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A street, sidewalk and gutter water sweeping apparatus that mounts to the front bumper of trucks as small as a pickup. The apparatus is actuated and the sprayhead directionally controlled from inside the truck cab. The sprayhead is positioned such as to permit water to easily flow beneath any parked

A street, sidewalk and gutter water sweeping apparatus that mounts to the front bumper of trucks as small as a pickup. The apparatus is actuated and the sprayhead directionally controlled from inside the truck cab. The sprayhead is positioned such as to permit water to easily flow beneath any parked vehicle interposed between the sweeper and the sidewalk. The apparatus is moveable from a first stowed position to a second operative position.

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A truck bumper mountable apparatus for sweeping streets with water, which apparatus comprises: (a) a superstructure, (b) a bushing assembly, (c) a motor and drive, (d) a nozzle assembly, and (e) linking means operatively connecting said bushing assembly to said nozzle assembly; said superstructure c

A truck bumper mountable apparatus for sweeping streets with water, which apparatus comprises: (a) a superstructure, (b) a bushing assembly, (c) a motor and drive, (d) a nozzle assembly, and (e) linking means operatively connecting said bushing assembly to said nozzle assembly; said superstructure comprising a pair of spaced vertical struts connected to one another by a pair of spaced normally disposed generally horizontal plates, an upper of which is a mount plate for mounting to a truck bumper and the other of which is a lower plate; a pair of spaced parallel hinge arms, each of which is pivotally mounted to one of said vertical struts at its proximal end, and each of said hinge arms being connected to the other hinge arm at its distal end, by support means; said hinge arms being capable of moving from a first upward stowed position to a second lowered operative position; said bushing assembly having first and second ends, with a motor drive engaging means at its first end and a hub at its second end, said assembly being mounted on said support means; said motor and drive being a reversible motor and drive mounted on said bushing assembly first end and engaged with bushing assembly; said nozzle assembly also being mounted on said support means, and having a first end and a second end, with means for connecting a hose from a truck mounted water source at the first end and a sprayhead mounted at the second end thereof, said sprayhead being disposed at a lower elevation than said hinge arms when said hinge arms are in their lower operative position; means mounted on said nozzle assembly for rotation of said nozzle assembly with respect to said support means; wherein said linking means controls the rotation of said nozzle means upon actuation of said motor.