Ceramic powered steel shot magnetic sweeper apparatus

A method of sweeping metallic debris, using a continuous discharge ceramic powered magnetic sweeper apparatus, the apparatus comprising a handle, a frame, a support wheel, a frontal debris bin, drive wheels, a finned tube housing a magnetic assembly, the method comprising the steps of:

• operating the apparatus forwards;
• attracting metallic debris on the ground to the bottom surface of the apparatus;
• lifting the metallic debris in the rotation of operation as the drive wheel rotates the finned tube as the housing rotates in the same direction;
• and
• depositing the metallic debris into the debris bin;
• wherein the magnet is continuously cleaned off as the magnetic sweeper apparatus is pushed forwards in the direction of operation;
• wherein magnetic debris picks up by the magnet assembly and is deposited in the frontal debris bin;
• wherein the apparatus design utilizes magnetic field differences created by the magnet position and angle to achieve the automatic pick-up and drop-off of debris at different locations of the magnetic assembly;
• wherein the magnetic assembly further comprises two or more ceramic magnet blocks;
• wherein the ceramic magnet blocks are magnetized in alternating directions, alternating between south and north, creating stronger points in the magnetic field along the magnet assembly;
• wherein the magnetic assembly is located between the drive wheels.