Vacuum Cleaning Systems

About this eBook

Author

Cooley, M. S. (Maxwell Stephens), 1874-1949

Title

Vacuum cleaning systems : A treatise on the principles and practice of mechanical cleaning

Original Publication

United States: Heatin and Ventilation Magazine Company, 1913.

Credits

deaurider, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TH: Technology: Building construction

Subject

Vacuum cleaning

Category

Text

eBook-No.

70409

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70409

Release Date

March 29, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Vacuum Cleaning Systems
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.TABLES.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. History of Mechanical Cleaning. — Early Attempts. — Limitations of the Carpet Sweeper. — Compressed Air Cleaners. — Vacuum Produced by Compressed Air. — Compressed Air Supplemented by Vacuum. — Piston Pump the First Satisfactory Vacuum Producer. — Systems Using Vacuum Only. — Renovator with Inrush Slot. — Steam Aspirators Used as Vacuum Producers. — Piston Pump Used Without Separators. — First Portable Vacuum Cleaner. — First Use of Stationary Multi-Stage Turbine Blowers. — Separators Emptying to Sewer by Air Pressure. — Machines Using Root Blowers as Vacuum Producers.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. Requirements of an Ideal Vacuum Cleaning System. — Necessity and Proper Location of Stationary Parts.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. The Carpet Renovator. — Four Important Parts of Vacuum Cleaning System. — The Straight Vacuum Tool. — Renovator with Auxiliary Slot Open to Atmosphere. — Renovator with Two Cleaning Slots. — Renovator with Inrush Slots on Each Side. — Tests on Dirty Carpets. — Type A Renovator Most Efficient on Dirty Carpets. — Tests of Carpets “Artificially” Soiled. — Effort Necessary to Operate Various Types of Renovators. — Relative Damage to Carpets with Various Types of Renovators.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. Other Renovators.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. Stems and Handles.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. Hose. — Hose Couplings. — Hose Friction. — Effect of Hose Friction. — Most Economical Hose Size for Carpet and Floor Renovators. — Conditions for Plant of Small Power. — Limit of Length for Hose.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. Pipe and Fittings. — Hose Inlets. — Pipe Friction. — Determination of Proper Size Pipe. — Number of Sweepers to be Operated. — Number of Risers to be Installed. — Size of Risers.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. Separators. — Classification of Separators. — Primary Separators. — Secondary Separators. — Complete Separators. — Total Wet Separator.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. Vacuum Producers. — Types of Vacuum Producers. — Displacement Type. — Centrifugal Type. — Power Required to Produce Vacuum. — Reciprocating Pumps. — Rotary Pumps. — Centrifugal Exhausters. — Steam Aspirators.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. Control.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. Scrubbing Systems.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. Selection of Cleaning Plant. — Renovators. — Hose. — Pipe Lines. — Separators. — Vacuum Producers. — Control. — Class 1. — Class 2. — Class 3. — Class 4.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. Tests.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. Specifications. — CLASS 1 Plant for Residence or Small Office Building of One-Sweeper Capacity. — Modifications of Specifications when Alternating Current is Available. — CLASS 2 Plant for Large Office Building Having Pipe Lines of Moderate Length. — Modifications of Specifications when Alternating Current is Available. — CLASS 3 Large Installation with Unusually Long Pipe Lines. — Modifications of Specifications when Alternating Current is Available. — CLASS 4 Large or Small Plant Where Carpet Cleaning is of Secondary Importance. — CLASS 5 To Give Widest Competition. — Penalty. — For Capacity. — For Economy.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. Portable Vacuum Cleaners. — Transcriber’s Notes

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