Popular science monthly . tothe drum, the brush being chain-pro-pelled by the engine of the motor-cycle. By pressing forward another lever thedriver is able at a moments notice andwithout dismounting to turn the drum,which has a capacity of about fourbushels, so that its contents will fallin a pile upon the street. Provision has been made for thissweeper to carry along its own dirt-wagon. This is done by simply The Motor-Cycle Street-Sweeper AN innovation in street-u sweepers has just ap-peared in Los Angeles, Cal-ifornia. It is the combinedinvention of T. C. Girton,F. C. Hoffer and J.
Popular science monthly . tothe drum, the brush being chain-pro-pelled by the engine of the motor-cycle. By pressing forward another lever thedriver is able at a moments notice andwithout dismounting to turn the drum,which has a capacity of about fourbushels, so that its contents will fallin a pile upon the street. Provision has been made for thissweeper to carry along its own dirt-wagon. This is done by simply The Motor-Cycle Street-Sweeper AN innovation in street-u sweepers has just ap-peared in Los Angeles, Cal-ifornia. It is the combinedinvention of T. C. Girton,F. C. Hoffer and J. of that city and isa combination of an ordi-nary twin-cylinder motor-cycle and a sweeping aji-paratus. The engine in themotor-cycle furnishes the moli\-e powerby wliich the entire outfit is driven. It is a one-man machine, while thegasoline, oil and brush, which are itsonly other continual expenses, are hardlylarge enough to be worth may be operated from two to twentymiles an hour, while at the eight-mile. Tl)is machine sweeps ;i slrtxt \\itli«>iil dust as a hand sweeper im fastening that part of the outfit to therear of the motor-cycle. If at an>- timethe sweeper mechanism should gi\e anytrouble, the simple pushing forward of alever at the tlrivers side lifts a metal traywhich covers the brush and receivingside of the drum, placing it immediatelyoi)en for examination. Popular Science Monthly 201 A Luminous Life-Belt for Rescueat Night TWO electric Hash lamps wrapped ina casing inipcr\icnis to water can heattached to an\ one o{ the several t\ pesof life-prescr\ers and be made to liglita iierson in the water at nij;ht antl thusfacilitate rescue. Furthermore, the lampsmay be so constructed that in case it isdesirable to throw overboard any type ofbuoyant life-preserver, the lights maybe switched on immediately before cast-ing on the water, so that a person indanger of drowning can see his way. The preser\er may be fitted with oneor more lamps, as desired.
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