Suction head for a floor cleaning machine

• US 5,517,717 A
• Filed: 03/02/1994
• Issued: 05/21/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lever Industrial Company
• Original Assignee: Leven Industries
• Inventors: Haberli, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chin, Randall E.
• Application Number:
  US08/204,126
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 15/245, 15/320, 15/321, 15/322, 15/401
• US Class Current: 15/401
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/11 Squeegees
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/06 with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0673 with removable brushes, combs, lips or pads

Abstract

There is provided a suction head for a floor cleaning machine, comprising a housing (7) and a package (1) consisting of a squeegee (2) and at least one clip element (3), whereby the size and shape of said clip element and the housing are such that this package can be removably fixed into the housing and that the squeegee (2) can be removably fixed into the clip element (3). When applying this suction head, optimal use can be made of said squeegee.

Claims

1. A suction head for a floor cleaning machine, comprising:

a housing having an inverted U-shaped channel and a package removably fixed into the housing, said package consisting of a squeegee connected to a clip element, the clip element having a U-shape and having an outer surface with relatively small projections so that the clip element may be fixed into the U-shaped channel of the housing and the projections of the clip element will exert an outward directed force to keep the package tightly fixed when it is in the U-shaped channel of the housing.