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Charles Brooks

Charles Brooks designed the street sweeper and patented it on March 17, 1896. If you could imagine the days where a man would manually have to sweep the streets with a long horizontal head broom, shovel and dustpan, one would quickly demise that this invention was not only a time saver but also extremely economical. There was less manual labor, less down time as we know what sweeping can do to ones back. Well, a man by the name of C.S. Bishop from Pennsylvania invented the first street sweeper on September 4, 1849. It was a towed attachment with a built-in rotating brush wheel. It was Charles Brooks who decided to improve on this design. He decided to make the job a lot easier. He decided that the regular way of cleaning the streets was too daunting and not very cost effective. So he decided to create a sort of broom or sweeper and attach this device to a truck, hence “Street sweeper Trucks became a lot like what you’re used to seeing today. Brooks was a black man from Newark, New Jersey. In March 17th, 1896 he patented his invention. His application for the patent was filed on April 20, 1895. The street sweeper could best be described as a truck frame mounted on the axles which are supported by front and rear wheels. There are drive-wheels for the sweeping and elevator mechanisms and an endless chain which travels around a sprocket-wheel and travels up to an additional sprocket-wheel. There is a squared shaft which is mounted at opposite ends in bearings in the upper parts of a pair of vertical standards consisting of the back or rear parts of the truck-frame and then sustained by braces, which extend from the standards to the truck-frame. The patent drawings go on to explain the complete composition of the invention. For those who are lost on the technical jabber, here it is in layman terms. The truck had brushes attached to the front fender which would revolve. These revolving brushes could interchange to a flat scrapper who could be used in the winter months for snow and ice Charles Brooks also patented a sort of paper puncher. He was the third to design his own. The first two were designed by Solyman Merrick in 1838 and Robert James Kellett in 1867. Brooks design looked similar to the hand held metal whole punchers of today; the ones which make single holes and look like an oversized nail clipper with a wide handle grip. His paper punch was called a “Ticket punch” and it had a built in waste holder(receptacle) to prevent a mess of round paper dots which would ordinarily fall to the floor.

Charles Brooks (Street Sweeper Truck and Ticket Punch)

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Charles Brooks-Scottsdale Community College 2011

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#8 Charles Brooks

6'5/225 TE/OLB St. Louis, MO Maplewood Richmond Heights HS.

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Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks at Cornerstone Assistance N

Check presentation from AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation to Cornerstone Assistance Network.

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Charles Brooks 8 9 12

Kansas Junior Charles Brooks speaks with the media on Day 8 of Fall Camp.

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The Darren Martin Show: SGA Edition-Charles Brooks and Ocoszio Jackson

Darren goes into Charles Brooks sophomore administration and Ocoszio's tenure in the SGA Senate. No edits. No startovers. Follow #TDMS at @tdms_auc.

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Elder Charles Brooks - God, should I be on fire?

Elder Charles Brooks preaches about being on fire for God and how God starts the fire in us and sustains it.

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FCCIOC Promo Clip Pastor Charles Brooks

FCCIOC Promo Clip Pastor Charles Brooks.

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Charles Brooks Redd July 11, 1930-January 27, 2013

Rest in Peace, Charles. We are so glad and very lucky you were with us for awhile.

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Charles Brooks On Dave Page

Charles Brooks, Lead Pastor of A Better Life Fellowship in Baltimore, MD comments on Dave Page Coaching and Launching Large.

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Charles Brooks - Solid. Solid as a rock - 2 of 3

Elder Charles Brooks preaches at Havertown SDA Church about being connected to the solid rock of Jesus Christ.

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A Tribute to the Life of Charles Brooks Redd

Charles Redd lived the life all of wish we had lived: dedicating his life to making the lives of others better, and being a voice for the voiceless. May he r...

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Modern Warfare 2 Rock Riff by Charles Brooks

Rock Riff written by Charles Brooks set to a Modern Warfare 2 video. Enjoy :)

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Pastor Charles Brooks;ROTMM, Fayetteville NC

More of u , Jesus...

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Charles Brooks, MD, Lawrence GI Consultants

Colonoscopy EGD (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy)

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Charles Brooks - The Blood - 3 of 4

Charles Brooks preaches about the life being in the blood. God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit flowing through our spiritual bodies to give us life.

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Morehouse SGA Presidential Debates 13: Charles Brooks II

Opening statements.

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Warren Eastons Symphonic Band performs J. P. Sousas Washington Post

The band is conducted by Mr Charles Brooks.

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Elder Charles Brooks

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2011 Charles E. Brooks Video - Dave Crosswell, CAW Local 200

Over 400 supporters of the labour community attended the the 2011 Labour Appreciation Night, held in partnership with the Windsor & District Labour Council a...

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Pastor Charles Brooks, Fayetteville NC

Spiritual Awakening...

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JPS Press Conference - Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks

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Charles Brooks Quotes

What was your favorite Charles Brooks quote? 'Like' and leave a comment below, then jump over to http://quotetank.com/quotes-by/charles-brooks and make a lis...

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