-disconnect pneumatic fitting connected to said fluid supply hose, said fitting mounted at the other end of said main support pole, an elongated, tubular, auxiliary support pole, and means for pivotally connecting said auxiliary support pole to said main support pole, whereby said main support pole and said auxiliary support pole are adapted to be simultaneously and manually held by an operator during a scrubbing operation.
A lightweight, portable, highly maneuverable, pneumatic powered scrubbing tool for scrubbing remote and irregularly shaped aircraft surfaces comprising a scrubbing brush member having a substantially circular mounting plate, and a plurality of bristles affixed to one surface of the plate, at least a portion of said bristles affixed to said plate adjacent the periphery thereof and directed at an angle outwardly therefrom, a compressed air-powered motor having a motor drive shaft connected to said plate for rotating said plate, said motor positioned adjacent the other surface of said plate, and of a size so as not to extend beyond the periphery of said plate so that said motor will not interfere with the surface to be scrubbed, said motor drive shaft extending from one end of the motor along its major axis, and fixedly connected to said plate for rotating said plate, said major axis of said motor extending substantially perpendicular to said plate, an elongated, tubular, main support pole, means for pivotally connecting one end of said main support pole to said motor so that said main support pole and motor are freely pivotable with respect to each other in use, a flexible pneumatic compressed-air supply hose within said main support pole extending from the other end of said main support pole and through an opening defined in a peripheral portion of the main support pole and connected to said motor, said opening located adjacent said one end of the main support pole, a pneumatic fitting connected to said supply hose, said fitting mounted at the other end of said main support pole, and a secondary main support extension pole for interconnection with said main support pole, comprising an elongated hollow pole, a second flexible pneumatic compressed-air supply hose within said hollow pole and interconnected with said pneumatic fitting for fluid communication with said first supply hose, said secondary extension pole coaxial with said main support pole.
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