MOTOR STREET-CLEANER.

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 11

MOTOR STREET-CLEANER.

The Americans .have evolved a. successful and economical petrol-driven street-cleaner. It is claimed that this machine does the work of four horsedrawn sweepers, and cleans the streets at a cost of 3^d per thousand yards, including the upkeep charge. An 80-gal-lori water tank under a 601b pressure serves to provide a powerful stream of water to lour nozzles in front Of the machine. The water is forced out in a fine spray, wetting down the dust so that it can be picked up by a revolving brush eight feed wide, and carried by a conveyor to a large container, in front. The container,, which is provided with a hinged top, has a capacity equal to that of two ordinary dirfc wagons. The propulsive power for this street sweeper is supplied by a 40 h6rse-power engine located in a hood at the rear. Connected to this engine is an air pump which pro' duces the ■ pressure for the water tank, while a chain-and-sprocket drive revolves the large brush and the conveyor arrangement. Two speeds are provided with forward and reverse drive, and the vehicle is said to develop a speed of 10 miles an hour. It cleans the street pave* ment to within 16 inches of the kerb, that part being left to the street sweepers. It is reported by communities which have tried the new sweeper that it is far superior to any other form of street cleaning.