Inventors:
Donald J. Legatt - St. Michael MN
Paul T. Mueller - Bloomington MN
Wolfgang C. Lehmann - Maple Grove MN
Galen Swenson - Maple Grove MN
Patrick Enzler - Minneapolis MN
Assignee:
Nilfisk-Advance, Inc. - Plymouth MN
International Classification:
A47L 1138
US Classification:
15401, 15320, 15339, 153401
Abstract:
A riding floor scrubber ( ) is disclosed having a relatively narrow cleaning width for passing through relatively narrow passages such as conventional doorways. The riding floor scrubber ( ) includes a recovery tank ( ) that is vertically and laterally arranged and removably attached to the back of a clean solution tank ( ). The clean solution tank ( ) includes spaced parallel side portions ( ) and the recovery tank ( ) extends between the rear ends of the side portions ( ). The recovery tank ( ) is secured by first and second brackets ( ) that extend into recesses ( ) on the clean solution tank ( ), with the bottom of the recovery tank ( ) including a lip portion ( ) resting on a metal plate ( ) of a chassis ( ), with a battery pack ( ) being supported on the plate ( ) between the side portions ( ) of the clean solution tank ( ). The clean solution tank ( ) includes a middle portion ( ) and a lower portion ( ) integrally extending forwardly of the middle portion ( ), with the left side portion ( ) extending to the same longitudinal extent as the lower portion ( ). The clean solution tank ( ) is molded into a complex shape to maximize capacity, with the bottom of the clean solution tank ( ) being recessed to receive the chassis ( ) of a tricycle type to define triangular-shaped volumes ( ).