Patent ID: 8060978

Claim:
A sweeper comprising a vehicle, a blower housing and a hopper carried by said vehicle, means for supporting said hopper for movement between a first sweeping position and a second dumping position, means for supporting said blower housing for movement between a first sweeping position and a second dumping position, means for moving said hopper from the first position toward the second position thereof, means for moving said blower housing from the first position toward the second position thereof, an opening in said blower housing and an opening in said hopper through which media flows when said blower housing and hopper are each in the first position thereof, and means for increasing the distance between the blower housing and the hopper upon rotational movement of said blower housing about a substantially horizontal axis from the first position thereof toward the second position thereof thereby providing clearance for hopper movement from the first sweeping position to the second dumping position.