Patent ID: 8505161
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: A47L,B01D

Abstract:
1. A road sweeper with a rotatingly drivable sweeping brush and a sweepings container as well as a suction blower in flow communication with the sweeping brush via a suction conduit and an intake duct for the purpose of taking in dust-containing air, and with at least one filter for separating dust from the air drawn in, wherein the at least one filter can be acted upon on the clean side with external air subject to pressure and stored in a pressure container via at least one external air valve for the purpose of cleaning, wherein the pressure container has a pressure container wall located opposite the clean side of the at least one filter, the at least one external air valve being arranged on said wall, and wherein a section of the suction conduit extends between the pressure container wall and the clean side of the at least one filter.