High efficiency squeegee
First Claim
1. A squeegee for use with a mobile surface scrubber to collect liquid on a surface after being cleaned by the scrubber, said scrubber comprising a mobile frame, a cleaning solution dispensing system mounted on the frame for wetting the surface with liquid, at least one scrub brush attached to the frame for scrubbing the surface when wetted with liquid, and a vacuum system connected to the frame for removing used liquid from the surface, said squeegee comprising:
- an elongate squeegee blade of flexible material having a lower edge engageable with said surface to collect liquid on the surface for removal by the vacuum system; and
a series of openings through the squeegee blade extending up from its lower edge at intervals along the blade, each opening tapering when the lower edge engages the surface to provide a relatively wide gap at the lower edge of the blade thereby permitting liquid to pass readily therethrough, and a narrower gap at an upper end of the opening having substantially no width thereby limiting passage of ambient air through the opening.
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Abstract
A squeegee for use with a mobile surface scrubber to collect used liquid on a surface after being cleaned by the scrubber. The scrubber includes a mobile frame, a cleaning solution dispensing system mounted on the frame for wetting the surface with liquid, and at least one scrub brush attached to the frame for scrubbing the surface when wetted with liquid. In addition, the scrubber includes a vacuum system connected to the frame for removing liquid from the surface. The squeegee includes an elongate squeegee blade of flexible material having a lower edge engageable with the surface to collect the liquid on the surface for removal by the vacuum system. The squeegee also includes a series of openings through the squeegee blade extending up from the lower edge at intervals along the blade. Each opening tapers when the lower edge engages the surface to provide a relatively wide gap at the lower edge of the blade thereby permitting liquid to pass readily therethrough, and a narrower gap at an upper end of the opening having substantially no width thereby limiting passage of ambient air through the opening.
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13 Claims
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1. A squeegee for use with a mobile surface scrubber to collect liquid on a surface after being cleaned by the scrubber, said scrubber comprising a mobile frame, a cleaning solution dispensing system mounted on the frame for wetting the surface with liquid, at least one scrub brush attached to the frame for scrubbing the surface when wetted with liquid, and a vacuum system connected to the frame for removing used liquid from the surface, said squeegee comprising:
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an elongate squeegee blade of flexible material having a lower edge engageable with said surface to collect liquid on the surface for removal by the vacuum system; and a series of openings through the squeegee blade extending up from its lower edge at intervals along the blade, each opening tapering when the lower edge engages the surface to provide a relatively wide gap at the lower edge of the blade thereby permitting liquid to pass readily therethrough, and a narrower gap at an upper end of the opening having substantially no width thereby limiting passage of ambient air through the opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A squeegee assembly for use with a mobile surface scrubber to collect liquid on a surface after being cleaned by the scrubber, said scrubber comprising a mobile frame, a cleaning solution dispensing system mounted on the frame for wetting the surface with liquid, at least one scrub brush attached to the frame for scrubbing the surface when wetted with liquid, and a vacuum system connected to the frame for removing liquid from the surface, said squeegee assembly comprising:
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leading and trailing elongate squeegee blades of flexible material, each blade having a lower edge engageable with said surface to collect liquid on the surface for removal by the vacuum system; a mount for mounting the leading and trailing squeegee blades to the scrubber frame in spaced apart relation to define a chamber therebetween for accumulating liquid collected by the squeegee blades, the chamber communicating with the vacuum system for removing accumulated liquid from the chamber; and a series of openings through the leading squeegee blade extending up from its lower edge at intervals along the blade, each opening tapering when the lower edge engages the surface to provide a relatively wide gap at the lower edge of the blade thereby permitting liquid to pass readily therethrough into said chamber, and a narrower gap at an upper end of the opening having substantially no width thereby limiting passage of ambient air into said chamber. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile surface scrubber for cleaning a surface with liquid, said scrubber comprising:
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a mobile frame; a cleaning solution dispensing system mounted on the frame for wetting the surface with liquid; at least one scrub brush attached to the frame for scrubbing the surface when wetted with liquid; a vacuum system connected to the frame for removing liquid from the surface; leading and trailing elongate squeegee blades of flexible material mounted on the frame, each blade having a lower edge engageable with said surface to collect liquid on the surface for removal by the vacuum system, the leading and trailing squeegee blades being mounted on the frame in spaced apart relation to define a chamber therebetween for accumulating liquid collected by the squeegee blades, the chamber communicating with the vacuum system for removing accumulated liquid from the chamber; and a series of openings through the leading squeegee blade extending up from the lower edge at intervals along the blade, each opening tapering when the lower edge engages the surface to provide a relatively wide gap at the lower edge of the blade thereby permitting liquid to pass readily therethrough into said chamber, and a narrower gap at an upper end of the opening having substantially no width thereby limiting passage of ambient air into said chamber. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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Specification