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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4327455 | Surface cleaning machine with hopper dumping mechanism A surface cleaning machine and particularly a riding power sweeper is provided. The sweeper has a main rotary broom and an adjacent hopper with an inlet opening for receiving dirt and debris swept from the surface by the broom. The hopper has an outlet op... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4320556 | Surface maintenance equipment The present invention provides surface maintenance equipment, such as for sweeping lawns, such equipment including a skirt structure for the debris pickup housing.... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4317252 | Sweeper-scrubber A sweeper-scrubber is provided which has a towable scrubbing unit. The scrubbing unit is substantially self-contained, including scrubbing brushes, a pick-up squeegee, a liquid supply tank, and a recovery tank. The sweeper has an arcuate tow bar with a st... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4317246 | Surface cleaning machine A sweeping machine with a hopper forming a compactor flap or plate is provided. The hopper has an opening which receives dirt and debris swept from a surface being cleaned by a rotatable brush of the sweeping machine. The compactor flap is pivotally mount... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4249281 | Self-propelled vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner has a single motor on the body thereof, for rotating the vacuum producing fan blade, for rotating the rotary brush, as well as for driving the wheels by way of a clutch. The clutch is driven from the motor shaft by way of Evoloid... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4206530 | Surface maintenance machine having air recirculation A powered sweeping machine is disclosed, particularly suitable for efficiently removing light and heavy weight litter from surfaces such as parking lots, warehouse floors and the like. The machine includes a main frame carrying a hopper and a powered brus... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4173809 | Automatic vacuum cleaner In a preferred embodiment, a battery embodying and driven vacuum cleaner having a battery-recharging unit, having a pivoted and pivotably-driven driven wheel indirectly driven by an electric motor powered by the battery, and having other free-wheeling sup... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4173052 | Riding sweeper A riding power sweeper with an improved dumping mechanism for emptying a hopper is provided. The hopper is pivotally supported at the front of the machine and a pair of fluid-operated rams raise the hopper and pivot it over the front. The hopper also has ... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4164820 | Snow remover and vacuum sweeper A fluid containing insulated tank is mounted on a vehicle chassis having an engine driving a hydraulic system and an electric energy generating unit. The roadway cleaning apparatus, including housing contained screw conveyors, is mounted transversely of t... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4160302 | Refuse collecting vehicles A vacuum operated refuse collecting vehicle includes an air-tight container mounted on the chassis of the vehicle and having an outlet communicating with means for generating a vacuum within the container. A suction conduit is provided for each side of th... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4138756 | Surface maintenance machine drive and brush A mobile sweeping machine having separate hydraulic motors for driving a main brush, a propulsion wheel, and a curb brush and a suction blower; a constant speed power source that through a mechanical drive connection drive two variable speed displacement ... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4069540 | Machine for removing painted stripes from artificial turf A machine for removing painted stripes from artificial turf, comprising an automotive vehicle carrying an engine-driven blower, water pump, water tank, and a conditioner head that is flexibly connected to the vehicle and slides on the turf. The conditione... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4041567 | Combination sweeping-scrubbing apparatus A machine for cleaning a surface is provided. The machine includes a forward drum brush unit designed primarily for sweeping and a rear disc brush unit designed primarily for scrubbing. Squeegees are located behind the disc brushes. Cleaning solution is s... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4006511 | Sweeper with recirculation hood and independent filter system A mobile street sweeper employs a pickup hood through which air is circulated to entrain and pick up debris. The air circulation system includes a main blower and a smaller, auxiliary blower. The main blower inlet is connected to the debris hopper of the ... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3990125 | Mobile sweeper A mobile sweeper having a body and ground-engaging wheels. The body defines a trash compartment which has a bin having a top plate such that trash can be swept into the bin and also thereabove onto the top plate. Sweeping reels are disposed in front of an... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3984894 | Sweeping vehicles for sweeping roads and other surfaces A sweeping vehicle for sweeping roads and other surfaces comprises a suction mouth located behind a sweeping brush. The inlet portion of the suction mouth is inclined relative to the surface to be swept and faces in a direction towards the brush. Air guid... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3962746 | Self-propelled vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner construction wherein the carriage wheels are driven by an electric motor. An improved air flow arrangement is associated with the drive motor for conducting relatively clean cooling air into the motor for heat transfer therefrom, and cond... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3942218 | Scrubbing machine A scrubbing machine that includes an articulated vehicle having a power unit and a trailer unit coupled thereto, said trailer unit having cleaning and dirty solution tanks thereon, a squeegee assembly on the power unit having a central liquid take-up tube... | 03/09/1976 |
