High efficiency floor treating system and method
OwnerJohn Franklin Geurkinkinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for high efficiency floor treating is provided. Embodiments of the floor treating system include a floor treating device with a power source having a rotatable drive shaft with an axis of rotation, a flywheel with an aperture for receiving the drive shaft, a counterbalance connected to the flywheel, and a floor treating attachment located at a distance of at least 0.400 inch from the axis of rotation of the drive shaft. Embodiments of the floor treating method include agitating a cleaning substance using the floor treating device with the floor treating attachment positioned at least 0.400 inch from the axis of rotation of the drive shaft.
Claims20
An oscillating, floor treating device comprising:
- a power source having a rotatable drive shaft, wherein the rotatable drive shaft rotates around an axis of rotation;
- a flywheel having an aperture configured to receive the drive shaft;
- a counterbalance connected to and extending radially from the flywheel;
- and
- a floor treating attachment configured to connect to the counterbalance at at least two different distances from the axis of rotation of the drive shaft, a first distance being at least 0.400 inch from the axis of rotation of the drive shaft.
An oscillating, floor treating device comprising:
- a power source having a rotatable drive shaft, wherein the rotatable drive shaft rotates around an axis of rotation;
- a flywheel having an aperture configured to receive the drive shaft;
- a counterbalance connected to the flywheel;
- a floor treating attachment configured to connect to the counterbalance at at least two different distances from the axis of rotation of the drive shaft, a first distance being at least 0.400 inch from the axis of rotation of the drive shaft;
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- a plug bearing configured to be positioned between a bottom of the counterbalance and a top of the floor treating attachment.
An oscillating, floor treating device comprising:
- a power source having a rotatable drive shaft, wherein the rotatable drive shaft rotates around an axis of rotation;
- a flywheel having an aperture configured to receive the drive shaft;
- a counterbalance connected to the flywheel;
- and
- a floor treating attachment configured to connect to the counterbalance at a first distance of at least 0.400 inch from the axis of rotation of the drive shaft,
- wherein the counterbalance is radially spaced from the axis of the drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.