Diversey Lever, Inc.

Diversey, Inc.

Johnsondiversey, Inc.

Kuzhnini, Josef

Dieter Windmeisser

Thomas Bahr

Thomas Tement

Markus Stofer

Laurent Ryssen

Martin Forster

Markus Müller

Jerry Auerswald

Rene Principe

Beat Stager

Phillip Jahde

Josef Kuzhnini

Max Buchegger

Josef Waldispuehl

Andre Bartsch

Karl Hueppi

A service station and a service process for servicing cleaning machines are provided, the service station comprising a first inlet line including an electric conduit and configured to connect to a power source, a second inlet line including a fluid conduit and configured to connect to a cleaning liquid source, a control unit, a charging unit electrically connected to the first inlet line and to the control unit, the charging unit being configured to provide a charging current, a first flow controller fluidly connected to the second inlet line, a first supply line electrically connected to the charging unit and configured to receive the charging current and to deliver the charging current to a first connector plug for providing the charging current to the machine to be serviced, a second supply line fluidly connected to the first flow controller and to a second connector plug for providing cleaning liquid to the machine to be serviced. The control unit is configured to control the first flow controller to cause delivery of cleaning liquid from the second inlet line to the second supply line and to control the charging unit to supply the charging current to the first supply line. A cleaning machine and a system comprising a service station and one or more cleaning machines is also provided.

Service system

An apparatus for cleaning a floor includes a housing, chassis, wheels, motor, steering mechanism, cleaning assembly, optionally a squeegee assembly, and at least one of a side sweeping system, front sweeping system, and pick-up system. The side sweeping system includes a turntable with central axis, a drive wheel disposed in coaxial relationship with the turntable, a sweeper motive device in communication with the drive wheel, a plurality of brushes distributed radially around the drive wheel and adapted to be driven by rotation of the drive wheel, and a pivoting connector configured to enable the side sweeping system to pivot laterally in response to contact with a wall while at least one of the brushes maintains contact with the floor adjacent the wall while the apparatus is in operation, and the brushes move debris disposed on the floor adjacent the wall toward the front of the apparatus.

Floor cleaning apparatus and method of cleaning a floor

A floor cleaning tool including a housing, a reservoir coupled to the housing and adapted to hold a cleaning solution, and a floor-engaging roller coupled to the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing. The tool also includes a wheel by which the floor cleaning tool moves across a floor surface in a direction of travel at least partially defining a front, rear, and lateral sides of the floor cleaning tool. The tool further includes a squeegee laterally insertable between the roller and the wheel, and a squeegee mount located between the roller and the wheel by which the squeegee is releasably mounted to the floor cleaning tool by first and second laterally opposed protrusions rotatably secured within first and second apertures at opposite ends of the squeegee.

Floor cleaning tool and method

Water slider for a floor cleaning machine, comprising a sliding unitlocated in front of the brush unitof the machine, characterized by actuating meansfor raising and lowering the sliding unit. The actuation of the water slider can be obtained in several ways: automatically via an actuating barwhich connects the sliding unit to the driving wheels of the machine mechanically and which raises/lowers the sliding unit on a forward/backward movement of the wheels; intuitively via a mechanical connection of the barto the steering handlevia a negative gear transmission; manually via an actuating lever; or by a powered mechanismwhich is steered by the electronics of the machine and which raises/lowers the water slider when the machine is moved forward/backward.

Floor cleaning machine comprising a vertically movable water slider

The invention relates to a surface treating machine which comprises a frame () and an undercarriage () to enable the machine to move over a surface (S). A head () is supported by the frame and includes a drive motor () and a tool () for directly contacting, scrubbing or treating said surface (S). The tool is rotatably drivable by means of the motor. Cardanic drive and coupling means () is connected to the tool () in a rotationally fixed manner on one end and connected to the drive motor () on the other end. Support and spring means () for the tool (), are forcing the tool () against the surface (S) with an controlled uneven pressure distribution around the circumference of the tool (). The spring-like means () is distributed around an axis of rotation () of the support means (), and is loaded such that the spring-like means () substantially remain biased during their rotation around the axis of rotation (), in order to created a controlled uneven pressure distribution around the axis of rotation of the tool.

Surface treating machine

Assembly for a head of a surface maintenance machine and machine comprising such

A floor cleaning machine for wet cleaning of a floor surface is provided, the machine having:

Floor cleaning machine

A suction head for a floor cleaning machine is provided, comprising a housing (7) and at least one package (1) consisting of a squeegee blade (2) and a clip element (3), whereby the size and shape of said clip element (3) and the housing (7) are such that this package can be removably fixed into the housing, and whereby the squeegee blade contains one or more holes (4) of which the size and shape are such that they fit to clipping parts (5) present at the inner surface of clip element (3) so as to removably fix the squeegee blade into the clip element.

Suction head for floor cleaning machine

An apparatus for cleaning a surface is described. The apparatus has a frame with wheels, a cleaning liquid source for supplying a cleaning liquid to the ground which is located on the frame and a suction unit for drawing up cleaning liquid from the ground upon which it is supplied, also located on the frame. The suction unit has one or more squeegees and each squeegee has a strip of rubber material provided with apertures which can be pressed in a close fit over pin parts.

Apparatus for cleaning a ground

Apparatus for cleaning a ground, comprising:

Apparatus for cleaning a floor surface

An apparatus for processing a base such as brushing or rubbing a floor, with the aid of a rotating member, is described. The apparatus contains a frame or chassis, a coupling means which couples to the rotating member, a means for driving the rotating member and a means for varying the magnitude and position of the pressing force of the rotating member relative to the base.

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Munchwilen, Switzerland

Dieter Windmeisser