Surface maintenance equipment
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1. Surface maintenance equipment comprising:
- body structure and a plurality of wheels supporting said body structure, said body structure including a hopper, a downwardly opening housing defining a debris pickup chamber, and means for conveying debris from said pickup chamber to said hopper, said pickup housing including downwardly extending skirt means for partially sealing around the perimeter of said pickup chamber, at least a portion of said skirt means comprising in cross-section a substantially closed S-shaped stabilizing member and a vertically oriented skirt overlying said stabilizing member, said stabilizing member and skirt being comprised of a resilient material, whereby said stabilizing member resiliently urges said skirt into sealing engagement with the surface being maintained.
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Abstract
The present invention provides surface maintenance equipment, such as for sweeping lawns, such equipment including a skirt structure for the debris pickup housing.
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1. Surface maintenance equipment comprising:
body structure and a plurality of wheels supporting said body structure, said body structure including a hopper, a downwardly opening housing defining a debris pickup chamber, and means for conveying debris from said pickup chamber to said hopper, said pickup housing including downwardly extending skirt means for partially sealing around the perimeter of said pickup chamber, at least a portion of said skirt means comprising in cross-section a substantially closed S-shaped stabilizing member and a vertically oriented skirt overlying said stabilizing member, said stabilizing member and skirt being comprised of a resilient material, whereby said stabilizing member resiliently urges said skirt into sealing engagement with the surface being maintained. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
body means supported on a plurality of wheels, a hopper and a vacuum fan carried by said body means, power means for driving said wheels and said vacuum fan, a downwardly opening housing defining a sweeping chamber, said housing being supported by said body means and communicating with said hopper, said vacuum fan acting to vacuumize said housing, said housing having sealing skirt assemblies around the periphery thereof, the skirt assembly disposed along the forward side of said housing comprising a vertically disposed resilient sheet providing a skirt and a stabilizing member disposed behind said sheet, said stabilizing member comprising in cross-section a forward vertical wall portion, and integral lower arcuate wall portion, an integral diagonal wall portion, an integral upper arcuate wall portion and an integral depending wall portion. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. Surface maintenance equipment comprising:
body structure and a plurality of wheels supporting said body structure, said body structure including a hopper, a downwardly opening housing defining a debris pickup chamber, and means for conveying debris from said pickup chamber to said hopper, said pickup housing including downwardly extending skirt means for partially sealing around the perimeter of said pickup chamber, at least a portion of said skirt means comprising in cross-section a substantially closed S-shaped member, said member being a resilient material, whereby said member provides sealing engagement with the surface being maintained.
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