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(11) | EP 0 807 716 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Large-scale cleaning vehicle |
| (57) A large-scale cleaning vehicle (75), for operation with a forklift (9), includes
rotation brushes (14) for sweeping debris toward a center of said cleaning vehicle
(7-5), a sweeping brush (17) for sweeping the debris into a debris collection box
(15) and a fan (34) for pulling said debris into said debris collection box (15) without
the need for a motor in the cleaning vehicle. Each of the rotation brushes (14), the
sweeping bruch (17), and the fan (34) are rotatably connected to a rear wheel (18)
of the cleaning vehicle such that when the cleaning vehicle is moved, the brushes
and fan are rotated. The cleaning vehicle further includes a vertical adjustment for
the rotation brushes (14) to lift them when they are not needed, a lateral adjustment
for the rotation brushes (14) to adjust a width of sweeping, an audible warning (91)
for pedestrians, a water sprinkler system (83) to aid in the cleaning process, and
a large-scale trash removal brush (74) mounted in front of the cleaning vehicle to
push large-scale trash. |