US 8,806,704 B2 · Automotive sweeper

Abstract

The invention relates to an automotive sweeper with wheels for traveling along a ground surface and with at least one sweeping brush rotatingly drivable for sweeping the ground surface and with a dirt container adapted to be acted upon with a vacuum by a suction unit via a suction conduit and connected to a suction port via an intake line for the purpose of receiving sweepings. In order to develop the sweeper further in such a manner that it achieves an improved cleaning result with as little use of energy as possible it is suggested in accordance with the invention that the suction conduit be integrated into the dirt container at least in sections, wherein the outlet of the intake line opening into the dirt container is arranged next to at least one inlet area of the suction conduit.

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Dependent claims

Automotive sweeper, comprising:

wheels for traveling along a ground surface,
at least one sweeping brush rotatingly drivable for sweeping the ground surface,
a dirt container adapted to be acted upon with a vacuum by a suction unit via a suction conduit and connected via an intake line to a suction port for receiving sweepings, and
a water tank connected to nozzles arranged in a region of the at least one sweeping brush for spraying water onto the ground surface to be swept,
wherein:
the suction conduit is integrated into the dirt container at least in sections,
an outlet of the intake line opening into the dirt container is arranged next to at least one inlet area of the suction conduit,
the water tank is of a trough-like design and forms a receptacle on an upper side, and
the dirt container engages in said receptacle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automotive sweeper

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