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Debris collecting mechanism

  • US 4,457,036 A
  • Filed: 09/10/1982
  • Issued: 07/03/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A maintenance machine used to simultaneously sweep and scrub floor surfaces, comprising movable body means including a forward end, at least two substantially side-by-side disc brushes carried by said body means, said brushes including a forwardmost brush positioned slightly ahead of a rearwardmost brush, said brushes rotating in the same rotational direction as determined by the forward edge of the forwardmost brush with said rearwardmost brush sweeping generally towards the forwardmost brush;

  • a housing attached to said forward end, said housing comprising a rearwardly opening hopper for containing debris swept therein by said brushes; and

    means for receiving debris, said receiving means being mounted intermediate said hopper and said brushes adjacent said rearward opening for receiving debris swept forwardly by said brushes.

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