Patent ID: 8544146

Claim:
A scraper for smooth surfaces, being connected to a liquid and/or vapor tank, said scraper comprising: means for projecting liquid, vapor, or both, onto a work surface through at least one opening, and a scraping body provided with at least one resilient scraping element, each resilient scraping element comprising at least one ridge formed by intersection of an edge and a protruding face of said scraping body, said ridge scraping said work surface during a movement imparted to said scraper, wherein said scraper collects washing residues and wherein said scraping body further comprises, in a vicinity of the scraping element and at least towards or on one surface of the latter, means for collecting residual liquid on at least one absorbent substrate guiding the residual liquid connected to a tank by a conduit, wherein said means for collecting residual liquid comprises an end surface entering into contact or nearing said surface of said scraping element, and wherein said liquid collection tank is located in the lower portion of the scraper and comprises a displacement preventing means, in order to prevent any displacement of water when the scraper is tilted, said displacement preventing means having an inlet in the upper portion of said liquid collection tank or a non-return valve.