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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1990
Geoffrey B Rench, Racine, WI (US);
Racine Industries, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A carpet cleaning machine includes a pair of counter-revolving brushes for stroking the granules into and across the carpet fibers. A shroud is positioned above the brushes, has a bottom surface spaced from the brushes and generally forms a chamber around the brushes. The machine has at least one vacuum nozzle with its inlet opening into the chamber for creating a vacuum therein. The shroud terminates in a lower perimeter having a front edge, a rear edge and two side edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge. The side edges may be essentially in contact with the carpet at all times but at least the front edge and the rear edge are spaced upward from the carpet. Such front and rear edges define a granule exit opening between each edge and the carpet. A skirt is attached at the front edge and at the rear edge and each such skirt is movable with respect to such edge for closing the exit openings when removing granules from the carpet. The skirts thereby cause high velocity air to be drawn through and across the carpet fibers for more efficient removal of such granules.