Patent ID: 6047437
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A squeegee assembly for a scrubber, said assembly comprising:(a) an elongated cover body;(b) a flexible front blade;(c) a flexible rear blade, said front and rear blades being spacedly arranged in parallel relation on said cover body to define a space between said front and rear blades; and(d) a blower for applying a sucking function to said space to suck up from within said space a dirty liquid gathered by said front and rear blades from a floor surface,said front blade having (i) a lower side portion bent horizontally toward said rear blade to form a horizontally bent floor contacting surface and (ii) a distal end side which forms a raised portion to define an opposing space between said rear blade and said raised portion of said front blade, said raised portion being secured to said cover body, said front blade and a lower side of said cover body defining a suction chamber, said sucking function of said blower being applied to said suction chamber, said horizontally bent contacting surface having a bottom surface in which a plurality of guide grooves are formed, and said raised portion having formed therein a dirty liquid sucking cavity for intercommunicating said suction chamber and said opposing space.