U.S. patent application number 11/591959 was filed with the patent office on 2008-05-01 for motor manifold.
This patent application is currently assigned to U.S. Products. Invention is credited to Greg Lloyd, Steve Williams.
Application Number | 20080098560 11/591959 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39328412 |
Filed Date | 2008-05-01 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080098560 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Williams; Steve ; et
al. |
May 1, 2008 |
Motor manifold
Abstract
A motor manifold is disclosed and which includes a main body
with an upwardly facing surface which supports a motor which drives
an air movement assembly; and a downwardly facing surface which
rests in juxtaposed relation relative to a fluid recovery tank, and
wherein the main body defines an aperture which extends
therethrough, and wherein the motor and associated air movement
assembly are substantially aligned with the aperture, and wherein
the downwardly facing surface defines an annularly shaped male
member which circumscribes the aperture, and is matingly received
within the fluid recovery tank.
Inventors: |
Williams; Steve; (Hayden
Lake, ID) ; Lloyd; Greg; (Spokane Valley,
WA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
WELLS ST. JOHN P.S.
601 W. FIRST AVENUE, SUITE 1300
SPOKANE
WA
99201
US
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Assignee: |
U.S. Products
|
Family ID: |
39328412 |
Appl. No.: |
11/591959 |
Filed: |
November 1, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
15/320 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47L 11/40 20130101;
A47L 7/0042 20130101; A47L 9/22 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
15/320 |
International
Class: |
A47L 7/00 20060101
A47L007/00 |
Claims
1. A motor manifold, comprising: a main body with an upwardly
facing surface which supports a motor which drives an air movement
assembly; and a downwardly facing surface which rests in juxtaposed
relation relative to a fluid recovery tank, and wherein the main
body defines an aperture which extends therethrough, and wherein
the motor and associated air movement assembly are substantially
aligned with the aperture, and wherein the downwardly facing
surface defines an annularly shaped male member which circumscribes
the aperture, and is matingly received within the fluid recovery
tank.
2. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the motor
and associated air movement assembly, when energized, induces a
flow of air from the fluid recovery tank and through the air
movement assembly, and wherein the annularly shaped male member
creates a substantially uniform flow of air into the motor.
3. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the
annularly shaped male member has a substantially uniformly curved
exterior facing surface.
4. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the
annularly shaped male member has a complexly curved exterior facing
surface.
5. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the
annularly shaped male member improves the performance of the motor
by at least 3%.
6. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the fluid
recovery tank defines an aperture having a given diameter, and
wherein the annularly shaped male member has an outside diameter
which is less than the diameter of the aperture defined by the
fluid recovery tank.
7. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 6, and further comprising:
a first gasket which is located between and substantially sealably
couples the downwardly facing surface of the main body with the
fluid recovery tank, and which further circumscribes the aperture
which is defined by the fluid recovery tank and the annularly
shaped male member.
8. A motor manifold a claimed in claim 7, and further comprising: a
second gasket which is located between, and substantially sealably
couples the upwardly facing surface of the main body with the
motor, and wherein the second gasket substantially circumscribes
the aperture which is defined by the main body.
9. An engine manifold as claimed in claim 8, and wherein the
upwardly facing surface of the main body defines an annular shaped
recessed region which circumscribes the aperture which is defined
by the main body, and wherein the second gasket is received, at
least in part, within the recessed region.
10. An engine manifold as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the main
body defines a pair of spaced apertures, and wherein a pair of
motors are mounted on the upwardly facing surface of the main body
and are individually aligned with the respective apertures.
11. A motor manifold, comprising: a main body with an upwardly and
a downwardly facing surface, and wherein the downwardly facing
surface matingly engages a fluid recovery tank of a floor cleaning
device, and wherein the fluid recovery tank defines two apertures
which allows access to the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the
main body further defines a pair of apertures which extend between
the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces thereof, and wherein
the pair of apertures defined by the main body are substantially
coaxially aligned relative to the two apertures defined by the
fluid recovery tank, and in fluid flowing relation relative
thereto, and wherein the upwardly facing surface defines a pair of
annular shaped recessed regions which individually surround the
pair of apertures which are defined by the main body, and wherein
the downwardly facing surface defines a pair of annularly shaped
protruding members which individually circumscribe the respective
pair of apertures which are defined by the main body, and which are
individually, matingly received within the two apertures which are
defined by the fluid recovery tank, and wherein a pair of electric
motors are individually mounted on the upwardly facing surface of
the main body and are substantially coaxially aligned relative to
the pair of apertures as defined by the main body.
12. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 11, and wherein a fan is
mounted on each of the electric motors, and is driven by the
respective electric motors, and wherein each of the fans, when
driven by the respective electric motors removes air from within
the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the annularly shaped
protruding members each causes air to flow from the fluid recovery
tank into the respective pair of electric motors in a substantially
laminar fashion so as to increase the performance of the respective
electric motors by at least 3%.
13. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 11, and wherein the pair
of apertures defined by the main body each has a diameter of about
4.3 cm., and wherein the annular shaped protruding members each
extend less than about 1.25 cm. into the fluid recovery tank.
14. A motor manifold as claimed in claim 11, and further
comprising: a first pair of gaskets which individually circumscribe
the respective annularly shaped protruding members and which
substantially sealably mates the downwardly facing surface of the
main body with the fluid recovery tank; and a second pair of
gaskets which are received, at least in part, within the respective
annular shaped recessed regions that are defined in the upwardly
facing surface of the main body and which substantially sealably
mates the respective electric motors to the upwardly facing surface
of the main body.
15. A floor cleaning device, comprising: a carriage having wheels
and which supports a fluid recovery tank for movement across a
supporting surface, and wherein the fluid recovery tank defines an
internal cavity and further has a top surface which defines an
aperture which allows access to the internal cavity; a first gasket
which circumscribes the aperture which is defined by the top
surface of the fluid recovery tank; a motor manifold having a
downwardly facing surface which defines, at least in part, an
annularly shaped male member which protrudes outwardly therefrom,
and which extends through the aperture defined by the top surface
of the fluid recovery tank, and which is further positioned, at
least in part, within the internal cavity of the fluid recovery
tank, and wherein the annularly shaped male member circumscribes an
aperture which extends through the motor manifold, and wherein the
first gasket substantially sealably couples the downwardly facing
surface of the motor manifold with the top surface of the fluid
dispensing tank, and wherein the motor manifold has an opposite,
upwardly facing surface which defines an annular shaped recessed
region which surrounds the aperture which extends through the motor
manifold; a second gasket received, at least in part, within the
annular shaped recessed region formed in the upwardly facing
surface of the motor manifold; and an electric motor which is
drivingly coupled with a fan, and wherein the electric motor is
mounted on the upwardly facing surface of the motor manifold, and
wherein the second gasket is positioned in sealing relation between
the electric motor and the upwardly facing surface, and wherein the
electric motor, when energized, causes the fan to withdraw air from
the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the withdrawn air passes from
the fluid recovery tank through the aperture defined by the motor
manifold by the action of the fan.
16. A floor cleaning device as claimed in claim 15, and wherein the
annularly shaped male member has a curved exterior facing surface
which facilitates substantially laminar air flow from the internal
cavity of the fluid recovery tank to the electric motor to improve
the performance thereof.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a motor manifold, and more
specifically to a motor manifold which facilitates the smooth flow
of air into an electrical engine so as to increase the performance
characteristics of same.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Assorted floor cleaning devices and apparatuses have been
developed to facilitate the cleaning of floors in commercial
establishments such as businesses, hotels, restaurants and the
like. Such floor cleaning devices have included assemblies that
have been useful for cleaning various surfaces such as carpet,
tile, linoleum, brick, and ceramic surfaces to name but a few.
Still further, other devices have been developed to facilitate the
cleaning of structures that have been affected by flood, fire and
the like.
[0003] In all these previous devices, an electric motor is employed
in order to facilitate the vacuum recovery of heated water, foaming
agents, and other fluids which have been applied to a flooring
surface to facilitate the cleaning of same. Such cleaning devices
have typically been limited in their capacity to hold recovered
fluids. This is due, in part, to the size of the tank, as dictated
by the size of the electric motor which is employed with same. It
should be recognized that the size of such motors are limited
because such devices are typically employed in commercial buildings
where electrical power is typically limited to 120 volts, 15 amp
power sources. In view of the amount of vacuum, such devices can
reasonably draw or create within, a typical recovery tank, the
associated fluid recovery tanks have remained relatively small in
size. Consequently, the prior art devices can only be operated for
short periods of time before an operator must stop the device and
thereafter empty the fluid recovery tank before proceeding with
further work. Additionally, this reduced vacuum translates into
lower fluid recovery, and less soil removal from the floor which is
being treated. Consequently, a greater period of time, and work
must be undertaken to clean a given flooring surface.
[0004] Therefore, it would be desirable to provide a floor cleaning
device which could, on the one hand, clean flooring surfaces in a
highly efficient manner, and utilize a larger fluid recovery tank
which would facilitate increased operational times but which would
employ an electrical motor not requiring a special power source to
facilitate the effective operation of same.
[0005] A motor manifold which achieves the benefits of the present
invention will be described in greater detail hereinafter.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] A first aspect of the present invention relates to a motor
manifold which includes a main body with an upwardly facing surface
which supports a motor which drives an air movement assembly; and a
downwardly facing surface which rests in juxtaposed relation
relative to a fluid recovery tank, and wherein the main body
defines an aperture which extends therethrough, and wherein the
motor and associated air movement assembly are substantially
aligned with the aperture, and wherein the downwardly facing
surface defines an annular shaped male member which circumscribes
the aperture, and is matingly received within the fluid recovery
tank.
[0007] Another aspect of the present invention relates to a motor
manifold which includes a main body with an upwardly and a
downwardly facing surface, and wherein the downwardly facing
surface matingly engages a fluid recovery tank of a floor cleaning
device, and wherein the fluid recovery tank defines two apertures
which allows access to the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the
main body further defines a pair of apertures which extend between
the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces thereof, and wherein
the pair of apertures defined by the main body are substantially
coaxially aligned relative to the two apertures defined by the
fluid recovery tank, and in fluid flowing relation relative
thereto, and wherein the upwardly facing surface defines a pair of
annular shaped recessed regions which individually surround the
pair of apertures which are defined by the main body, and wherein
the downwardly facing surface defines a pair of annularly shaped
protruding members which individually circumscribe the respective
pair of apertures which are defined by the main body, and which are
individually, matingly received within the two apertures which are
defined by the fluid recovery tank, and wherein a pair of electric
motors are individually mounted on the upwardly facing surface of
the main body and are substantially coaxially aligned relative to
the pair of apertures as defined by the main body.
[0008] Still another aspect of the present invention relates to a
floor cleaning device which includes a carriage having wheels and
which supports a fluid recovery tank for movement across a
supporting surface, and wherein the fluid recovery tank defines an
internal cavity and further has a top surface which defines an
aperture which allows access to the internal cavity; a first gasket
which circumscribes the aperture which is defined by the top
surface of the fluid recovery tank; a motor manifold having a
downwardly facing surface which defines, at least in part, an
annularly shaped male member which protrudes outwardly therefrom,
and which extends through the aperture defined by the top surface
of the fluid recovery tank, and which is further positioned, at
least in part, within the internal cavity of the fluid recovery
tank, and wherein the annularly shaped male member circumscribes an
aperture which extends through the motor manifold, and wherein the
first gasket substantially sealably couples the downwardly facing
surface of the motor manifold with the top surface of the fluid
dispensing tank, and wherein the motor manifold has an opposite,
upwardly facing surface which defines an annular shaped recessed
region which surrounds the aperture which extends through the motor
manifold; a second gasket received at least in part within the
annular shaped recessed region formed in the upwardly facing
surface of the motor manifold; and an electric motor which is
drivingly coupled with a fan, and wherein the electric motor is
mounted on the upwardly facing surface of the motor manifold, and
wherein the second gasket is positioned in sealing relation between
the electric motor and the upwardly facing surface, and wherein the
electric motor, when energized causes the fan to withdraw air from
the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the withdrawn air passes from
the fluid recovery tank through the aperture defined by motor
manifold by the action of the fan.
[0009] These and other aspects of the present invention will be
described in greater detail hereinafter.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] Preferred embodiments of the invention are described below
with reference to the following accompanying drawings.
[0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective, side elevation view of a floor
cleaning device which incorporates features of the present
invention.
[0012] FIG. 2 is a perspective, environmental view of a motor
manifold of the present invention.
[0013] FIG. 3 is a fragmentary, perspective, exploded view of a
motor manifold of the present invention.
[0014] FIG. 4 is a top plan view of a motor manifold of the present
invention.
[0015] FIG. 5 is a transverse, vertical, sectional view of a motor
manifold of the present invention.
[0016] FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the motor manifold of the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0017] This disclosure of the invention is submitted in furtherance
of the constitutional purposes of the U.S. Patent Laws "to promote
the progress of science and useful arts" (Article 1, Section
8).
[0018] The present invention relates to a motor manifold 10 which
may be employed on a floor cleaning device which will be discussed
in greater detail hereinafter. In this regard, the motor manifold
10 is defined by a main body 11, and which has an upwardly facing
surface 12, and an opposite downwardly facing surface 13. As seen
most clearly by reference to FIGS. 3-6, the main body is defined by
a peripheral edge 14, and a plurality of fastener holes 15 are
positioned in predetermined spaced relation about the main body and
near the peripheral edge thereof. As illustrated in FIGS. 3-6,
first and second apertures 21 and 22, respectively are formed in
the main body 11, and extend between the upwardly facing surface
12, and the downwardly facing surface 13. The first and second
apertures each have a diameter of about 4.3 cm. As illustrated most
clearly by reference to FIG. 3, an annularly shaped recessed region
23 is formed in the upwardly facing surface 12, and substantially
circumscribes the respective first and second apertures 21 and 22,
respectively. The annularly shaped recessed regions are operable to
cooperate with a pair of gaskets or other sealing members which
will be discussed in greater detail hereinafter. Extending
normally, outwardly relative to the downwardly facing surface 13,
are individually annularly shaped projections or male members which
are generally indicated by the numeral 24. The annularly shaped
projections, or male members 24 substantially circumscribe the
first and second apertures 21 and 22, respectively. Each of the
annularly shaped male members 24 have an outside facing surface 25.
The outside facing surface may, in one form of the invention, be a
uniformly curved exterior facing surface, or further in another
form of the invention, the annularly shaped male member may have a
complexly curved exterior or outside facing surface 25. The
annularly shaped protruding or male members each extend outwardly
relative to the downwardly facing surface 13 at a distance of less
than about 1.25 cm. Still further, each has a width dimension of
about 3.5 cm. The shape of the annularly shaped male members 24 is
such as to provide a substantially uniform or laminar flow of air
from a fluid recovery tank into an associated fan so as to improve
the performance of an associated electrical motor by at least 3%.
The electrical motor and associated fan assembly and other features
of the invention will be discussed in greater detail below.
[0019] Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 3, it will be seen that the
motor manifold 10 of the present invention finds usefulness when
made integral with a floor cleaning device which is generally
indicated by the numeral 30. The floor cleaning device 30, as seen
in the drawings, includes a carriage 31 which has a plurality of
wheels 32 mounted on same, and which allows the carriage to be
rollably propelled across a supporting surface such as a floor, and
the like. Mounted on the carriage 31 is a fluid recovery tank 33.
The fluid recovery tank 33 defines an internal cavity 34 for
receiving various fluids which are removed from a floor by the
floor cleaning device 30, such as what is shown. The fluid recovery
tank 33 has a first downwardly facing end 35, which rests in
engagement with the carriage 31, and further has a second, upwardly
facing end 36, which is best seen by reference to FIG. 3. The
second, upwardly facing surface 36 defines a receiving or other
orientation cavity 40 which is operable to matingly cooperate with
the main body 11 which is received within the cavity 40. As
illustrated in FIG. 3, a plurality of fastener holes 41 are formed
in the fluid recovery tank 33, and are otherwise operable to be
substantially coaxially aligned relative to the multiplicity of
fastener holes 15 which are formed in the main body 11. As
illustrated in FIG. 3, first and second apertures 51 and 52 having
an outside diametral dimension which is greater than the outside
diametral dimension of the respective annularly shaped male members
24 are formed therein. The respective first and second apertures 51
and 52, are spaced apart at a predetermined distance such that the
respective annularly shaped male members 24 may be received within
same and extend, at least in part, into the internal cavity 34 of
the fluid recovery tank 33.
[0020] Mounted in sealably secure relation, and in coaxial
alignment, and further in fluid flow relation relative to the
respective first and second apertures 51 and 52 are individual
first and second air movement or fan assemblies 61 and 62,
respectively. The respective first and second air movement or fan
assemblies 61 and 62 are, as seen, substantially coaxially oriented
relative to the first and second apertures 21 and 22 which are
formed in the main body 11 of the motor manifold, and are further
secured to the motor manifold by a plurality of mounting bolts
which will be discussed below. The respective air movement or fan
assemblies 61 and 62 have an intake end 63 and an exhaust end 64.
The respective fan assemblies 61 and 62, when energized, are
operable to remove air from the internal cavity 34 of the fluid
recovery tank 33 thereby creating a vacuum in same. This vacuum is
operable, in part, to remove fluid, foams or other materials from a
surface being treated by a floor cleaning device 30. As best seen
by reference to FIG. 5, the respective fan assemblies 61 and 62,
when energized, causes air to be removed in a substantially
uniform, laminar flow which increases the performance of the
accompanying first and second electric motors 71 and 72 by at least
3%. These electric engines are mounted in individual coaxial
alignment relative to the first and second apertures 51 and 52, and
in force transmitting relation relative to the respective first and
second air movement or fan assemblies 61 and 62. The first and
second electric motors, in combination with the first and second
air movement or fan assemblies 61 and 62, are secured to the motor
manifold 10 by a plurality of mounting bolts 73 which extend from
the second upwardly facing end 36 of the fluid recovery tank 33
through the main body 11 of the motor manifold 10, and which
terminate at each of the first and second electric motors 71 and
72. This is best appreciated and understood by a study of FIGS. 2
and 3, respectively.
[0021] As best illustrated in FIG. 3, it will be seen that a pair
of gaskets 80, hereinafter indicated as a first and second gasket
81 and 82, respectively, individually circumscribe the respective
annularly shaped male protruding members 24. These gaskets
substantially sealably mates or secures the downwardly facing
surface 13 of the main body 11 with the fluid recovery tank 33.
Still further, a second pair of gaskets 90, hereinafter indicated
as a first gasket 91, and a second gasket 92, are received, at
least in part, within the respective annularly shaped recessed
regions 23 that are defined in the upwardly facing surface 12 of
the main body 11 and which substantially sealably mates or
otherwise secures the respective first and second air movement or
fan assemblies 61 and 62, and the first and second electric motor
71 and 72 to the upwardly facing surface 12 of the main body
11.
[0022] Referring now to FIG. 1, it will be seen that a closure or
cover 100 is provided, and which encloses the motor manifold 10;
first and second electric motors 71 and 72; and first and second
air movement or fan assemblies 61 and 62 which are mounted on the
motor manifold 10.
Operation
[0023] The operation of the described embodiment of the present
invention is believed to be readily apparent and is briefly
summarized at this point.
[0024] Referring now to the drawings, the motor manifold 10 of the
present invention includes a main body 11 with an upwardly facing
surface 12 which supports a motor 71 which drives an air movement
assembly 61; and a downwardly facing surface 13 which rests in
juxtaposed relation relative to a fluid recovery tank 33, and
wherein the main body 11 defines an aperture 21 which extends
therethrough. The motor 71 and associated air movement assembly 61
are substantially aligned with the aperture 21, and wherein the
downwardly facing surface 13 defines an annularly shaped male
member 24 which circumscribes the aperture 21, and which is further
matingly received, at least in part, within the fluid recovery tank
33. The motor 71, and associated air movement assembly 61, when
energized, induces a flow of air from the fluid recovery tank 33
and through the air movement assembly 61. The annularly shaped male
member 24 creates a substantially uniform or laminar flow of air in
the direction of the motor 71. As earlier described, the annularly
shaped male member 24 may, in one form of the invention, have a
substantially uniformly curved exterior facing surface, and in
another form of the invention have a complexly curved exterior
facing surface 25. In the arrangement as seen in the drawings, the
annularly shaped male member 24 improves the performance of the
motor 71 by at least 3%. It should be understood that the fluid
recovery tank 33 defines an aperture 51 having a given diameter.
Still further, the annularly shaped male member 24 has an outside
diameter which is less than the diameter of the aperture 51 defined
by the fluid recovery tank 33. In the arrangement as seen in the
drawings, a first gasket 81 is located between, and substantially
sealably couples the downwardly facing surface 13 of the main body
11 with the fluid recovery tank 33. This gasket further
circumscribes the aperture 51, which is defined by the fluid
recovery tank 33, and the annularly shaped male member 24. In the
arrangement as seen in the drawings, a second gasket 91 is
provided, and which is located between, and substantially sealably
couples the upwardly facing surface of the main body 11 with the
fan 61 and associated motor 71. The second gasket 91 substantially
circumscribes the aperture 51 which is defined by the main body 11.
In the arrangement as seen in the drawings, the upwardly facing
surface 12 of the main body 11 defines an annular shaped recessed
region 23 which circumscribes the aperture 21 which is defined by
the main body. As illustrated, the second gasket 91 is received, at
least in part, within the annular shaped recessed region 23. In
addition to the foregoing, the main body 11 defines, in a preferred
form, first and second apertures 21 and 22, respectively. A pair of
motors 71 and 72 are mounted on the upwardly facing surface 12 of
the main body and are individually aligned with the respective
apertures.
[0025] With reference to FIG. 1 now, a floor cleaning device 30 is
shown and which supports a fluid recovery tank 33 for movement
across a supporting surface such as a floor and the like. The fluid
recovery tank 33 defines an internal cavity 34, and further has a
top or upwardly facing surface 36, which defines an aperture 51
which allow access to the internal cavity 34. As seen in the
drawings, a first gasket 81 circumscribes the aperture 51 which is
defined by the top surface 36 of the fluid recovery tank 33. Still
further, a motor manifold 11 is provided and which has a downwardly
facing surface 13 which defines, at least in part, an annularly
shaped male member 24 which protrudes outwardly therefrom. The
annularly shaped male member extends through the aperture 51 which
is defined by the top surface 36, and further is positioned, at
least in part, within the internal cavity 34 of the fluid recovery
tank 33. The annularly shaped male member 24 circumscribes an
aperture 21 which extends through the motor manifold 11. The first
gasket 81 substantially sealably couples the downwardly facing
surface 13 of the motor manifold 11 with the top surface 36 of the
fluid dispensing tank 33. The motor manifold 11 has an opposite,
upwardly facing surface 12 which defines an annularly shaped
recessed region 23 which surrounds the aperture 21. A second gasket
91 is received, at least in part, within the annular shaped
recessed region 23 which is formed in the upwardly facing surface
12 of the motor manifold 10. Further, the present invention
includes an electric motor 71 which is drivingly coupled with a fan
61. In the arrangement as seen in the drawings, the electric motor
71 is mounted on the upwardly facing surface 12 of the motor
manifold 10. The second gasket 91 is positioned in sealing relation
between the electric motor 71 and the upwardly facing surface 12.
In the arrangement as illustrated, the electric motor 71, when
energized, causes the fan 61 to withdraw air from the fluid
recovery tank 33, thereby creating a vacuum. The withdrawn air
passes from the fluid recovery tank 33 through the aperture 21
defined by motor manifold 10 by the action of the fan 61. The
substantially uniform or laminar flow of the air from the fluid
recovery tank increases the performance of the electric motor by at
least 3%. This increase in the performance of the respective
electric motor permits a manufacturer to utilize a larger fluid
recovery tank. As should be understood, larger fluid recovery tanks
directly translates into the production of a floor cleaning device
30 which has greatly improved operational times and performance.
Still further, this increase in performance additionally allows a
user of such a device to remove more fluids in a shorter period of
time from a flooring surface. This increase in the removal of
fluids directly translates into the removal of more dirt from the
floor and/or quicker drying of the flooring surface. Both of which
are highly desirable characteristics.
[0026] Therefore, it will be seen that a motor manifold, and a
floor cleaning device 30 which incorporates such a manifold has
numerous advantages over the prior art devices which have been
utilized heretofore.
[0027] In compliance with the statute, the invention has been
described in language more or less specific as to structural and
methodical features. It is to be understood, however, that the
invention is not limited to the specific features shown and
described, since the means herein disclosed comprise preferred
forms of putting the invention into effect. The invention is,
therefore, claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the
proper scope of the appended claims appropriately interpreted in
accordance with the doctrine of equivalents.
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