Sweeper system for lawn mowing

For a grass mowing machine used in the care of golf course greens in which the grass mowing machine has at least one mower assembly forming a part thereof, an improved sweeper system, comprising:

• a sweeper stuctural support member having a forward end and a rearward end and having the forward end affixed to a mower assembly, the sweeper structural support member extending generally horizontally from the sweeper assembly;
• an elongated broom having a horizontal headboard with a top and bottom surface and bristles extending downwardly form said bottom surface;
• an elongated stuctural head member affixed to said broom headboard top surface and having opposed outer ends;
• a cylindrical vertical shaft having a lower and an upper end, the lower end being affixed to said structural head member at a point intermediate said outer ends thereof, the shaft extending in the direction opposite said broom bristles;
• a bearing trunnion affixed to said stuctural support member adjacent said rearward end thereof and rotatably receiving said shaft;
• means to rotatably secure said shaft to wide structural support member;
• means to elevationally position the spacing of said broom relative to said structural support member;
• a first elastic member having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end being secured to the mower assembly and the rearward end being secured to said structural head member adjacent one of said outer ends thereof;
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• a second elastic member having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end being secured to the mower assembly and the rearward end being secured to said structural head member adjacent the other of said ends thereof.