Patent ID: 6990709
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A vacuum sweeper for a floor scrubber comprising in combination: vacuum apparatus including a debris bag for accumulating debris from the vacuum apparatus; a vacuum head communicated to the vacuum apparatus, the vacuum head having a peripheral floor contacting wall and a gap defining a substantially constant interval over the floor; a debris ramp overlying the vacuum head at the gap for receiving debris; and, a debris bin communicated to the debris ramp having an opening to the ramp for receiving debris swept over the ramp; at least one brush at a side of the vacuum head to sweep the floor at the side of the vacuum head to the vacuum head; means for rotating the brush for sweeping debris to the vacuum head at the gap to vacuum the floor at the front of the sweeper and debris over the gap onto the ramp and into the debris bin; a bracket for mounting to a front of the floor scrubber to suspend the vacuum sweeper overlying the floor at a front of the floor scrubber; and, a suspension for permitting up-and-down movement of the vacuum sweeper relative to the bracket to maintain vacuum sweeper contact with the floor during up-and-down movement of the scrubber relative to the floor.