A boom hose apparatus for a material collection vehicle includes a telescoping boom assembly and a hose assembly supported by the boom assembly. The boom assembly includes a plurality of telescoping conduits. A flexible hose is received through the telescoping conduits and can slidably extend from, or retract into, the conduits independently from the telescoping of the conduits.

A self-propelled sweeping machine, having a chassis comprising at least one driven drive axle with wheels, for cleaning drivable, preferably solid, ground surfaces such as roads, streets, paths and cycle paths, squares or the like, consists of a refuse collection container which is built onto the chassis for receiving refuse which is lifted from the ground surface by means of generated suction air and/or suction force of a suction air unit comprising a suction air blower, by a suction device provided at the front end of a suction air line, and which is supplied via the connected, preferably rising, suction air line to the interior of the refuse collection container, wherein the refuse collection container has a screening device which is arranged spaced apart from the upper container wall for separating the refuse and, for conducting the suction air, has a downstream air outlet line for the suction air to be discharged, and wherein for the emptying process the refuse collection container is configured at the rear end so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis arranged transversely to the forward direction of movement, and for emptying refuse the inner face of the rear wall of the refuse collection container is configured as a sliding surface which rises, respectively is inclined, to the rear, wherein the suction air unit, which is line-connected by a suction air opening to the interior of the refuse collection container, is arranged on the outer face of the rear wall of the refuse collection container configured with an internal sliding surface.

A roadway or pavement sweeper with multiple sweeping modes for the removal of debris from a swept surface may, in some embodiments, include a sweeper vehicle having a pair of side-brooms independently movable between a retracted and extended position for sweeping debris into an area therebetween and at least one material-transfer broom to sweep a portion of the debris accumulated between the side-brooms as the vehicle moves in its direction of travel. A fan-driven suction-inlet may be provided at or adjacent each side of the vehicle. The at least one material-transfer broom may rotate in a first or other direction to transfer debris for entrainment into a selected suction-inlet for transfer to a debris hopper. Other embodiments are also described.

A boom hose apparatus for a material collection vehicle includes a telescoping boom assembly and a hose assembly supported by the boom assembly. The boom assembly includes a plurality of telescoping conduits. A flexible hose is received through the telescoping conduits and can slidably extend from, or retract into, the conduits independently from the telescoping of the conduits.

A backpack blower is provided with a water spray capability to suppress the generation of dust when used as a blower, and to also allow for use as a basic power washer. A leaf blower power unit having an engine driving a fan is interconnected with a wand having an outlet orifice. A spray nozzle is positioned within the wand adjacent the outlet orifice. A source of liquid to be sprayed is interconnected through a control valve to the spray valve such that a spray of water can be introduced into the vortex of the air being emitted from the wand. Both the speed of the airflow and volume of the water being introduced into the vortex may be regulated by the user in accordance with the use to which the unit is put.

A roadway or pavement sweeper with multiple sweeping modes for the removal of debris from a swept surface may, in some embodiments, include a sweeper vehicle having a pair of side-brooms independently movable between a retracted and extended position for sweeping debris into an area therebetween and at least one material-transfer broom to sweep a portion of the debris accumulated between the side-brooms as the vehicle moves in its direction of travel. A fan-driven suction-inlet may be provided at or adjacent each side of the vehicle. The at least one material-transfer broom may rotate in a first or other direction to transfer debris for entrainment into a selected suction-inlet for transfer to a debris hopper. Other embodiments are also described.

A boom hose apparatus for a material collection vehicle includes a telescoping boom assembly and a hose assembly supported by the boom assembly. The boom assembly includes a plurality of telescoping conduits. A flexible hose is received through the telescoping conduits and can slidably extend from, or retract into, the conduits independently from the telescoping of the conduits.

A blower extension with video feed having a flexible tube that is selectively engageable with a standard blower. A vertical adjustable tube is attached to the flexible tube. The vertical adjustable tube has an upper section slidadbly disposed within a lower section such that the upper section has a compacted position, a plurality of alternate extended positions, and an alternate maximum reach position. A collar disposed on the lower section is configured to tighten and loosen to fix the upper section. A 90 elbow is disposed on the upper section. A horizontal fixed tube is disposed on the elbow, and an angled nozzle with a bend and a reducer is disposed on a terminal end of the horizontal fixed tube. A camera is disposed within a camera housing attached to the upper section, and a monitor in operational communication with the camera is disposed on the lower section.

A debris collection system utilizing a vacuum to collect debris in a container. The system includes a bottom-mounted motor and an airflow pathway containing the vacuum generated by the motor for collecting the debris. A portion of the airflow pathway passes through a top into the container for depositing the debris and another portion of the airflow pathway after depositing the debris then passes to the exterior of the container to the motor.

A material collection system is provided. The system can include a vacuum generator having a fan to develop an airflow and draw material into a conduit. The system can also include a transmission, a power source to selectively power at least one of the vacuum generator and the transmission, a variable power divider to divide a power output from the power source to the transmission and the vacuum generator, and a control system to control the variable power divider in a first mode and a second mode.