Sweeping machine with material presentation system
AssigneeRoadtec, Inc.
InventorsChris Petty, Brent Michaels
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Abstract
A vehicular sweeping machine includes a frame and a broom assembly that is mounted to the frame. The broom assembly includes a broom enclosure and a broom having a generally cylindrical tube with attached bristles that is mounted in the broom enclosure and adapted to rotate about a generally horizontal axis. The broom assembly also includes a material presentation system that is adapted to move material on the roadway into contact with the broom in the form of a windrow that is located generally in front of the center of the broom assembly. The sweeping machine also includes a broom conveyor having a lower end that is disposed within the broom enclosure.
Claims16
A vehicular sweeping machine comprising:
- (a) a frame;
- (b) means for driving the vehicular sweeping machine in a forward sweeping direction along a roadway having a roadway surface;
- (c) a broom assembly that is mounted to the frame, said broom assembly having a front side and a center, and further comprising:
- (i) a broom enclosure;
- (ii) a broom comprising a generally cylindrical tube with attached bristles that is mounted in the broom enclosure and adapted to rotate about a generally horizontal axis;
- (iii) a material presentation system that is adapted to move material on the roadway surface into contact with the broom in the form of a windrow that is located in front of the center of the broom assembly, said material presentation system comprising a knock-down blade that is located on the front side of the broom assembly and above the roadway surface and is adapted to control a height of the material on the roadway surface that is contacted by the broom, and a rake which is located behind the knock-down blade and in contact with the roadway surface;
- (d) a broom conveyor having a lower end that is disposed within the broom enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.