Patent ID: 9629513
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. A floor cleaning machine that is adapted and configured to be placed on a floor, the floor cleaning machine comprising: a housing; at least one pair of wheels mounted to the housing that are adapted and configured to support at least a portion of the housing above such a floor; a handle on the housing that is configured and adapted to permit a person to control the movement of the housing relative to such a floor; a liquid tank on the housing that can be manually removed from the housing and manually positioned on the housing, the liquid tank having an opening that extends to an interior of the liquid tank; a hood attached to the housing, the hood being movable relative to the housing between an at rest position of the hood where the hood extends over the liquid tank and a displaced position of the hood where the hood is moved away from the liquid tank, the hood in the displaced position enabling the liquid tank to be manually removed from the housing and enabling the liquid tank to be manually positioned on the housing; a dome connected to the hood in a manner such that the dome moves with the hood relative to the housing but such that the dome is also able to move slightly relative to the hood, the dome covering the opening of the liquid tank when the hood is in the at rest position; a vacuum hose having opposite first and second ends, the second end of the vacuum hose being operatively connected to the dome in a manner such that the vacuum hose is operatively connected to the interior of the liquid tank when the hood is in the at rest position, the first end of the vacuum hose being operatively connected to the housing; and a liquid hose having opposite first and second ends, the second end of the liquid hose being operatively connected to the dome in a manner such that the liquid hose is operatively connected to the interior of the liquid tank when the hood is in the at rest position, the first end of the liquid hose being operatively connected to the housing.