Vehicle for cleaning pavements

• US 3,939,528 A
• Filed: 05/13/1974
• Issued: 02/24/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Igal Mossinsohn
• Original Assignee: Igal Mossinsohn
• Inventors: Mossinsohn, Igal
• Primary Examiner(s): Hornsby, Harvey C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Moore, Christopher K.
• Application Number:
  US05/469,152
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 15/340, 15/354
• US Class Current: 15/354
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 1/0836 Apparatus dislodging all of the dirt by suction liquids or semi-liquids E01H1/108; combined with loosening by blowing E01H1/0863; for cleaning rails E01H8/105, E01H8/125; removing snow by suction E01H5/106, E01H8/08; Suction nozzles independent suction nozzles in mechanical dislodging-cleaning devices E01H1/0827; suction and blowing nozzles E01H1/0863

Abstract

A vehicle for cleaning pavements or narrow places comprising a motorcycle, tri-cycle or four-wheel narrow vehicle having at least on one side at the front or rear thereof an elongated funnel through which dirt is drawn by means of a vacuum pump into a container on the vehicle. The funnel is retractable when the vehicle encounters an obstruction.

Claims

1. A light, versatile vehicle for cleaning narrow passages, comprising:

a. two wheels secured to the vehicle, which comprise the sole support for the vehicle, and which are arranged in tandem fashion, the forward wheel being steerable,

b. at least one elongated rectangular funnel pivotably fastened to a side of the vehicle at the rear part thereof,

c. a dust collecting container carried on the vehicle and removably connected to the rear part thereof behind said at least one funnel,

d. a vacuum pump and a motor for operating the same, both mounted onto the vehicle,

e. means associated with the pump for providing communication between the said at least one funnel and the container,

f. means for deflecting the said at least one funnel up to an angle of 90 °

relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and

means for retracting the said at least one funnel upon encountering an obstruction to lie adjacent the side of the vehicle.

whereby the vehicle is capable of moving in sharp curves while cleaning sidewalks, narrow passages and insides of containers.

2. A vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one funnel comprises two funnels of said configuration, each funnel respectively fastened in said manner, to a side of the vehicle at the rear part thereof.

3. A vehicle as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means for retracting the said at least one funnel comprise a hydraulic cylinder and piston pivotably connected between the said side of the vehicle and the said at least one funnel.

4. A vehicle as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means for retracting the said at least one funnel comprise a pneumatic cylinder and piston pivotably connected between the said side of the vehicle and the said at least one funnel.