Patent ID: 6692174
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
A device for sweeping across a substantially horizontal surface, the device comprising:a push broom having a broom head for sweeping across the horizontal surface and a handle attached thereto for pushing and conducting fluid to the broom head, said broom head including a plurality of water channels, a cavity, and a block with a plurality of bristles extending downwardly therefrom; a fluid motor housed in the cavity for receiving fluid from the handle and for pulsing the fluid through each of the plurality of water channels; and a plurality of nozzles connected to the block that receives the fluid from the fluid motor and discharges the fluid in a forward and downward direction in front of the broom head and onto the horizontal surface across which the broom head is to be swept, wherein the broom head further comprises a guard provided forward of a front vertical plane of each of the plurality of nozzles, the guard extending from a left side of the broom head to a right side of the broom head to protect the plurality of nozzles from damage when the broom head is thrust against a substantially vertical surface.