Abstract: A manually operated sweeping machine is disclosed having two circular brooms which are laterally arranged in the front area of a housing, rotate toward the inside and sweep over a sweeping lip. These circular brooms are each supported by means of a roller, the shaft holders of which are vertically adjustably held in the housing by means of supporting devices, for the adjustment of the distance between the sweeping lip and the floor. In the case of the state of the art, each supporting device is separately vertically adjustably. In addition, the shaft holders project through the housing into the supporting devices arranged on the exterior side of the housing. In the case of high axial loads on the shaft holders, these can therefore push through the supporting devices in the upward direction. According to the invention, a joint vertical-adjustment device is provided for the supporting devices.

Abstract: A sweeping machine having a housing which comprises two housing parts that can be separated from one another. One housing part is used for the bearing of two circular brooms. The other housing part is constructed as a receptacle for sweepings. An arrangement is provided for detachably connecting the two housing parts which has devices for the centering and devices for the locking of the two housing parts. The connecting of the two housing parts requires relatively high expenditures in the state of the art. The two housing parts are lifted manually, are hung into one another and are pressed together. They are then locked in this pressed-together position by means of a locking lever.