Portable floor sweeper
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1. A floor sweeper comprising:
- a body having a periphery, a base, and a top;
a container for receiving debris;
first and second elongate rotary brushes mounted on the body;
a support mounted on the body and supporting the floor sweeper on a planar floor being cleaned by the floor sweeper, as the floor sweeper moves across the planar floor;
drive means for rotating the first and second brushes;
a torque transmitting device transmitting torque from the first brush to the second brush; and
first and second concavities in the base, adjacent the periphery of the body, whereinthe body holds, in each of the first and second concavities, a respective one of the first and second brushes,each of the first and second concavities has a mouth having a height, measured perpendicular to the planar floor,each of the first and second brushes has a periphery engaging or spaced apart from the planar floor such that debris entering through each mouth and engaged by one of the first and second brushes is propelled into the container, andthe height of the mouth of the first concavity is smaller than the height of the mouth of the second concavity such that debris too large to enter the mouth of the first concavity may enter the mouth of the second concavity.
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Abstract
A floor sweeper that picks up large particles without compromising the ability to collect dust. First and second rotary brush parts received in respective concavities in a base of the sweeper, have mouths disposed at different heights.
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1. A floor sweeper comprising:
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a body having a periphery, a base, and a top; a container for receiving debris; first and second elongate rotary brushes mounted on the body; a support mounted on the body and supporting the floor sweeper on a planar floor being cleaned by the floor sweeper, as the floor sweeper moves across the planar floor; drive means for rotating the first and second brushes; a torque transmitting device transmitting torque from the first brush to the second brush; and first and second concavities in the base, adjacent the periphery of the body, wherein the body holds, in each of the first and second concavities, a respective one of the first and second brushes, each of the first and second concavities has a mouth having a height, measured perpendicular to the planar floor, each of the first and second brushes has a periphery engaging or spaced apart from the planar floor such that debris entering through each mouth and engaged by one of the first and second brushes is propelled into the container, and the height of the mouth of the first concavity is smaller than the height of the mouth of the second concavity such that debris too large to enter the mouth of the first concavity may enter the mouth of the second concavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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