Integrated vacuum wand and method of use
AssigneeTennant Company
InventorsKevin L. Shinler, John C. Ickes, Matthew Betteker, Bruce M. Becker
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Abstract
A portable vacuum wand for use with a surface maintenance machine, for collection of debris remote from the machine. The vacuum wand is detachable from a rear squeegee assembly of the surface maintenance machine, and includes a handle and a wand head. A vacuum conduit of the vacuum wand is adapted to be coupled to the rear squeegee assembly when not in use so as to provide vacuum to the rear squeegee assembly. A method of cleaning a floor surface with a surface maintenance machine and a portable vacuum wand is also provided.
Claims25
A floor surface maintenance machine comprising:
- a rear squeegee assembly for soiled solution pickup;
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- a portable vacuum wand for pickup of debris remote from the machine, said vacuum wand being detachable from the rear squeegee assembly and including a handle and a wand head, with a vacuum conduit of the vacuum wand adapted to be coupled to the rear squeegee assembly when not in use so as to provide vacuum to the rear squeegee assembly.
A floor surface maintenance machine comprising:
- a vacuum system for recovering debris;
- a portable vacuum wand having a wand head remaining in communication with said vacuum system whether the wand is operational or being stored on said machine;
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- a rear squeegee assembly for recovering soiled cleaning solution when the portable vacuum wand is stored on said machine, with recovered soiled cleaning solution passing through the portable vacuum wand head during operation of the machine.
A floor surface maintenance machine comprising:
- a vacuum system for recovering debris;
- a rear squeegee assembly for recovering soiled cleaning solution directly from a floor surface;
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- portable vacuum wand having a wand head remaining in communication with said vacuum system whether the wand head is used to recover a soiled cleaning solution remote from a machine chassis or the wand head is directly coupled to the rear squeegee assembly so that soiled cleaning solution is recovered through said rear squeegee assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.