Patent ID: 7240396

Claim:
A floor cleaner for cleaning a floor, the floor cleaner having a front and a rear, the floor cleaner comprising: a sweeper assembly having a front and a rear, the sweeper assembly also having one or more rotating sweeper elements; a scrubber for wetting and cleaning the floor, the scrubber having a front and a rear, the front of the scrubber positioned in closer proximity to the rear of the sweeper assembly than to the front of the sweeper assembly; a burnisher for burnishing the floor, the burnisher positioned in closer proximity to the rear of the scrubber than to the front of the scrubber; a hopper spaced apart from the sweeper elements; and a ramp, the ramp connected to the hopper and located between the sweeper elements and the hopper, a portion of the ramp being located under a portion of the sweeper elements.