Patent ID: 7555801
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A cleaning machine having a main frame and a ground-engaging brush driven for sweeping a surface and moving debris trough a dirt transfer duct within a casing of said machine, the improvement comprising: a wall in said casing defining first and second dirt delivery openings; a carrier frame mounted to said main frame and located below said first and second dirt delivery openings; first and second dirt containers adapted to be removably positioned on said carrier frame, each container having an upper rim surrounding an associated container inlet opening; and control linkage carried by said main frame and connected to said carrier frame for moving said carrier frame between a raised use position in which said upper rim of each of said dirt containers engages said casing wall and seals therewith about an associated one of said first and second dirt delivery openings, and a lowered access position in which outer portions of said first and second containers are lowered to an access position, permitting exterior access thereto.