Patent ID: 7735176

Claim:
A sweeping machine, being a vehicle comprising a body supported by wheels, and a sweeping brush for sweeping litter and other debris, a pair of said wheels being carried by structure in which the distance between the wheels in said pair of wheels is adjustable, whilst the wheels are in contact with a road, so that the pair of wheels is set to a narrow track for sweeping and to a wide track for fast transport; wherein the said pair of wheels is steerable, the machine comprising a steering mechanism for steering the said pair of wheels wherein the pair of wheels is supported on a telescopic transverse axle beam, and each one of the pair of wheels is supported upon a wheel hub which is mounted upon a wheel hub carrier pivotally supported on upper and lower outrigger arms on the ends of the respective parts of the telescopic axle beam by means of upper and lower king pin wheel swivel ball joints.