![]() ![]() There are drive-wheels for the sweeping, elevator mechanisms, and an endless chain that travels around a sprocket-wheel and travels up to an additional sprocket-wheel. The street sweeper could best be described as a truck frame mounted on the axles which are supported by front and rear wheels. Hence the concept was born of the 'street sweeper truck.' This was the first time a machine was built that looked more like what is used today.īrooks patent was approved on March 17th, 1896 his application for the patent was filed on April 20, 1895. So, he decided to create a sort of broom – or sweeper – and attach this device to a truck. As far as Brooks was concerned, the regular way of cleaning the streets was too daunting and not very cost-effective. Because Bishop's sweeper was a tow-behind machine, Brooks decided he could make the job a lot easier. Bishop, from Pennsylvania, who is credited with having invented the first street sweeper on September 4, 1849. ![]() Charles Brooks actually decided to improve on the sweeper design of C.S. Well, a man by the name It was a towed attachment with a built-in rotating brush wheel. There was less manual labor, less down time as we know what sweeping can do to one's back. Brooks' truck had brushes attached to the front fender that pushed trash to the curb. Historically, prior to Brooks' truck, streets were commonly cleaned by walking workers, picking up by hand or broom, or by horse-drawn machines. If you could imagine the days where a man would manually have to sweep the streets with a long horizontal head broom, shovel and dustpan, one would quickly surmise that this invention was not only a time saver but also extremely economical. Brooks, invented the U.S.' first self-propelled street sweeper truck and patented it on March 17, 1896. ![]() Brooks Patented One of the First Self-Propelled Street SweepersĪ Black man from Newark, New Jersey, Charles B. Charles Brooks First Patent on Self-Propelled Street SweeperĬharles B. ![]()
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