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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd., Tsuen Wan, New Territories, HK;
Kevin Vail, North Royalton, OH (US);
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd., Tsuen Wan, New Territories, HK;
Abstract
A floor cleaning machine for cleaning a floor surface includes a recovery tank having an inlet conduit and a flow divider. The flow divider includes a divider inlet in downstream fluid communication with the inlet conduit. The flow divider divides the flow into at least two separate flow paths. Each separate flow path includes a first flow path portion for directing the flow in a first direction away from the divider inlet, a second flow path portion directing the flow in a second flow direction that is substantially different from the first flow direction, and a flow redirector portion for redirecting the flow from the first flow direction to the second flow direction. The recovery tank also includes a tank body in downstream fluid communication with the flow divider. The tank body collects dirty fluid from the floor surface.