(19)
(11) EP 2 476 807 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.10.2014 Bulletin 2014/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.07.2012 Bulletin 2012/29

(21) Application number: 11168579.8

(22) Date of filing: 02.06.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
E01H 1/08(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 12.01.2011 GB 201100521

(71) Applicant: Stocks Sweepers, Ltd.
Gloucestershire GL17 0DD (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Stock, Jeff
    Gloucestershire, GL17 0DD (GB)

(74) Representative: Johnson, Richard Alan et al
Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane
London EC2V 8AS
London EC2V 8AS (GB)

   


(54) Road sweeping vehicle


(57) A suction-type road sweeping vehicle (100) with a forward air blast capability formed using a blow mechanism (142), which redirects an exhaust flow of a rearward debris suction mechanism (114) to a blow nozzle (144) mounted forwardly of the front wheels (104) of the vehicle. The blow mechanism acts to blow material away from the path of the vehicle before the vehicle passes, whereafter the suction mechanism performs conventional cleaning on the cleared path. The direction of the blow nozzle may be controllable from the driver's cab of the vehicle.







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