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Floor cleaner

US11291345B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

109References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited · VG

Inventors

Rafael Davila · Kannapolis, US
Michael Paul Dawson · Huntersville, US
Don Lydic · Mooresville, US
Robert McRorie · Huntersville, US
Benjamin Shrader · Newton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2019
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47L11/4088
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A floor cleaner including a vacuum source and a base movable over a surface to be cleaned. The base includes a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a lower end configured to be adjacent the surface to be cleaned, a suction inlet adjacent the front side and adjacent the lower end of the base and in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis, a first squeegee that extends from the lower end between the suction inlet and the back side of the base, the first squeegee configured to contact the surface to be cleaned. The base further includes a second squeegee that contacts the brushroll and the brushroll axis is between the lower end of the base and the second squeegee.

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