Patent ID: 9622634
Date: 2017-04-18
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; 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 vacuum hose having opposite first and second ends, the second end of the vacuum hose being connected to the hood in a manner such that the second end of the vacuum hose moves with the hood relative to the housing; a liquid hose having opposite first and second ends, the second end of the liquid hose being connected to the hood in a manner such that the second end of the liquid hose moves with the hood relative to the housing; a first ball and socket joint connecting the first end of the vacuum hose to a wall of the housing; and, a second ball and socket joint connecting the first end of the liquid hose end to a wall of the housing.