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US 12,178,372 B2Granted
Floor cleaner
AssigneeTechtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
InventorsRafael Davila, Michael Dawson, Robert McRorie, Donald Lydic, Nicholas DeBlasio
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Abstract
A floor cleaner including a including a body, a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the body, and a liquid distribution system. The cleaning head includes a first and a second cleaning roller for contacting a surface to be cleaned.
Claims20
A floor cleaner comprising:
- a body;
- a cleaning head pivotably coupled to the body, the cleaning head including a first side, a second side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side, the first and second lateral sides extending between the first side and the second side, the body is pivotable with respect to the cleaning head about a first axis extending between the first and second lateral sides of the cleaning head and the body is pivotable with respect to the cleaning head about a second axis toward the first lateral side and toward the second lateral side,
- a cleaning member disposed in the cleaning head and configured to contact a surface to be cleaned;
- and
- a liquid distribution system including
- a supply tank
- a first dispensing member in fluid communication with the supply tank and configured to dispense solution in a first direction and beyond the first side of the cleaning head onto the surface to be cleaned,
- a second dispensing member in fluid communication with the supply tank and configured to dispense solution in a second direction and beyond the first lateral side of the cleaning head onto the surface to be cleaned;
- and
- a valve in fluid communication with the first dispensing member and the second dispensing member, wherein the valve is configured to selectively deliver solution to the first dispensing member and prevent delivery of solution to the second dispensing member in response to pivoting of the body relative to the cleaning head about the first axis and configured to selectively deliver solution to the second dispensing member and prevent delivery of solution to the first dispensing member in response to pivoting of the body relative to the cleaning head about the second axis.
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A floor cleaner comprising:
- a body;
- a cleaning head pivotably coupled to the body and movable across a surface to be cleaned in a first direction, a second direction opposite the first direction, a first lateral direction, and a second lateral direction opposite the first lateral direction;
- a cleaning roller disposed in the cleaning head;
- a liquid distribution system including
- a supply tank
- a first dispensing member in fluid communication with the supply tank and configured to dispense solution beyond the cleaning head onto the surface to be cleaned in the first direction,
- a second dispensing member in fluid communication with the supply tank and configured to dispense solution beyond the cleaning head onto the surface to be cleaned in the first lateral direction;
- and
- a valve in fluid communication with the first dispensing member and the second dispensing member for alternately selectively delivering the solution to the first dispensing member and selectively delivering the solution to the second dispensing member in response to pivoting of the body relative to the cleaning head, wherein when the valve delivers solution to the first dispensing member it prevents solution from being delivered to the second dispensing member and wherein when the valve delivers solution to the second dispensing member it prevents solution from being delivered to the first dispensing member;
- wherein the valve is configured to deliver solution to the first dispensing member when the cleaning head moves in the first direction and the valve is configured to deliver solution to the second dispensing member when the cleaning head moves in the first lateral direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.