Patent ID: 6088873
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A floor cleaning machine having a body and a wheel supporting assembly, comprising, in combination,a hollow body portion having means for securement to a trans-axle power unit and casters at the rear of the hollow body portion,said hollow body having a hollow body lower solution tank and a hollow body cover solution tank for the lower solution tank,a trans-axle power unit secured transversely to the hollow body lower solution tank perpendicular to the direction of movement of the floor cleaning machine,coupling means, including impact cushioning means, at a forward portion of the lower solution tank and forward of the trans-axial power unit for interchangeable securement to a floor scrubbing head or a carpet cleaning head,whereby a single floor cleaning machine body can be used selectively as a floor cleaner for scrubbing hard floors or as a carpet extractor for covering carpeted floors,said coupling means comprisinga head angle control having one end secured to the forward portion of the trans-axle power unit and another end removably secured to the floor cleaning head or carpet cleaning head to be employed,pivotal lift arms secured at one end to the trans-axle power unit and removably secured at the other end to the floor scrubbing head or carpet cleaning head,and a height control actuator removably secured at one end to the floor scrubbing head or carpet cleaning head and secured at the other end to the lower solution tank,whereby the floor cleaning head or carpet cleaning head is removably secured to the floor cleaning machine and is capable of being raised or lowered by the height control actuator toward or away from a floor surface to be cleaned.