Patent ID: 7080953

Claim:
A device for sweeping across a substantially horizontal surface, the device comprising: a push broom having a broom head for sweeping across the horizontal surface and a handle attached thereto for pushing and conducting liquid to the broom head, the broom head comprising a block having a lower surface, the lower surface of the block including a plurality of bristles extending downward therefrom, the block further comprising an upper surface above the lower surface, a front surface and a back surface; a spray bar made of a molded plastic material connected to the block, the spray bar comprising a front surface and a back surface, the spray bar extending from a left side of the block to a right side of the block; a water channel positioned within the spray bar for receiving a flow of the liquid from the handle, the water channel having a front surface; a plurality of nozzles connected to the water channel for receiving the liquid and for expelling the liquid under pressure forward and downward ahead of the broom head and the plurality of bristles and onto the horizontal surface, each of said plurality of nozzles having a water inlet end and an opposite water outlet end, each of said water inlet end extending from the front surface of the water channel to said outlet end a distance behind the front surface of the spray bar each of said plurality of nozzles having a diameter; a plurality of recesses positioned behind the front surface of the spray bar and extending inwardly from behind the front surface of the spray bar to said distance and joining with said water outlet ends of the plurality of nozzles, wherein each of the plurality of recesses has a diameter greater than said diameter of each of the plurality of nozzles; and a valve connected to the handle for regulating the flow of the liquid through the handle.