A pair of opposed bail stay members are frictionally mounted to the horizontal bar of a T-bar bail, with the stay members engaging the bail stud. The resultant assembly is inserted up through the central slot of the sweeper top and held in position by friction. The opposed stay members seal the top against penetration of dirt into the sweeper mechanism. The outer ends of the horizontal bail bar are received within slots formed in the end partitions of the sweeper sub-frame. The bail bar ends prevent inward movement of the partitions in the event the latter comes loose from the housing end walls. The opposed stay members form a channel for angular movement of the bail stud and with the channel being formed to provide at least one end detent and a central detent. The stay members are slightly flexible and the channel between detents is slightly narrower than the diameter of the bail stud. The detents themselves are dimensioned to be relatively free of the bail stud when the latter is in a detent position.
A removable brush spacer assembly for attachment to the lateral edge of a vacuum cleaner nozzle in order to support an edge brush and to space the brush with respect to a surface is shown and described. The brush spacer assembly incorporates an elongated main body having a base, a plurality of bristles collectively forming an edge brush, and a spacer. The brush is attached at one end to the main body, with the bristles projecting toward the surface being vacuumed. The spacer is attached to the main body and projects below the base to control the relationship of the brush with respect to the surface.
A light weight floor sweeper having a very low profile sweeper head that uses glides rather than rollers to slide across the surface to be cleaned. The floor sweeper head is mounted to an elongated handle by a universal pivot or universal joint which allows the floor sweeper head to easily pivot about the handle in any direction to pick up debris under over hanging cabinets or under furniture. The floor sweeper has sweeping brushes mounted around all sides of the sweeper head to provide sweeping action in any direction. Furthermore there are corner brushes extending out from the sides of the sweeper head that reach into corners to sweep debris toward the main sweeping brushes. All of the brushes are powered by a small electric motor. The motor drives the brushes to direct the debris into a dust-receiving tray in the sweeper head.
A sweeper comprising a housing, at least one drawer, and at least one brush rotatably mounted to the housing for sweeping debris into the drawer. The housing forms an opening for removably mounting the drawer for movement between an open and a closed position. The sweeper is rollably supported on wheels which drive the brush. The sweeper incorporates modular features which allow the sweeper to be assembled without the use of tools.
