Patent ID: 8914933

Claim:
A broom assembly for attachment to a vehicle, which assembly is adapted to rotate a brush having a tubular core, said broom assembly comprising: (a) a center section; (b) a pair of side plates, including a left side plate and a right side plate; (c) a pair of hubs, including an idle hub on one of the side plates and a drive hub on the other of the side plates, said pair of hubs defining a core axis about which the brush is rotated; (d) a first linear actuator that is adapted to move the left side plate with respect to the center section along an axis that is parallel to the core axis between a left open position and a left closed position; (e) a second linear actuator that is adapted to move the right side plate with respect to the center section along an axis that is parallel to the core axis between a right open position and a right closed position.