Stand-on floor scrubber
AssigneePacific Steamex Cleaning Systems, Inc.
InventorsKipling J. Kauffman, William D. Fisher
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Abstract
A stand-on floor scrubber is provided to clean floor surfaces and includes a housing, a scrubber head, and drive wheels. The scrubber head may be positioned against a floor to provide scrubbing action during a floor cleaning operation. The housing includes an upright forward housing section and an upright rear housing section that are spaced apart by an operator platform with each of the forward housing section and rear housing section containing operational components of the stand-on floor scrubber, such as batteries and fluid tanks. The operator platform is sloped between the forward and rear housing and provides adjustable support for an operator of the stand-on floor scrubber.
Claims20
A floor scrubber comprising:
- a base comprising wheels for movably supporting said floor scrubber on a floor;
- a scrubber head movably coupled to said base;
- a housing extending upwards from said base and comprising an upstanding forward housing spaced apart from an upstanding rear housing;
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- a platform extending from a forward side of said rear housing in a forward direction, wherein said platform is configured to enable an operator to stand thereon while operating said floor scrubber.
A floor scrubber comprising:
- a base comprising wheels for movably supporting said floor scrubber on a floor;
- a scrubber head movably coupled to said base;
- a housing extending upwards from said base, said housing comprising a forward housing spaced apart from a rear housing;
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- a left standing surface and a right standing surface spaced apart by a center cover, wherein said center cover is disposed between said forward housing and said rear housing, wherein said standing surfaces extend from a forward side of said rear housing in a forward direction past a rear side of said forward housing, and wherein said standing surfaces curve upward in said forward direction.
A floor scrubber comprising:
- a base comprising center drive wheels for movably supporting said floor scrubber on a floor;
- a scrubber head movably coupled to said base;
- a housing extending upwards from said base, wherein said housing comprises a forward housing spaced apart from a rear housing, and wherein said housing houses operational components of said floor scrubber, said operational components comprising a clean fluid tank configured to hold fluid for cleaning the floor, and a recovery tank configured to hold fluid that has already been used to clean the floor;
- a left standing surface and a right standing surface spaced apart by a center cover, wherein said center cover is disposed between said forward housing and said rear housing, wherein said standing surfaces extend from a forward side of said rear housing in a forward direction past a rear side of said forward housing, and wherein said standing surfaces curve upward in said forward direction;
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- a posterior pad coupled to said forward side of said rear housing;
- wherein said center drive wheels share a latitudinal axis through a center point of each center drive wheel, said latitudinal axis being forward of said forward side of said rear housing and rearward of said scrubber head;
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- wherein said posterior pad is adapted to provide cushioned posterior support to an operator while operating said floor scrubber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.