EP1529478A3 - Power scrubber - Google Patents

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EP1529478A3
EP1529478A3 EP04012739A EP04012739A EP1529478A3 EP 1529478 A3 EP1529478 A3 EP 1529478A3 EP 04012739 A EP04012739 A EP 04012739A EP 04012739 A EP04012739 A EP 04012739A EP 1529478 A3 EP1529478 A3 EP 1529478A3
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scrubbing head
scrubbing
fluid
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French (fr)
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EP1529478A2 (en
EP1529478B1 (en
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Wade King
Wallis Alsruhe
Kevin W. Covell
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Black and Decker Inc
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Black and Decker Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/02—Floor surfacing or polishing machines
    • A47L11/03—Floor surfacing or polishing machines characterised by having provisions for supplying cleaning or polishing agents
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/28—Floor-scrubbing machines, motor-driven
    • A47L11/282—Floor-scrubbing machines, motor-driven having rotary tools
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
    • A47L11/4038—Disk shaped surface treating tools
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4075—Handles; levers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/408—Means for supplying cleaning or surface treating agents
    • A47L11/4088—Supply pumps; Spraying devices; Supply conduits

Abstract

A scrubbing device (10) has a scrubbing head (12) with a cleaning member (102) rotatably coupled to an electrical motor (64) within the scrubbing head (12). A support member (14) is coupled with the scrubbing head (12) and a handle (16). The handle (16) includes a switch (42) for activating the electric motor (64). A first fluid source (18,40,108) is coupled with the scrubbing head (12) for spraying a first fluid on a surface to be cleaned. A second fluid source (66,72,74) is coupled with the scrubbing head (12) to spray a second fluid on the surface to be cleaned.
EP04012739A 2003-11-07 2004-05-28 Power scrubber Not-in-force EP1529478B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US703376 2003-11-07
US10/703,376 US20040237228A1 (en) 2003-05-29 2003-11-07 Power scrubber

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EP1529478A2 EP1529478A2 (en) 2005-05-11
EP1529478A3 true EP1529478A3 (en) 2006-02-08
EP1529478B1 EP1529478B1 (en) 2007-04-25

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EP04012739A Not-in-force EP1529478B1 (en) 2003-11-07 2004-05-28 Power scrubber

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AT (1) ATE360390T1 (en)
DE (1) DE602004006066T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2283902T3 (en)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7937792B2 (en) 2006-10-19 2011-05-10 Black & Decker Inc. Pole scrubber
EP2783615B1 (en) 2013-03-27 2016-05-04 Walter Jobb Device for cleaning smooth surfaces
DE102013005234B3 (en) * 2013-03-27 2014-08-28 Walter Jobb Apparatus for cleaning smooth surfaces, particularly windscreens of truck, has wiper element and pump, which are designed as electric motor that is supplied with electricity by power source and spray nozzle to act cleaning liquid by pump
CN105640447B (en) * 2016-04-06 2018-03-27 于宝林 A kind of automatic advance and the electric mop of automatic mop cleaning
CN110340042B (en) * 2018-04-02 2022-06-14 苏州宝时得电动工具有限公司 Water-driven brush and cleaning machine adopting same
WO2022083447A1 (en) * 2020-10-22 2022-04-28 北京石头世纪科技股份有限公司 Mopping module and cleaning head
CA3158876A1 (en) * 2021-05-19 2022-11-19 Techtronic Cordless Gp Fluid dispensing scrubber

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5289605A (en) * 1991-12-10 1994-03-01 Armbruster Joseph M DC powered scrubber
FR2715875A1 (en) * 1994-02-08 1995-08-11 Dms Cleaning system for textiles
USD451288S1 (en) * 2000-09-26 2001-12-04 International Concepts, Inc. Hand-held washer
US6374447B1 (en) * 1999-04-16 2002-04-23 Joseph M. Armbruster Cordless rechargeable powered washing system
US20030177595A1 (en) * 2002-03-22 2003-09-25 Quach Trung Thieu Hand held, electric cleaning device

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5289605A (en) * 1991-12-10 1994-03-01 Armbruster Joseph M DC powered scrubber
FR2715875A1 (en) * 1994-02-08 1995-08-11 Dms Cleaning system for textiles
US6374447B1 (en) * 1999-04-16 2002-04-23 Joseph M. Armbruster Cordless rechargeable powered washing system
USD451288S1 (en) * 2000-09-26 2001-12-04 International Concepts, Inc. Hand-held washer
US20030177595A1 (en) * 2002-03-22 2003-09-25 Quach Trung Thieu Hand held, electric cleaning device

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EP1529478A2 (en) 2005-05-11
EP1529478B1 (en) 2007-04-25
DE602004006066T2 (en) 2008-01-03
ATE360390T1 (en) 2007-05-15
ES2283902T3 (en) 2007-11-01
DE602004006066D1 (en) 2007-06-06

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