Cleaning device with an adjustable squeegee assembly
AssigneeWensch Holding B.V.
InventorAdrianus Josephus Antonius van der Wensch
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Abstract
A cleaning device includes: a squeegee assembly for sucking up dirty water with which the surface has been cleaned, the squeegee assembly having: a squeegee housing; two suction strips arranged inside the squeegee housing; and an adjustment element for adjusting a height of the suction strips with respect to the squeegee housing, between: a no suction mode, wherein the cleaning tool is arranged on the surface while the suction strips are elevated above the surface, and a suction mode, wherein the cleaning tool is arranged on the surface for cleaning the surface while the two suction strips are arranged on the surface for removing at least one of water cleaning agent from the surface.
Claims17
A cleaning device (1) for cleaning surfaces, the cleaning device (1) comprising:
- a spray element (11) for spraying at least one of water and a cleaning agent onto the surface to be cleaned;
- a recovery tank (12) for collecting dirty water with which the surface has been cleaned;
- a suction turbine (13) for providing a suction flow for sucking up dirty water with which the surface has been cleaned;
- a frame (14) including a cleaning tool (15) for cleaning the surface with at least one of water and cleaning agent,
- a squeegee assembly (16) for sucking up dirty water with which the surface has been cleaned, the squeegee assembly (16) comprising:
- a squeegee housing (17);
- two suction strips (18) arranged inside the squeegee housing (17);
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- an adjustment element (19) for adjusting a height (H) of the suction strips (18) with respect to the squeegee housing (17), between:
- a) a no suction mode (16a), wherein the cleaning tool (15) is arranged on the surface while the suction strips (18) are elevated above the surface, and
- b) a suction mode (16b), wherein the cleaning tool (15) is arranged on the surface for cleaning the surface while the two suction strips (18) are arranged on the surface for removing at least one of water and cleaning agent from the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.