A turf maintenance implement for collecting landscape debris from the ground includes a frame, a hopper assembly mounted to the frame, a debris loading duct, a rotary tool housing, and a drive assembly. The debris loading duct is connected to the frame and is in communication with the hopper assembly. The debris loading duct includes a first latch portion of at least one manually operable latch mechanism connected thereto. The rotary tool housing includes a rotary tool rotatably mounted thereto, and a second latch portion of the at least one manually operable latch mechanism connected thereto. The rotary tool housing is selectively detachable from the debris loading duct by releasing the first latch portion of the at least one manually operable latch mechanism from the at least one second latch portion. The drive assembly is connectable to a power source and drivingly and releasably connected to the rotary tool.

Disclosed is a versatile trailer that may be towed from job site to job site by a vehicle and within a job site be towed by a maintenance cart. The trailer may function as a mobile sweeper to clean smaller parking lots found at schools and parks as well as sweep pathways, lawns, and sidewalks to remove litter, debris, and plant waste. The trailer contains a hopper to collect material both swept by the broom from the area below the trailer as it is towed as well as allowing material to be deposited into the hopper from above the trailer. The hopper is designed so as to allow any material contained within the hopper to be deposited onto the ground or into a dumpster. Finally the trailer is designed so that the electrical power source used to operate the broom and the hopper lift mechanism may be concurrently used by maintenance workers to supply electrical energy needed to operate any electrically based power tools and equipment.

A large to medium-size sweeping and mopping vehicle and a mopping vehicle are provided. The large to medium-size sweeping and mopping vehicle comprises a vehicle body, and a disc-type sweeping mechanism, a round-roller-type sweeping mechanism and a first mopping mechanism sequentially disposed along the vehicle body; the disc-type sweeping mechanism comprising a clean water tank and disc-type sweeping edge brushes driven by a motor and disposed obliquely with respect to ground, the clean water tank being disposed in front of the vehicle body driver zone, and a nozzle being disposed above each disc-type sweeping edge brush and in communication with the clean water tank; the round-roller-type sweeping mechanism comprising a refuse collector and a round-roller-type main sweeping brush driven by the motor to rotate horizontally; and the first mopping mechanism comprising a dragging roller, a guiding mopping roller, a guiding roller, a ring-shaped mop and a washing water tank.

A device for collecting debris from a ground surface, comprising a flexible generally planar member with an opening therethrough such that when the device is laid on and moved forwardly over the ground surface debris on the ground surface passes upwardly through the opening onto a collection surface of the device, the device having an inclined surface extending upwardly and rearwardly from a transverse edge which forms a rear edge of the opening, wherein the device further includes at least one longitudinal retaining barrier extending at least partly across the collection surface such that at least part of the debris on the collection surface is retained from transverse movement along the collection surface by the longitudinal retaining barrier.

A device for collecting debris from a ground surface, comprising a flexible generally planar member with an opening therethrough such that when the device is laid on and moved forwardly over the ground surface debris on the ground surface passes upwardly through the opening onto a collection surface of the device, the device having an inclined surface extending upwardly and rearwardly from a transverse edge which forms a rear edge of the opening, wherein the device further includes at least one longitudinal retaining barrier extending at least partly across the collection surface such that at least part of the debris on the collection surface is retained from transverse movement along the collection surface by the longitudinal retaining barrier.

The embodiments include a primary frame (10) supported by two wheels (50), and connected to a towing vehicle via a tow bar (18). A cylindrical brush assembly (1) is mounted on a secondary frame (12), which rotates around the primary frame. The brush rotation is driven by an electric motor (110, 220) attached to the secondary frame. The brush rotation goes counter to the wheels' rotation. The amount of pressure between the brush and the ground is controlled by the length of a spring (23) that links the two frames. In one embodiment, the brush axis forms an angle (280) with the wheels' rotation axis, and the debris gets pushed to the side as the sweeper moves forward. In another embodiment, the brush axis is parallel to the wheels' rotation axis and the debris is driven around the brush by a wrap-around guide (100), into a hopper (140).

A first work tool arm is rotatably attached to a frame or reference structure, a second work tool arm rotatably attached to the first work tool arm, and a work tool attached to an end of the second work tool arm. An actuator and a spring are each rotatably attached to the second work tool arm and configured such that separate movement of the first work tool arm relative to the frame or reference structure and movement of the second work tool arm and work tool relative to the first work tool arm are achieved with actuation of the actuator.

A first work tool arm is rotatably attached to a frame or reference structure, a second work tool arm rotatably attached to the first work tool arm, and a work tool attached to an end of the second work tool arm. An actuator and a spring are each rotatably attached to the second work tool arm and configured such that separate movement of the first work tool arm relative to the frame or reference structure and movement of the second work tool arm and work tool relative to the first work tool arm are achieved with actuation of the actuator.

The present invention relates to a motor-sweeper for cleaning large surfaces such as streets or industrial facilities. In particular it refers to an apparatus for collecting garbage and debris from the ground to apply to a motor-sweeper, wherein the broom for collecting garbage always remains adherent to the ground and the space between the garbage conveyor assembly toward the collecting container and the broom, and between the broom and the container remains uniform despite the wear of the brooms. Thus, the cleaning capability is not lost and the machine efficiency is improved.

An automated road sweeper is provided including transport apparatus suitable to allow the sweeper to travel on a road surface including debris, a plurality of cleaning members arranged at fixed points located in different portions of the sweeper and suitable for cleaning within predetermined cleaning areas, and a selector operatively connected to the cleaning members, suitable for scanning the road surface and locating the debris so as to select and exclusively operate the cleaning members, the cleaning area of which covers the debris during the movement of the sweeper.