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US 2022/0273147 A1Published application
Floor cleaner
AssigneeTechtronic Cordless GP
InventorsRafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Michael Bloom
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Abstract
A cleaning head for a floor cleaner including a housing, a brushroll, a suction inlet, and a mounting plate. The mounting plate includes an edge brush adjacent the suction inlet and extending to a lateral side of the housing. The edge brush is configured to direct dirt and debris from the lateral side of the floor cleaner to the suction inlet.
Claims24
A floor cleaner comprising:
- a housing including a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side;
- a suction source;
- a distribution nozzle configured to dispense a fluid onto a surface to be cleaned;
- a brushroll chamber having an opening in the bottom side of the housing, the opening having a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge;
- a brushroll mounted in the brushroll chamber extending longitudinally between the first and second lateral edges and extending through the opening to contact a surface to be cleaned;
- a suction inlet formed between the brushroll and the rear edge;
- a recovery tank in fluid communication with the suction source and the suction inlet, the recovery tank configured to contain the fluid drawn by the suction source through the suction inlet from the surface to be cleaned;
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- a mounting plate attached to the bottom side of the housing adjacent the brushroll chamber, the mounting plate including an edge brush having a first end, a second end, and a row of bristles between the first end and the second end,
- wherein the first end of the edge brush is adjacent the suction inlet and the second end of the edge brush is adjacent the first lateral side of the housing forward of the suction inlet.
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A cleaning head for a floor cleaner comprising:
- a housing including a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side;
- a brushroll chamber having an opening in the bottom side, the opening having a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge;
- a brushroll mounted in the brushroll chamber extending longitudinally between the first and second lateral edges and extending through the opening to contact a surface to be cleaned;
- a suction inlet formed between the brushroll and the rear edge;
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- a mounting plate attached to the bottom side of the housing adjacent the brushroll chamber, the mounting plate including an edge brush having a first end, a second end, and a row of bristles between the first end and the second end,
- wherein the first end of the edge brush is adjacent the suction inlet and the second end of the edge brush is adjacent the first lateral side of the housing forward of the suction inlet.
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A cleaning head for a floor cleaner comprising:
- a housing with a front side, a rear side, a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side;
- a brushroll chamber in the bottom side having a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge, the brushroll chamber having an opening facing the bottom side;
- a brushroll mounted in the brushroll chamber extending longitudinally between the first and second lateral edges, extending through the opening to contact a surface to be cleaned;
- a suction inlet formed between the brushroll and the rear edge;
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- a mounting plate on the bottom side of the housing lateral of the opening,
- the mounting plate including an edge brush having a contiguous row of bristles extending from adjacent the suction inlet towards the lateral side of the housing, forward of the suction inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.