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US 12,599,278 B1Granted
Rotary floor buffing pad with agitator insert
AssigneeThe Tuway American Group, Inc.
InventorsJohn Feeny, Douglas Koester
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Abstract
A floor cleaning/refurbishment pad that includes a support layer, the support layer having a central region and an outer peripheral edge defining an outer support layer dimension, a loft material layer overlaying the support material layer and connected thereto, the loft material composed of at least one loft material and the microfiber loft material layer having a height HL and an outwardly facing surface and an agitator/abrasive strip overlaying a portion of the support material layer and connected thereto, the agitator strip having a height HA and an outwardly facing surface.
Claims10
A floor cleaning pad comprising:
- a support layer, the support layer having a central region, a first support layer face and a second support layer face opposed to the first support layer face, and an outer peripheral edge defining an outer support layer dimension, wherein the outer support layer dimension is either circular or rectilinear;
- a first microfiber loft material region overlaying the first support layer face of the support layer and connected thereto, the first loft material region having a first microfiber loft material layer dimension less than or equal to the outer support layer dimension, the first microfiber loft material region having a height HL and an outwardly facing surface;
- a second microfiber loft material region overlaying the second support layer face of the support layer and connected thereto, the second microfiber loft material region having a second microfiber loft material region dimension less than or equal to the outer support layer dimension, the second microfiber loft material region having a height HL and an outwardly facing second microfiber loft material region surface;
- a first agitator region overlaying a portion of the first support layer face of the support layer and connected thereto, the first agitator region having a height HA and an outwardly facing agitator region surface;
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- a second agitator region overlaying a portion of the second support layer face of the support layer and connected thereto, the second agitator region having a height HA and an outwardly facing surface, wherein the second agitator region extends inward from the outer peripheral edge defined by the support layer,
- wherein the outwardly facing surface of the first agitator region is at an orientation planar with or indented relative to the outer face of the first loft material and wherein the first agitator region extends inward from the outer peripheral edge defined by the support layer,
- wherein the outwardly facing surface of the second agitator region is at an orientation planar with or indented relative to the outer face of the second loft material and wherein the second agitator region extends inward from the outer peripheral edge defined by the support layer,
- wherein at least one of the first microfiber loft material layer and the second loft microfiber material layer comprise randomly oriented microfibers, and
- wherein the second agitator region is connected to the support layer at a location that does not overlay to the first agitator region.
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A floor cleaning pad comprising:
- a support layer, the support layer having a central region, a first support layer face and a second support layer face opposed to the first support layer face, and an outer peripheral edge defining an outer support layer dimension, wherein the outer support layer dimension is either circular or rectilinear;
- a first microfiber loft material region overlaying the first support layer face of the support layer and connected thereto, the first microfiber loft material region having a first microfiber loft material region dimension less than or equal to the outer support layer dimension, the first microfiber loft material region having a height HL and an outwardly facing first microfiber loft material region surface;
- a second microfiber loft material region overlaying the second support layer face of the support layer and connected thereto, the second microfiber loft material region having a second microfiber loft material region dimension less than or equal to the outer support layer dimension, the second microfiber loft material region having a height HL and an outwardly facing surface;
- a first agitator region overlaying a portion of the first support region face of the support layer and connected thereto, the first agitator region having a height HA and an outwardly facing surface;
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- a second agitator region overlaying a portion of the second support layer face of the support layer and connected thereto, the second agitator region having a height HA and an outwardly facing surface;
- wherein the outwardly facing surface of the first agitator region and the second agitator region are at an orientations planar with or indented relative to the outer face of a respective microfiber loft material and wherein the first agitator region and the second agitator region extend inward from the outer peripheral edge defined by the support layer,
- wherein at least one of the first microfiber loft material region and the second loft microfiber material region comprise randomly oriented microfibers,
- wherein the outer peripheral edge defines a circular boundary and wherein the first agitator region extends inward from the outer peripheral edge defined by the support layer and wherein the first agitator region comprises at least two axially opposed rectilinear strips,
- wherein the rectilinear strips of the first agitator region and the rectilinear strips of the second agitator region are each located in respective slots defined in the respective microfiber loft material layer.
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