Adjustable single lock gutter broom mechanism
First Claim
1. A gutter broom mechanism comprising an arm, a gutter broom, means for connecting said gutter broom to said arm for pivoting movement about two axes disposed generally normal to each other, means for locking said connecting means in any one of a plurality of different positions of said gutter broom relative to said arm, and said locking means including single locking means for simultaneously locking said connecting means to prevent pivoting movement about said two axes.
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Abstract
A gutter broom mechanism is adapted to be carried by the frame of a mobile road or like surface sweeping machine, a gutter broom carried by a first end of an arm having a second end mounted to the frame for movement such that the gutter broom can be moved between a first elevated position generally adjacent the frame and a second lower position generally outward of the frame in brushing engagement with a surface to be swept, the arm carrying a ball joint/yoke to which a threaded bolt is connected by a first pivot pin, the bolt passes through a collar having a spherical socket receiving a spherical surface of the yoke, the threaded bolt being connected by a nut to a bracket supporting a rotary gutter broom, and the threaded bolt and nut defining a single locking mechanism for holding the gutter broom in anyone of a plurality of predetermined positions of angular adjustment relative to an associated gutter or similar surface being swept.
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- 1. A gutter broom mechanism comprising an arm, a gutter broom, means for connecting said gutter broom to said arm for pivoting movement about two axes disposed generally normal to each other, means for locking said connecting means in any one of a plurality of different positions of said gutter broom relative to said arm, and said locking means including single locking means for simultaneously locking said connecting means to prevent pivoting movement about said two axes.
- 12. A gutter broom mechanism comprising an arm, a support carrying a gutter broom, first means connecting a rod to said arm, second means connecting said rod to said support, said first connecting means defining a first pivot, said second connecting means defining a second pivot, the axes of said first and second pivots being generally normal to each other whereby said gutter broom can pivot relative to said arm in two different planes, said gutter broom having an axis of rotation, and the axes of said first and second pivots lie in a plane which is normal to said axis of rotation in at least one position of said gutter broom.
- 26. A mobile road or like surface sweeping machine comprising a frame, an arm, said arm having opposite first and second end portions, a gutter broom carried by said arm first end portion, means mounting said arm second end portion to said frame for movement of said arm between first and second positions at which said gutter broom is respectively elevated generally adjacent said frame and lowered generally outward of said frame in brushing engagement with a surface to be swept, means for moving said arm between said first and second positions, means for connecting said gutter broom to said arm first end portion for pivoting movement about two axes disposed generally normal to each other, means for locking said connecting means in any one of a plurality of different positions of said gutter broom relative to said arm, and said locking means including single locking means for simultaneously locking said connecting means to prevent pivoting movement about said two axes.
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