Floor and baseboard cleaning machine

• US 5,371,912 A
• Filed: 09/27/1993
• Issued: 12/13/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stuart A. Hall
• Original Assignee: Stuart A. Hall
• Inventors: Hall, Stuart A.
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBERTS JR, EDWARD
• Application Number:
  US08/127,044
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• Field of Search: 15/49.1, 15/50.1, 15/50.2, 15/52.2, 15/98, 15/374, 15/380, 15/144.2, 51/175, 51/170 TL
• US Class Current: 15/98
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/125 with supply of cleaning agents
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/38 Machines, specially adapted for cleaning walls, ceilings, roofs, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4036 Parts or details of the surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4069 Driving or transmission means for the cleaning tools

Abstract

An electric floor and baseboard cleaning machine includes a motor assembly attached to a medium frame in which the movement thereof is adjustable for either straight line or circular motion. The medium frame has a fixed and pivotal sections and the pivotal sections can be manually adjusted from a vertical to a horizontal position. For cleaning vertical baseboards the pivotal section is secured in an upright posture and when used to clean floors it is affixed in a downward or horizontal position. Cleaning medium such as a non-woven pads are affixed to the medium frame and two such pads can be used, one for the pivotal frame section and the other for the fixed frame section. The cleaning machine provides an electric pump and liquid reservoir for directing a cleaning or other fluid as desired to a spray nozzle located near the cleaning medium.

Claims

1. A floor and baseboard cleaning machine comprising:

a handle, a motor assembly, said motor assembly joined to said handle, a medium frame, said medium frame movably attached to said motor assembly, said medium frame comprising a fixed and a pivotal section, said pivotal section hinged to said fixed section, said pivotal section adjustable from a horizontal to a vertical position.

2. The cleaning machine of claim 1 and including an arcuate adjustment arm, said arm attached to said pivotal and said fixed sections.

3. The cleaning machine of claim 1 wherein said motor assembly comprises means to move said medium frame, said moving means connected to said medium frame.

4. The cleaning machine of claim 1 wherein said motor assembly includes an electric motor.

5. The cleaning machine of claim 1 and including a fluid spray assembly, said spray assembly attached to said handle.

6. The cleaning machine of claim 5 wherein said spray assembly includes an electric pump, a switch, said switch connected to said pump, a liquid reservoir, said reservoir in fluid communication with said pump, and a nozzle, said nozzle in fluid communication with said pump whereby said switch will activate said pump and liquid will spray from said reservoir through said nozzle.

7. The cleaning machine of claim 6 wherein said nozzle is positioned proximate said medium frame.

8. The cleaning machine of claim 1 wherein said cleaning medium comprises a pad.

9. The cleaning machine of claim 8 wherein said pad is formed from a non-woven material.

10. Floor and baseboard cleaning apparatus comprising:

a motor assembly, a handle, said handle affixed to said motor assembly, a medium frame, said medium frame movably attached to said motor assembly, said medium frame having a fixed section and a pivotal section, said pivotal section hingedly joined to said fixed section, said pivotal section, selectively, fixably adjustable from a horizontal to a vertical position, and a slotted frame arm, said frame arm attached to said fixed and to said pivotal sections.

11. Floor and baseboard cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein said frame arm is arcuately shaped.

12. Floor and baseboard cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 11 and including a hinge, said hinge joined to said fixed and said pivotal medium frame sections.

13. Floor and baseboard cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 and including a spray assembly, said spray assembly including an electric pump, a switch, said switch connected to said pump, a liquid reservoir, said reservoir in fluid communication with said pump, and a nozzle, said nozzle in fluid communication with said pump whereby said switch will activate said pump and liquid will spray from said reservoir through said nozzle.

14. Floor and baseboard cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein said motor comprises a 110 v AC motor.

15. Floor and baseboard cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 and including a universal joint, said universal joint connected to said handle and to said motor assembly to allow free handle movement.