Cleaning implement
AssigneeTechtronic Cordless GP
InventorsZachary P. Scott, Elton Lee Watson
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Abstract
A cleaning implement including a foot, a motor, and an eccentric mass. The foot has a foot plate and an oscillation plate movably coupled to the foot plate. The motor is coupled to at least one of the foot plate and the oscillation plate. The motor rotates about a motor axis extending at a non-perpendicular transverse angle relative to the surface. The eccentric mass is coupled to the motor to generate an oscillating force between the foot plate and the oscillation plate upon operation of the motor. The oscillating force has a planar component parallel to the oscillation plate and a perpendicular component perpendicular to the oscillation plate.
Claims31
A cleaning implement for cleaning a surface, the cleaning implement comprising:
- a foot having a foot plate and an oscillation plate movably coupled to the foot plate;
- a motor coupled to at least one of the foot plate and the oscillation plate, the motor including a rotor rotatable about a motor axis extending at a non-perpendicular transverse angle relative to the surface when the foot is supported upon the surface;
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- an eccentric mass coupled to the rotor to generate an oscillating force between the foot plate and the oscillation plate upon rotation of the rotor, the oscillating force having a planar component parallel to the oscillation plate and a perpendicular component perpendicular to the oscillation plate.
A cleaning implement for cleaning a surface, the cleaning implement comprising:
- a foot having
- a foot plate including a foot plate partition defining a foot plate slot extending transverse to the surface,
- an oscillation plate including an oscillation plate partition defining an oscillation plate slot extending transverse to the surface,
- a pin configured to inhibit decoupling of the oscillation plate from the foot plate, the pin being coupled to the foot plate partition with at least a portion of the pin positioned within the oscillation plate slot,
- a motor coupled to at least one of the foot plate and the oscillation plate, the motor including a rotor rotating about a motor axis;
- an eccentric mass coupled to the rotor to generate an oscillating force between the foot plate and the oscillation plate upon operation of the motor.
A cleaning implement for cleaning a surface, the cleaning implement comprising:
- a vacuum assembly comprising
- a suction motor and impeller configured to generate suction to move dirty air through a dirty air inlet,
- a separator configured to separate the dirty air into debris and clean air,
- a dust bin configured to collect the debris, and
- a clean air outlet configured to outlet clean air to the surroundings;
- and a sprayer assembly comprising
- a solution tank configured to store cleaning solution,
- an outlet nozzle, and
- a sprayer pump in fluid communication with the solution tank and the outlet nozzle, the sprayer pump configured to pump cleaning solution from the solution tank and out the outlet nozzle;
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- a user-actuated vacuum switch configured to actuate the suction motor,
- a user-actuated sprayer switch configured to actuate the sprayer pump, and
- wherein upon simultaneous actuation of the sprayer switch and the vacuum switch, the suction motor is deactivated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.