Dust pan side wall for carpet sweeper
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1. A carpet sweeper comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of sides, one of said sides comprising a flip-down door, said door having top and bottom edges, said bottom edge being hingedly affixed to said housing, said top edge comprising a tab, said tab cooperating with said housing to secure said door in a closed position, means in said housing to collect dust from a sweeping means, said door selectively swingable outwardly from said housing about said hinged bottom edge to an open position to provide for discharge of dust from said collecting means; and
,a pivoting handle having a lower end attached to said housing.
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Abstract
A carpet sweeper comprises a housing, brushes, wheels fixed to the housing, and a pivotable handle attached to the housing. The housing contains a plurality of sides, one of which is a flip-down door. The door has hinges along a bottom edge. The top edge comprises a tab which cooperates with the top of the housing to selectively secure the door in a closed position. The tab is selectively manually deformable outwardly and downwardly from the top of the housing to swing the door into an open position. The housing includes flanges to secure the trays within the housing.
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1. A carpet sweeper comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of sides, one of said sides comprising a flip-down door, said door having top and bottom edges, said bottom edge being hingedly affixed to said housing, said top edge comprising a tab, said tab cooperating with said housing to secure said door in a closed position, means in said housing to collect dust from a sweeping means, said door selectively swingable outwardly from said housing about said hinged bottom edge to an open position to provide for discharge of dust from said collecting means; and
,a pivoting handle having a lower end attached to said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A carpet sweeper comprising:
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a housing, said housing having a plurality of sides, a top, and a base, one of said sides being a door, said housing having a first central flange extending downwardly from an inner surface of said housing and extending perpendicularly to said door, a vertical extension extending upwardly from said base; a second central flange extending downwardly from said inward surface of said housing, said second central flange being spaced from and parallel to said first central flange, said central flanges receiving therebetween said vertical extension from said base; a sweeping means; a means in said housing to collect dust from said sweeping means; said first central flange, said second central flange, and said vertical extension acting in combination to secure said collecting means; a removable slide tray, said tray being selectively removable from said housing through said door, said tray having inner and outer side walls and first and second end walls, when said tray is within said housing said first central flange fitting adjacent said inward side wall; and
,a pivotable handle connected to said top of said housing. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A carpet sweeper comprising:
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a housing, said housing having a plurality of sides, a top, and a base, one of said sides being a door, said housing having a peripheral flange extending downwardly from an inner surface of said housing and extending generally perpendicularly to said door; a sweeping means; a means in said housing to collect dust from said sweeping means; a dust tray slidably mounted in said housing, said dust tray being removable from said housing through said door, said dust tray having inner and outer side walls and distal and proximate end walls, when said dust tray is within said housing, said peripheral flange being located adjacent an interior surface of said dust tray outer side wall to secure said dust tray within said housing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. In a carpet sweeper having a housing containing brushes, a gear mechanism to transfer power from wheels to said brushes, a removable dust tray, and a pivotable handle connected to said housing, the improvement comprising:
said housing having a plurality of sides, one of said sides comprising a flip down door, said door having top and bottom edges, said bottom edge being hingedly fixed to said housing, said top edge comprising a tab, said tab cooperating with said housing to secure said door in a closed position, said door selectively swingable outwardly from said housing about said hinged bottom edge to an open position.
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