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Floor sweeping and scrubbing machine

  • US 7,448,114 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2006
  • Issued: 11/11/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A floor sweeping and scrubbing machine comprising:

  • a mobile body comprising a frame supported on wheels for travel over a surface;

    a motorized cleaning head attached to the mobile body, the cleaning head configured to perform sweeping and scrubbing operations on the surface;

    a waste hopper positioned on a rear side of the cleaning head and configured to receive waste discharged from the cleaning head during the surface sweeping operations;

    a hopper lift connected to the mobile body and configured to raise the waste hopper from an operating position, in which the waste hopper is positioned adjacent the cleaning head, to a dumping position, in which the waste hopper is positioned to dump waste collected in the waste hopper;

    a vacuum squeegee;

    a vacuum fan in vacuum communication with a vacuum port of the vacuum squeegee; and

    a waste recovery tank supported by the mobile body on the rear side of the cleaning head and configured to receive liquid waste collected by the vacuum squeegee.

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