(19)
(11) EP 1 151 715 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/45

(21) Application number: 01201456.9

(22) Date of filing: 23.04.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A47L 11/24, A47L 11/40, E01H 1/05
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 02.05.2000 IT RE200035

(71) Applicant: Interpump Engineering S.r.l.
42100 Reggio Emilia (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Montipo, Fulvio, Interpump Engineering S.R.L.
    42100 Reggio Emilia (IT)

(74) Representative: Corradini, Corrado et al
Studio Ing. C. CORRADINI & C. S.r.l. 4, Via Dante Alighieri
42100 Reggio Emilia
42100 Reggio Emilia (IT)

   


(54) Improved motor sweeper


(57) A motor sweeper comprising a frame (10) below which there are provided at least one rotatable front lateral conical brush (1) able to swing about a vertical axis, a steerable wheel (2) to the rear thereof connected to steering control means, a rearward-lying transverse horizontal cylindrical brush, two drive wheels to the rear thereof, and a rear dirt collection bin, said at least one conical brush being maintained in its working position by an elastic means (120), in which between the machine steering unit and the support structure for said at least one conical brush (1) there is interposed a member (62) which is normally insensitive to the operating position of the steering control means, but which, when the machine confronts a curve involving a steering angle exceeding a predetermined value, causes that lateral brush situated on the outside of the curve to swing inwards.







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