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Street sweeping apparatus

US4823423A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1986
Grant dateApr 25, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE01H1/045
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A street sweeping apparatus with a sweeping device (10), a sweepings container (6) and a pickup device (2) for feeding the sweepings from the street into the sweepings container (6). The street sweeping apparatus is characterized in that the sweeping device (10) and the pickup device (6) are parts of vehicle (1) suitable for use in normal traffic and the pickup device (2) is an independent unit, which can be detachably joined to the vehicle (1) for travel therewith. The intake opening of the housing (11) of the pickup device (2) is at the level of the street at the rear of the sweeping device (1) and the transfer opening of this housing (11) is connected in a dust-tight manner with the intake opening of the sweepings housing (6). Sweeping rollers (12 and 13) which mesh with each other in the manner of gear wheels are rotatably supported in the housing (11) to take up the sweepings and feed them to the sweepings container ( 6). The drive for the rollers (12 and 13) is obtained from the drive of the vehicle (1).

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