Abstract:
A washing/cleaning brush comprises a main body and an operative portion connected to the main body; the brush further comprises a power take-off means directly connected thereto and apt for transmitting mechanical power thereto so as to set it moving with respect to a cleaning and/or washing unit on which it can be mounted. The main body is configured as a pad driver apt for receiving a felt cleaning pad, the power take-off means being afforded in or connected to the pad driver or to the felt cleaning pad.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an agitator assembly for use in a cleaning apparatus, the assembly including: an agitator comprising a body with a first and a second end, and a first alignment formation and a first securing formation at or adjacent the first end; and a drive member operable to impart rotation about a drive axis, and providing a second alignment formation adapted to cooperate with the first alignment formation, and a second securing formation adapted to engage the first securing formation; wherein relative axial movement of the agitator in a first direction towards the drive member causes contact between the first and second alignment formations; further relative axial movement of the agitator in the first direction causes relative rotation between the agitator and drive member; and yet further relative axial movement of the agitator in the first direction causes engagement between the first and second securing formations, substantially to prevent further relative rotational movement between the agitator and drive member.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to cleaning machines and methods of use to clean flooring and other surfaces. One configuration is directed to a cleaning machine that utilizes a motor to drive an interchangeable cleaning drum about a rotational axis parallel to the surface being cleaned. The cleaning machine can be operable to clean a surface, such as a flooring surface or other surface (e.g., walls, ceilings, etc.) without a vacuum, pump, solution tank, or recovery tank. The cleaning machine may contact the surface being cleaned at replaceable glides disposed at or near a distal end of a cleaning head of the cleaning machine.
Abstract:
A cleaning device for cleaning a surface, which comprises at least one brush rotatable in a rotation direction and movable over the surface to be cleaned and at least one deflector pressing against the bristles of the brush at a location before the location where the bristles contact the surface to be cleaned.
Abstract:
A surface treatment robot (10; 11) includes a chassis (100) having forward and rear ends and a drive system (1600) carried by the chassis. The drive system (1600) includes right and left wheels (504, 505) and is configured to maneuver the robot (10; 11) over a cleaning surface. The robot includes a vacuum assembly (1300), a collection volume (W), a supply volume (S), an applicator (202), and a wetting element (204), each carried by the chassis (100). The wetting element (204) engages the cleaning surface to distribute a cleaning liquid applied to the surface by the applicator (202). The wetting element (204) distributes the cleaning liquid along at least a portion of the cleaning surface when the robot (10; 11) is driven in a forward direction. The wetting element (204) is arranged substantially forward of a transverse axis (24) defined by the right and left driven wheels (504, 505), and the wetting element (204) slidably supports at least about ten percent of the mass of the robot (10; 11) above the cleaning surface.
Abstract:
A hard floor sweeping and scrubbing machine (100) includes a mobile body comprising a frame (116) supported on wheels (118) for travel over a surface (120), a motorized cleaning head (104), a waste hopper (106), a hopper lift (108) and a vacuum squeegee (152). The motorized cleaning head is attached to the mobile body and is configured to perform sweeping and scrubbing operations on the surface. The waste hopper is positioned on a rear side (136) of the cleaning head and is configured to receive waste (128) discharged from the cleaning head during the surface sweeping operations. The hopper lift is configured to raise the waste hopper from an operating position (180), in which the waste hopper is positioned adjacent the cleaning head, to a dumping position (182), in which the waste hopper is positioned to dump waste collected in the waste hopper. In one embodiment, the vacuum squeegee is attached to the hopper lift. Also disclosed is a method of cleaning a surface using embodiments of the machine.
Abstract:
In a damp floorcloth scrubbing device comprising a body (1) capable of transferring floorcloths (10, 10', 10''), selectively, toward the front spools (5, 5') or the rear spools (6, 6', 6'') according to operation of a driving device (7), in which on the lower surface thereof a pushing plate (4) made from elastic material is set by insertion; a handle (2) protruded slantingly toward the rear on the center of the outer surface of the body (1); a detergent storage container (3) mounted on one side of the outer surface of the body (1); and a spray means (8) spraying detergent provided from said container (3) toward the lower surface, the front or both sides of the body (1), selectively, by said driving device (7), the present invention relates to a manual damp floorcloth scrubbing device that comprises an electric driving device (70) being operated according to rotation of the driving shaft (102) by a driving handle (H), a counter device (9) being operated by a ratchet wheel (R3) and a click (96a).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a floor-surface treating machine (1) comprising a chassis (2), on which at least three wheels (4, 5, 6) are mounted, these wheels bearing against the floor surface (3) and being capable of rolling therealong. In each case one (4) of the wheels is driven by drive means, so as to enable the machine to be moved over the floor surface (3), and one (4) of the wheels is steerable so as to enable the machine (1) to be steered along a path adapted for the displacement of a number of rotatable floor-treating devices (7, 8, 9). When seen in a straight movement direction (F), the driving and steering wheel (4) is the centermost wheel, whereas one wheel (5) mounted on one side of the machine is fixed and rotates in the direction of machine movement, and a wheel (6) mounted on the other side of the machine is pivotably mounted.