Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Machines – Brushing
Patent
1991-10-18
1993-09-28
Hornsby, Harvey C.
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Machines
Brushing
15 82, 15 84, 15194, 563281, 56364, 171 63, 414488, E01H 100
Patent
active
052477177
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for collecting litter from the ground includes a frame adapted for movement along the ground, a hopper mounted at one end of the frame; and a collector assembly supported on the frame. The collector assembly includes a pair of rollers having a plurality of flexible fingers disposed radially on the periphery thereof, the rollers being substantially parallel to each other and disposed in a plane that is substantially parallel to the ground. The rollers are arranged so that the fingers on one of the pair of rollers intermesh with the fingers of the other of the pair of rollers so as to be able to lift litter between them. The apparatus further includes a device for conveying litter lifted by the pair of rollers to the hopper. The conveying device includes a plurality of fingers that intermesh with the fingers of one of the pair of rollers so as to remove the litter from the one roller, and a system for rotating the pair of rollers and the conveyor about axes that are substantially transverse to the direction of movement of the frame.
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Cooley C.
Hornsby Harvey C.
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