Patent ID: 8136193

Claim:
A debris collection vehicle having a chassis and a cab comprising: a broom linkage assembly connected to the chassis, the broom linkage assembly enabling a broom tilt, position, and rotation; a broom connected to the broom linkage assembly for cleaning a cleaning surface; and a broom controller configured to control the broom linkage, the broom controller including a memory for storing a set of current broom tilt angle, position, and rotation, the set of current broom tilt angle, position and rotation being one of a plurality of sets of broom tilt angle, position and rotation stored in the memory; whereby the broom controller can recall any of the plurality of sets of broom tilt angle, position, and rotation and control the broom linkage based on the recalled broom tilt angle, position and rotation to redeploy the broom to the recalled broom tilt angle, position and rotation, whereby each time any one set of the plurality of sets of broom tilt angle, position, and rotation is recalled, the broom controller redeploys the broom to a same set of broom tilt angle, position and rotation as for a previous recall of the one set of broom tilt angle, position and rotation.