Floor coating liquid applying machine

• US 5,109,791 A
• Filed: 06/26/1990
• Issued: 05/05/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Penguin Wax Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Penguin Wax Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Yasuhiko, Nanba, Katsuaki, Morita, Isao
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiesa, Richard L.
• Application Number:
  US07/544,755
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 118/62, 118/63, 118/108, 118/109, 118/120, 118/207, 118/256, 118/266, 118/305, 15/98, 15/50.1, 15/50.2, 15/320
• US Class Current: 118/63
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 5/02 the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 9/14 the auxiliary operation involving heating or cooling

Abstract

A floor coating liquid applying machine having a propelling machine body, a liquid feed device driven to reciprocate along a transverse direction of the machine body and a liquid feed pump. The feed pump includes an elastic pump tube connecting between a liquid tank and the liquid feed device, a rotary pump member operatively connected with the elastic pump tube, a feed portion disposed along a rotational direction of the rotary pump member, with the feed portion being operable in response to rotation of the rotary pump member for causing the elastic pump tube to elastically deform to squeeze out the liquid therein into the liquid feed device and a receiver portion disposed aside the feed portion for causing the elastically deformed pump tube to resile so as to introduce further liquid from the tank into the elastic pump tube. Also, a blower opening is provided rearwardly of an applying member for feeding to the floor face hot air at about 30 to 90 degrees in Celsius and at the velocity of about 40 to 100 m/sec.

Claims

1. A machine for applying a liquid floor coating onto a floor surface, said machine comprising:

a machine body having means for propelling said machine body along said floor surface in a propelling direction;

a liquid feed device movably mounted on said machine body for feeding a floor coating liquid to said floor surface;

a liquid applying member attached to said machine body for applying said floor coating liquid onto said floor surface;

a feed pump attached to said liquid feed device for feeding said floor coating liquid from a liquid tank to said liquid feed device;

said liquid feed device reciprocating along a transverse direction of said machine body;

said feed pump including an elastic pump tube, said elastic pump tube connecting said tank and said liquid feed device,

a rotary pump member operatively connected with said elastic pump tube,

at least one feed portion disposed in a rotational manner on said rotary pump member, said at least one feed portion being operable in response to rotation of said rotary pump member to elastically deform said elastic pump tube to squeeze out said liquid floor coating contained therein into said liquid feed device; and

at least one receiving portion disposed in an alternate arrangement with said at least one feed portion for causing said elastic pump tube to resile so as to introduce an additional quantity of said liquid floor coating from said liquid tank into said elastic upmp tube.

2. The machine for applying a liquid floor coating as defined in claim 1, wherein said machine body includes a blower having a blower opening, said blower opening feeding hot air onto said liquid floor coating, said blower opening being positioned rearwardly of said liquid applying member with respect to said propelling direction of said machine body.

3. The machine for applying a liquid floor coating as defined in claim 2, wherein said blower opening feeds hot air in a temperature range of 30 to 90 degrees Celsius and at a velocity in a range of about 40 to 100 m/sec.

7. The machine for applying a liquid floor coating as defined in claim 1, wherein said liquid feed device includes a liquid feed nozzle connected to a nozzle feed tube, said liquid feed nozzle further being connected to a rotary shaft reciprocating said liquid feed nozzle in a transverse direction with respect to the propelling of said machine body along said floor surface.

8. The machine for applying a liquid floor coating as defined in claim 7, wherein said rotary shaft has a spiral groove placed thereon, said spiral groove of said rotary shaft engaging a casing mounted on said rotary shaft to which is connected said liquid feed nozzle.

9. The machine for applying a liquid floor coating as defined in claim 8, wherein said casing is further mounted to a guide rail extending parallel with respect to said rotary shaft, said guide rail preventing said casing and said liquid feed nozzle from rotating about said rotary shaft.

10. The machine for applying a liquid floor coating as defined in claim 1, wherein said liquid applying member is connected to a drive, said drive device being powered to both rotate and vertically oscillate said liquid applying member relative to said floor surface.

11. The machine for applying a liquid floor coating as defined in claim 10, wherein said drive device is connected to a link member, said link member in turn connecting to a switching lever for selectively moving said liquid applying member into contact or away from said floor surface.

4. A floor coating liquid applying machine comprising:

a liquid feed device for feeding floor coating liquid to a floor surface, said liquid feed device having means for reciprocating said liquid feed device in a direction transverse with respect to a propelling direction of said machine;

a liquid applying member for applying the floor coating liquid from said liquid feed device onto the floor surface;

a propelling vehicle body having means for propelling said body in said propelling direction, said vehicle body having said liquid feed device and said liquid applying member mounted thereon;

a feed pump attached to said liquid feed device for feeding the floor coating liquid from a liquid tank;

a blower having a blower opening and attached to said machine body feeds hot air rearwardly of said liquid applying member with respect to the propelling direction of said vehicle body.

5. The machine for applying a liquid floor coating as defined in claim 4, wherein said blower opening is positioned with a rearward inclination in a range of 60 to 90 degrees relative to the floor face and at a height not less than 5 mm but not more than 20 mm.

6. A machine for applying a liquid floor coating onto a floor surface, said machine comprising:

a liquid feed device for feeding said floor coating liquid to said floor surface;

a liquid applying member for applying the floor coating liquid onto the floor surface;

a propelling machine body having means for propelling said machine body in a propelling direction having said liquid feed device and said liquid applying member mounted thereon;

a feed pump for feeding the floor coating liquid from a liquid tank to said liquid feed device;

a blower having a blower opening provided rearwardly of said liquid applying member and attached to the machine body to feed hot air onto said floor surface rearwardly of said liquid applying member with respect to the propelling direction in a temperature range of 30 to 90 degrees Celsius and at a velocity of about 40 to 100 m/sec; and

wherein said liquid feed device has means for reciprocating said liquid feed device along a transverse direction of the machine body.