Apparatus for cleaning bristled structures
AssigneeGerber Garment Technology, Inc.
InventorHeinz J. Gerber
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Abstract
Cleaning apparatus for removing foreign material lodged between the bristles of a bristle pad includes a cabinet, a grid mounted in fixed position within the cabinet, and a cage supported for reciprocal movement within the cabinet for carrying the pad and cyclically impacting it against the grid. An exhaust fan draws air through the cabinet and across and through the grid to remove foreign material from the cabinet.
Claims15
Apparatus for cleaning a bristled structure to remove foreign material lodged between the bristles thereof, said apparatus comprising means for alternately accelerating the bristled structure to elevated speed in one and an opposite direction generally parallel to the direction of bristle extent, including means for supporting the bristled structure and accelerating it in said one direction and means defining one abutment in the path of the bristled structure travel in said one direction for abruptly halting the travel of the bristled structure while it is travelling at elevated speed in said one direction and fo accelerating the bristled structure in said opposite direction, and means defining another abutment in the path of bristled structure travel in said opposite direction for abruptly halti travel of the bristled structure while it is travelling at elevated speed in said opposite direction, said supporting means being movable in said opposite direction toward said other abutment defining means and to a position in said opposite direction beyond said other abutment defining means.
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