Claims
- 1. A sweeper, comprising:a housing; a rotary brush arranged in the housing; a dirt collector detachably attached to the housing; a dirt inlet arranged in the dirt collector adjacent the rotary brush; and a sill arranged on a bottom edge of the dirt inlet; wherein: the sill is formed out of a wall section having two longitudinal edges which run in one plane; between said longitudinal edges, said wall section protrudes from said plane to one side; the wall section is connected to a bottom of the dirt collector alongside said longitudinal edges; a two-piece connection exists between the bottom and the wall section alongside one longitudinal edge; and the bottom and the wall section are connected to each other by a one piece hinge connection alongside the other longitudinal edge.
- 2. A sweeper in accordance with claim 1, wherein:the wall section consists of two plane wall surfaces that are connected to each other at an angle; and a connecting edge of the wall surfaces runs parallel to the longitudinal edges.
- 3. A sweeper, comprising:a housing; a rotary brush arranged in the housing; a dirt collector detachably attached to the housing; a dirt inlet arranged in the dirt collector adjacent the rotary brush; and a sill arranged on a bottom edge of the dirt inlet; wherein: the sill is formed out of a wall section having two longitudinal edges which run in one plane; between said longitudinal edges, said wall section protrudes from said plane to one side; the wall section is connected to the bottom of the dirt collector alongside said longitudinal edges; a two-piece connection exists between the bottom and the wall section at least alongside one longitudinal edge; and said two-piece connection is formed by engaging a projection of one longitudinal edge into a corresponding recess in the bottom.
- 4. A sweeper in accordance with claim 3, wherein the recess is formed by a longitudinal groove in the bottom into which the longitudinal edge of the wall section engages.
- 5. A sweeper in accordance with claim 4, wherein:the longitudinal groove is formed by a step in the bottom; and an upper edge of said step stands out over a lower edge of said step.
- 6. A sweeper in accordance with claim 5, wherein the longitudinal groove is V-shaped in cross-section.
- 7. A sweeper in accordance with claim 4, wherein the wall section is wedge-shaped in cross-section alongside its longitudinal edge which engages into the longitudinal groove.
- 8. A sweeper in accordance with claim 3, wherein the connections of the longitudinal edges to the bottom are located so closely to each other that the wall section is elastically arched out and therefore the longitudinal edges are submitted to a tension force drawing them apart.
- 9. A sweeper in accordance with claim 3, wherein:the wall section consists of two plane wall surfaces that are connected to each other at an angle; and a connecting edge of the wall surfaces runs parallel to the longitudinal edges.
- 10. A sweeper, comprising:a housing; a rotary brush arranged in the housing; a dirt collector detachably attached to the housing; a dirt inlet arranged in the dirt collector adjacent the rotary brush; and a sill arranged on a bottom edge of the dirt inlet; wherein: the sill is formed out of a wall section having two longitudinal edges which run in one plane; between said longitudinal edges, said wall section protrudes from said plane to one side; the wall section is connected to the bottom of the dirt collector alongside said longitudinal edges; a two-piece connection exists between the bottom and the wall section at least alongside one longitudinal edge; and the sill partially plunges into a corresponding recess of the housing.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of international application No. PCT/EP00/06782 filed on Jul. 15, 2000.
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Continuations (1)
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