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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1992
Yasuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Hoky, Nagareyama, JP;
Abstract
In order to elevate workability in collecting refuse and the like, an elastic blade is attached to an extreme end of an opening of a main body of a collecting device in order to provide an intimate contact with the surface of a floor. A rotating shaft extending laterally along the under side of the blade is provided therein at the rear of the same, and this rotating shaft is pivotally supported between two opposing sidewalls of the collecting device main body, whereby the front edge of the blade is rotatably urged towards and away from the surface of the floor due to the elastic force derived from the bottom of the blade through the rotating shaft. The blade is gradually elevated towards the rear end to form an inclined portion, whereby a prescribed amount of refuse and the like collected within the opening can be held on the inclined portion. On the opposite side surfaces of the blade, each sidewall is provided with the blade so as not to drop refuse and the like once swept up.