Surface maintenance machine with a quick eject cleaning tool assembly

A surface maintenance machine comprising:

• a body supported by wheels;
• a maintenance head assembly being positioned substantially within an envelope of the machine, the maintenance head assembly comprising at least one maintenance tool magnetically attachable thereto by one or more magnetic materials positioned on the maintenance tool and/or the maintenance head assembly, the magnetic materials generating a mutually attractive force to couple to the maintenance tool to the maintenance head assembly;
• and
• a tool eject mechanism positioned below an upper surface of the body, the tool eject mechanism generating a drop force, the drop force being sufficient to overcome the mutually attractive force between the maintenance tool and the maintenance head assembly.

A maintenance head assembly for a surface maintenance machine, the maintenance head assembly extending below an upper surface of a body of the surface maintenance machine, the maintenance head assembly comprising:

• a deck;
• at least one maintenance tool removably connectable to the deck;
• and
• a tool eject mechanism positioned on the deck for ejecting the maintenance tool from the deck, the tool eject mechanism comprising an eject button extending above the upper surface of the deck, the upper surface surrounding the eject button, the eject button being actuable by at least a portion of the upper surface of the body of the machine when the maintenance head assembly is raised toward the upper surface of the body of the machine, such that when actuated, the eject button generates a drop force to remove the maintenance tool from the deck.