Inventors
Charles
Brooks - Street Sweeper Truck
Charles
Brooks of Newark,
New Jersey invented improvements to
street sweeper trucks that
he patented on March 17, 1896. His truck had revolving brushes attached
to the front fender and the brushes were interchangeable with scrapers
that could be used in winter for snow removal. Charles Brook also designed
an improved refuse receptacle for storing the collected garbage and litter
and a wheel drive for the automatic turning of the brushes and for powering
a lifting mechanism for the scrapers. (See patent following page)
 Charles
Brooks also patented an early paper punch, also called a ticket
punch. It was a ticket punchthat had a built-in receptacle on one
of the jars to collect the round pieces of waste paper and prevent
littering.
View the full
patents issued to Charles Brooks for his street sweeper and ticket
punch.
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