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US 6,202,775 B1Granted
Rotary floor finisher for use with a power rider trailer
AssigneeFloorstyle Products, Inc.
InventorsBryan Mattson, Michael T. Powers
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Abstract
A rotary floor finisher for use with a power rider trailer for the sanding and screening of large wood floor areas. The floor finisher and sander to attached in substantially rigid relationship to each other and steered by a wheel provided on the floor finisher.
Claims12
A floor finisher and power rider trailer combination, comprising:
- a power rider trailer having a hook-up bracket,
- a supporting structure substantially rigidly attached on a first side to the hook-up bracket of the power rider trailer,
- a housing attached to the supporting structure on a second side of the supporting structure,
- at least one motor mounted on the housing that is drivingly coupled to one or more pad drivers to rotate the one or more pad drivers about an axis generally perpendicular to a floor,
- a steerable wheel pivotally coupled to the supporting structure for supporting the supporting structure on a floor, and
- a handle arm directly coupled to the wheel so that the wheel is steered in direct response to movement of the handle.
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A method for finishing a floor, comprising the steps of:
- connecting a power rider trailer having a hook-up bracket to a floor finishing apparatus including
- a supporting structure adapted to be substantially rigidly attachable on a first side to the hook-up bracket of the power rider trailer,
- a housing attached to the supporting structure on a second side of the supporting structure,
- at least one motor mounted on the housing that is drivingly coupled to one or more pad drivers to rotate the one or more pad drivers about an axis generally perpendicular to a floor,
- a steerable wheel that supports the supporting structure on the floor, and,
- a handle arm drivingly coupled to the wheel to enable a user to steer the wheel;
- finishing a floor by rotating an abrasive material affixed to the one or more pad drivers against the floor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.