US 11,849,893 B2
Floor washing-drying machine
Massimiliano Ruffo, Verona (IT)
Assigned to FIMAP S.P.A., Santa Maria (IT)
Appl. No. 17/054,972
Filed by FIMAP S.P.A., Fraz. Santa Maria (IT)
PCT Filed May 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/061499
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/219422, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000005370 (IT), filed on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228049 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 11/4044 (2013.01) [A47L 11/305 (2013.01); A47L 11/4077 (2013.01); A47L 11/4016 (2013.01); A47L 11/4061 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floor washing-drying machine comprising: a framework configured to move on the floor and supports, in a lower region, a floor washing assembly, comprising at least one rotating brush and at least one nozzle for dispensing a washing liquid, a floor drying assembly being arranged at a rear of said washing assembly, which comprises a rear floor wiper, which extends substantially transversely to an advancement direction of the machine, and a suction device connected to a tank for recovering the dirty liquid, and further comprising at least one pair of lateral floor wipers arranged on mutually opposite sides, with respect to a vertical central plane of said framework which is parallel to the machine advancement direction, and extending substantially along at least one portion of a longitudinal extension of said framework, each one of said lateral floor wipers comprising at least three respective vertical drying blades, made of elastically flexible material, in contact with a lower edge thereof against the floor and arranged substantially parallel and laterally spaced with respect to each other, said vertical drying blades comprising respectively, from an inside toward an outside of said framework in a transverse direction with respect to the advancement direction of the machine, at least one first rough drying blade, at least one second fine drying blade and at least one third drying finishing blade.