US 8,555,450 B1Granted

Residential wood floor cleaning machine

AssigneeChristine A. Sabol

InventorsChristine A. Sabol, Eugene C. Bowman

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Abstract

A residential wood floor cleaning machine provides an easily attachable and removable cleaning cloth to a rotating orbiting head mounted in a lightweight structure for use in cleaning wood floors in residences. The cleaning machine includes LED's for illuminating an area of the wood floor adjacent to the head. A mechanical spray pump with a removable reservoir controllably sprays a controlled amount of cleaning solution on the illuminated area. An electrical control requires that the light is on whenever the power is on. A mechanical sprayer operating means is mounted within a tubular structure which supports the sprayer. The tubular structure is preferably interconnected with a pivoting handle with a truss like structure which reduces the overall weight of the machine. The handle bracket is provided with a stop to prevent pivoting by more than 90 degrees.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus comprising:

an orbital circular cleaning head mounted in a circular housing and driven by an electric motor;
means for attaching a cleaning cloth to said head;
said means for attaching said cleaning cloth to said head is comprised of a rubber band mounted over said cleaning cloth over a groove in a periphery of said head;
a handle mounted to a bracket, said bracket being pivotally mounted to said housing and contained within the diameter of said housing;
said bracket including a stop for preventing said handle and bracket from pivoting more than about 90 degrees;
at least one LED light mounted to direct LED light to illuminate a portion of floor area adjacent to said head;
a tubular structure mounted to said handle;
a sprayer mounted to a lower portion of said tubular structure for controllable spraying a controlled amount of liquid on the floor area illuminated by at least one LED light;
a mechanical operating means mounted within said tubular structure, said mechanical operating means being operable by a first lever mounted on an upper portion of said handle;
said sprayer including a mechanical pump mechanically operable to controllably spray in response to said mechanical operating means being operated by said first lever;
said sprayer having a removable reservoir and
electrical controls, said electrical controls including an on/off switch mounted on an upper portion of said handle for supplying power to said at least one LED light and to an operating switch, and a second lever for operating said operating switch to turn on and off electrical power to operate said electrical motor.

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Apparatus, comprising:

an orbital circular cleaning head mounted in a circular housing and driven by an electric motor;
means for attaching a terry cloth to said head;
a handle mounted to a bracket which is pivotally mounted to said housing contained within a diameter of said housing;
said bracket including a stop preventing said handle and said bracket from pivoting more than about 90 degrees;
said housing being provided with at least one LED light mounted on said housing with said at least one LED light directed to illuminate a portion of the floor area adjacent to said head;
a tubular structure mounted to said handle being interconnected by a plurality of elements forming a truss like structure of two legs;
a sprayer for controllably spraying a controlled amount of liquid on the floor area illuminated by said at least one LED light;
said sprayer being operated by a first lever mounted on an upper portion of said handle mechanically connected to said sprayer by a mechanical connection mounted within one of said legs of said truss like structure;
said first lever handle is operable to mechanically operate a mechanical pump in said sprayer to provide a controllable spray of liquid onto said floor area adjacent said head;
said sprayer having a removable reservoir;
and
electrical controls, said electrical controls including an on/off switch mounted on an upper portion of said handle for supplying power to said at least one LED light and to an operating switch, and a second lever for operating said operating switch which applies electrical power to operate said electrical motor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.