Patent ID: 8656544
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A floor sweeper comprising: (a) two or more rotation elements arranged side by side in an interlocked manner along a rotation axle, said rotation axle being supported within a front housing so that the rotation elements are rotatable by a drive means in a forward direction, where the rotation elements are adapted to rotate as a single assembly around the rotation axle; (b) rotation elements each comprising an axis piece defining an axial bore which supports the rotation element on the rotation axle and from which axially extend two or more rotation arms of equal length which terminate in a spatulate paddle, said spatulate paddles being substantially wider than the rotation arms and are adapted to terminate in extended edges generally parallel to the axial bore; (c) the front housing extending upward to a user handle and downwardly defining a sweeping opening adapted so that, upon rotation of the rotation elements, a lower portion of said spatulate paddles extend beyond lowest edges of the front housing and sweep across a floor surface upon which the floor sweeper is adapted to move; (d) a set of wheels adapted to allow a user to cause the floor sweeper to be pushed and pulled across the floor surface in a direction normal to the rotation axle; (e) a waste receptacle housing defining a waste opening in a front end and a waste receiving space rearward of the waste opening, where a front portion of the waste receptacle is secured so that the waste opening opens to the interior of the front housing so that the spatulate paddles of step (c), after sweeping said floor surface, sweep upwardly across the waste opening so that particles swept from the floor surface are released into the waste receiving space; and (f) wherein the front housing is rotatable about the rotation axle with respect to the waste receptacle.