Patent ID: 8082625

Claim:
A pick-up head for a mobile sweeping vehicle, said pick-up head comprising: a housing defining a substantially hollow interior and having a front, a back, a left end and a right end, a top and a bottom, and a suctioning bottom opening for suctioning dust and small debris into said substantially hollow interior of said housing; a dust and debris outlet in said housing for permitting dust and debris to be suctioned from said substantially hollow interior of said housing into a hopper; a first gutter broom mounted within said housing adjacent a selected one of said left end and said right end, for sweeping dust and small debris inwardly away from said selected one of said left end and said right end and towards said dust and debris outlet; selectively operable motor means for rotating said first gutter broom, a first gutter broom opening in said housing at said selected one of said left end and said right end, for accessing debris therethrough; wherein said first gutter broom is disposed at said first gutter broom opening, to thereby extend partially beyond said selected one of said left end and said right end, thus allowing said first gutter broom to sweep against a generally vertically disposed surface; and, wherein said first gutter broom opening extends inwardly, at the front of said housing, away from the selected one of said left end and said right end of said housing, to permit said first gutter broom to receive higher accumulations and larger sizes of debris.