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A gutter broom mechanism is adapted to be carried by the frame of a mobile road or like surface sweeping machine, a gutter broom carried by a first end of an arm having a second end mounted to the frame for movement such that the gutter broom can be moved between a first elevated position generally

A gutter broom mechanism is adapted to be carried by the frame of a mobile road or like surface sweeping machine, a gutter broom carried by a first end of an arm having a second end mounted to the frame for movement such that the gutter broom can be moved between a first elevated position generally adjacent the frame and a second lower position generally outward of the frame in brushing engagement with a surface to be swept, the arm carrying a ball joint/yoke to which a threaded bolt is connected by a first pivot pin, the bolt passes through a collar having a spherical socket receiving a spherical surface of the yoke, the threaded bolt being connected by a nut to a bracket supporting a rotary gutter broom, and the threaded bolt and nut defining a single locking mechanism for holding the gutter broom in anyone of a plurality of predetermined positions of angular adjustment relative to an associated gutter or similar surface being swept.

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A gutter broom mechanism comprising an arm, a gutter broom, means for connecting said gutter broom to said arm for pivoting movement about two axes disposed generally normal to each other, means for locking said connecting means in any one of a plurality of different positions of said gutter broom r

A gutter broom mechanism comprising an arm, a gutter broom, means for connecting said gutter broom to said arm for pivoting movement about two axes disposed generally normal to each other, means for locking said connecting means in any one of a plurality of different positions of said gutter broom relative to said arm, and said locking means including single locking means for simultaneously locking said connecting means to prevent pivoting movement about said two axes.