Floor cleaning machine
First Claim
1. A floor cleaning machine comprising:
- a frame having a frame lower end and a frame upper end,a handle attached to said frame upper end,a wheel assembly attached to said frame for supporting, at least in part, said frame on a floor,a plurality of disc-shaped floor cleaning pads, each having an outer edge adapted to clean the floor,a holding means for holding said floor cleaning pads longitudinally adjacent one another such that a floor pad cylinder having a longitudinal axis is formed and such that said longitudinal axis is horizontally disposed,said outer edges together forming the circumferential floor cleaning surface of said floor pad cylinder,a motor supported by said frame for rotating said floor cleaning pads about said horizontal longitudinal axis,said holding means holding said floor cleaning pads so that said outer edges, when said motor rotates said floor cleaning pads, engage the floor in a vertical cleaning motion,a spraying means supported by said frame for spraying cleaning fluid towards the floor and generally forward of said floor cleaning pads,a fluid pick-up means supported by said frame for recovering cleaning fluid from the floor after said floor cleaning pads have been rotated on the floor by said motor, andsaid fluid pick-up means including a wiping member engageable with the floor, a holding tank supported by said frame for holding the excess fluid recovered from the floor, and a suction means generally adjacent to said wiping member for sucking excess fluid to said holding tank.
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Abstract
A floor cleaning machine including a support frame with a handle attached to the upper end of the support frame for guiding the machine along the floor and a wheel assembly attached to the lower end. A plurality of disc-shaped floor cleaning pads disposed and held adjacent one another such that a floor pad cylinder having a horizontally-disposed longitudinal axis is formed are attached to the lower end of the frame. A motor supported by the frame rotates the floor pads about the axis on the floor in a vertical cleaning motion. A spraying system sprays cleaning fluid downward towards the floor and forward of the rotating cleaning pads. The dirtied cleaning fluid is then sucked up through a nozzle positioned behind the floor pad cylinder to a vacuum and holding tank assembly mounted on the frame.
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20 Claims
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1. A floor cleaning machine comprising:
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a frame having a frame lower end and a frame upper end, a handle attached to said frame upper end, a wheel assembly attached to said frame for supporting, at least in part, said frame on a floor, a plurality of disc-shaped floor cleaning pads, each having an outer edge adapted to clean the floor, a holding means for holding said floor cleaning pads longitudinally adjacent one another such that a floor pad cylinder having a longitudinal axis is formed and such that said longitudinal axis is horizontally disposed, said outer edges together forming the circumferential floor cleaning surface of said floor pad cylinder, a motor supported by said frame for rotating said floor cleaning pads about said horizontal longitudinal axis, said holding means holding said floor cleaning pads so that said outer edges, when said motor rotates said floor cleaning pads, engage the floor in a vertical cleaning motion, a spraying means supported by said frame for spraying cleaning fluid towards the floor and generally forward of said floor cleaning pads, a fluid pick-up means supported by said frame for recovering cleaning fluid from the floor after said floor cleaning pads have been rotated on the floor by said motor, and said fluid pick-up means including a wiping member engageable with the floor, a holding tank supported by said frame for holding the excess fluid recovered from the floor, and a suction means generally adjacent to said wiping member for sucking excess fluid to said holding tank. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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