Patent ID: 7025834
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
1. A gutter broom assembly for a street sweeper, said street sweeper having a vacuum system for moving air through a portion thereof, said gutter broom assembly comprising: a gutter broom housing coupled to the street sweeper; a gutter broom coupled to the street sweeper, said gutter broom being selectively movable relative to a ground surface between an operational orientation and a transport orientation; a skirt assembly attached to the gutter broom housing, said skirt assembly including a plurality of flexible skirt portions which are selectively movable relative to the ground surface, together the gutter broom housing and the skirt assembly define a sweeping chamber which substantially encloses the gutter broom; a vacuum conduit coupled between the sweeping chamber and the vacuum system, said vacuum conduit for removing dust within the sweeping chamber when the gutter broom is in its operational orientation, and wherein the flexible skirt portions are selectively pivoted relative to the gutter broom housing.