Suspension device for floor maintenance appliance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6836919
APP PUB NO 20020170131A1
SERIAL NO

10153408

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A suspension device for coupling a surface maintenance appliance to a surface maintenance machine is disclosed. The suspension device includes a carriage member movably supported upon the maintenance machine through a plurality of linkages coupled to the carriage member. Together the plurality of linkages permit the carriage and surface maintenance appliance to follow undulations in the floor surface during operation of the surface maintenance machine. An actuator engages a lost motion device to lift the carriage member away from the ground surface. A variety of different floor surface maintenance appliances may be coupled to surface maintenance vehicles according to aspects of the present invention.

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TENNANT COMPANY10400 CLEAN STREET EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Shinler, Kevin L North Branch, MN 12 67

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