Sweeping apparatus

The invention concerns a sweeping apparatus of the kind comprising a manually operated carriage (1) with at least one pair of rear wheels (3, 4) at least one front wheel (5, 47) and a power operated rotatable brush cylinder (14). The brush cylinder is carried by and journalled in a yoke (21) or corresponding element, which is mobile with respect to the carriage and constitutes or is a part of a front lever arm of a double lever (37), the rear lever arm of which is made up of or is a part of the manually operated handle (28, 44) of the carriage, said lever being hinged to the carriage (1) with a horizontal first turning axis (36) and permitting the brush cylinder to be raised or lowered with respect to the surface to be swept and the pressure of the brush against said surface to be adjusted by means of said handle by moving said double lever about said horizontal first turning axis.