Dual brush floor sweeper
US4357727A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 1980 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47L11/4041
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A floor sweeper has a pair of brush rollers, each sweeping into its own dust pan. Each brush roller has different debris pickup characteristics, with one brush roller tending to be more efficient in picking up large debris and the other roller tending to be more efficient in picking up smaller debris. The illustrated embodiment discloses a front brush roller of the off-center tufted type which rotates continuously toward its respective pan during reciprocal sweeper translation, with a relatively high free-wheeling rotation in one direction of sweeper translation. The rear brush roller is of the wire twist type and also rotates continuously toward its pan during reciprocal sweeper translation, but with relatively low rolling rotation in one direction of sweeper movement.
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