Patent ID: 6041463
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
A ground supported power tool for sweeping support surfaces including sidewalks, driveways and the like comprising:a cylindrical brush component defining a longitudinal axis that is horizontally disposed;a handle component extended from the brush component as supported on a support surface so as to be gripped by an operator in a standing position;a power source component;said brush component mounted to one end of the handle component and the power source mounted to the handle component and having a power drive interconnected to the brush component and rotating the brush component about its horizontally disposed axis;said brush component comprising a cylindrical core having an axis and a circumferential surface, and bristles secured to the core and arranged on said core to project radially an equal distance from the core and substantially perpendicular to the axis of the core to define an outer cylindrical surface of bristle ends, said bristles arranged in a pattern having side by side adjacency around the circumference and in closely spaced relation axially throughout the circumferential area of the core whereby as a result of the bristles being fanned automatically in the circumferential direction, the bristle ends are substantially evenly disbursed axially and circumferentially across the outer cylindrical surface;said tool being wheelless and having a determined weight, and said bristles of said brush as structurally arranged on said core having a density sufficient for supporting said weight on the tip ends of the bristles, and in an operating mode the bristles bending sufficiently to provide a digging and flipping action.