SWEEPING BROOMS

摘要

A combined vacuum cleaner and broom device includes an elongate hollow handle 10 connected at its lower end to separable housing parts 11A and 11B. The housing part 11A contains an electric motor and fan and the housing part 11B contains a dust collecting compartment. Lines of bristles 15A and 15B extend across a lower end of the housing part 11B and form between them a dust passage. The dust passage is partly closed off by elongate porous resilient pads 16A and 16B. Rechargeable batteries are stored with the handle 10 and an electric switch with a slidable operating disc 19 turns the motor ON and OFF. The lines of bristles are relatively off-set with respect to the height of the device to provide a normal sweeping orientation during use, that is with the handle 10 at say 25.degree. to the vertical. The device is normally used simultaneously as a broom and the vacuum cleaner.