Floor cleaning apparatus and method

• US 20060150363A1
• Filed: 05/11/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Goodway Electrical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Goodway Electrical Company Limited
• Inventors: Choi, Lung Wai
• Application Number:
  US11/126,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20060150363A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/320
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/292 having rotary tools A47L11/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/325 Shampoo devices for carpet-sweepers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/33 having means for storing dirt
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4013 Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4036 Parts or details of the surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4041 Roll shaped surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4088 Supply pumps; Spraying devices; Supply conduits
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/26 Other cleaning devices with liquid supply arrangements such arrangements on floor-polishing machines A47L11/00, on scrapers A47L13/03, on mops A47L13/22; cloths, pads, or the like containing cleaning agents A47L13/17, A47L13/19

Abstract

A floor cleaning apparatus includes a discharger for discharging cleansing solution and/or steam to a floor surface, a receptacle, and a sweeping member operatively associated with the discharger and the receptacle for sweeping used liquid on the floor surface into the receptacle.

Claims

1. A floor cleaning apparatus comprising:

a discharger for discharging cleansing solution and/or steam to a floor surface;

a receptacle; and

a sweeping member operatively associated with the discharger and the receptacle for sweeping used liquid on the floor surface into the receptacle.

2. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sweeping member includes a rotary sweeping member.

3. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sweeping member is positioned posterior to the discharger and anterior to the receptacle.

4. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sweeping member comprises at least one row of bristles.

5. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sweeping member comprises at least one sweeping strip.

6. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sweeping member comprises two rows of bristles and two sweeping strips.

7. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a slant wall disposed between the sweeping member and the receptacle, so that the used liquid on the floor surface can be swept into the receptacle via a top surface the slant wall.

8. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 7, wherein a bottom surface of the slant wall and the floor surface define an acute angle when the floor cleaning apparatus is in use.

9. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 8, wherein the acute angle is about 45 degrees.

10. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 8, wherein the acute angle is in the range of about 20 degrees to about 70 degrees.

11. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 7, wherein the receptacle includes a slanted panel configured to abut against a bottom surface of the slant wall when the floor cleaning apparatus is in use.

12. The floor cleaning apparatus of claim 11 wherein the receptacle includes a top panel slanted downwardly towards a central portion of the receptacle.

13. A method of cleaning a floor surface, the method comprising:

discharging cleansing solution and/or steam to the floor surface by a discharger; and

sweeping used liquid on the floor surface into a receptacle by using a sweeping member, wherein the discharger, the receptacle and the sweeping member are operatively associated with each other in a floor cleaning apparatus.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein sweeping used liquid comprises sweeping the used liquid on the floor surface into the receptacle via a slanted wall between the sweeping member and the receptacle.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein sweeping used liquid comprises sweeping the used liquid on the floor surface into the receptacle by using a rotary sweeping member.