Front mount magnetic sweeper apparatus

A front-mount mechano-hydraulic magnetic sweeper apparatus, configured for attachment to an industrial vehicle for magnetic sweeping of metallic debris, the apparatus comprising:

• a frame;
• an attachment bracket configured for attachment of the frame to the industrial vehicle;
• a hanging magnet connected to the front of the apparatus;
• a metallic bottom pan configured as the bottom surface of the hanging magnet configured for magnetic attachment of metallic debris;
• a hydraulic assembly configured for moving the components of the apparatus from a sweeping position to a clean-off position;
• a plurality of storage bins on the frame to store metallic debris;
• a pair of front wheels;
• a pair of front wheel forks connecting the front wheels to the frame;
• a pair of ropes connecting the hanging magnet to the frame of the apparatus;
• an extension spring for holding the metallic bottom pan up against the bottom surface of the magnet;
• wherein the magnetic sweeper apparatus is configured to be deployed in a sweeping position to a clean-off position;
• wherein in the sweeping position, the magnetic sweeper apparatus is deployed whereby the front wheels are close to the ground and the hanging magnet is parallel to the ground and metallic debris is collected at the bottom pan using magnetic force;
• wherein in a vertical clean off position, the magnet is lifted vertically and the pan is held down by the nylon rope thereby creating a weaker magnetic force, allowing gravity to clean off the metallic debris away from magnetic sweeper attachment and having the metallic debris deposited into the storage bin.