Patent ID: 9554684
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. A floor scrubber, said floor scrubber comprising: a scrubber head; a base assembly, said base assembly including wheels for movably supporting said floor scrubber on a floor with said scrubber head being movably joined to said base assembly; and a head adjustment assembly, said adjustment assembly operable to place said scrubber head into multiple orientations including a raised orientation, a standard cleaning orientation, and an increased cleaning pressure orientation in which additional downward force is applied to said scrubber head; wherein said adjustment assembly includes a control arm, a pivot arm, and a head arm that are configured to extend from and pivot about a common pivot axis, with said head arm joining said scrubber head with said base assembly and said pivot arm being interconnected with said head arm whereby movement of said pivot arm imparts movement to said head arm, and with said pivot arm being connected to said control arm via a linkage with said control arm imparting force to said pivot arm via said linkage and said control arm being operable to move said head arm via said pivot arm, and with said control arm able to be selectively positioned into separate positions associated with said multiple orientations of said scrubber head, and wherein said floor scrubber has a rearward end at which an operator engages said floor scrubber, a forward end opposite said rearward end, and lateral sides between said forward end and said rearward end with said pivot axis extending between said lateral sides.