Patent ID: 7591378

Claim:
A manually guided apparatus for collecting objects, comprising: a housing having a drum chamber; a pick-up drum rotatably mounted in said drum chamber for picking up objects, wherein said pick-up drum is disposed approximately transverse to a direction of operation, wherein said pick-up drum is adapted to be rotationally driven by a drive means, and wherein said housing has a wall section that extends over a width of said pick-up drum approximately at a level of an outer diameter of said pick-up drum; a ground support disposed in the region of ends of said pick-up drum for supporting said housing on a ground surface; a collection receptacle for receiving objects, wherein a collection channel provides communication for said objects between said drum chamber of said housing and said collection receptacle, wherein said wall section of said housing and said pick-up drum cooperate with one another such that objects that are to be picked up are accelerated along said wall section toward said collection channel and are ejected out of said drum chamber along a trajectory into said collection receptacle; and a handle operatively connected to said housing for moving said housing in said direction of operation, wherein said collection receptacle closes off a side of said housing that faces said handle, wherein said collection receptacle delimits said drum chamber, and wherein said collection receptacle is adapted to be placed on said handle, which is in the form of a guide rod, and to extend at least partially over said guide rod.