A squeegee device (10) for cleaning includes a main supporting base (20) in which an opening (24) is formed along a cleaning width direction of a cleaning surface (W), and a pair of squeegees (30) and (40) arranged to extend along the cleaning width direction along the periphery of the opening (24) and formed of an elastic body. Tips of the pair of squeegees (30, 40) are arranged at an angle relative to each other and contact each other in an airtight state, and pressing the tips against the cleaning surface (W) can open a gap between the tips.

A cleaning robot with a housing and a flat cleaning element to be moved along a floor surface. A portion of the cleaning element projects from a periphery of the housing, and the cleaning element is flexible such that it can be vertically deformed when colliding with an obstacle. A pressing device for pressing a portion of the cleaning element located under the housing against the floor surface.

A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprises a housing. At least one rotatable cleaning brush is rotatably mounted to the housing and configured to engage a surface to be cleaned. The at least one rotatable cleaning brush comprises at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing. The at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to rotate in a cleaning position and rotate in a disengaged position whereby the at last one flexible cleaning element engages the surface to be cleaned when rotating in the cleaning position and the at last one flexible cleaning element is remote from the surface to be cleaned when rotating in the disengaged position.

The present disclosure relates to a method of identifying a functional region in a 3-dimensional space and a robot implementing the method, and the robot comprises a sensing module that senses a protrusion located outside a robot and provides height and depth information of the sensed protrusion; a functional unit that provides a predetermined function to the outside; a moving unit that moves the robot; a map storage unit that stores a map required for movement of the robot; and a control unit that controls these components.

Embodiments include a mechanism for leveling or providing pad assistance to surface maintenance machines. The surface maintenance machine can include a frame, a plurality of wheels, a head assembly, and a head adjustment mechanism. The head adjustment mechanism can be positioned in line with and operatively coupled to a first portion of the head assembly, such that the first portion of the head assembly can be moved towards or away from the surface by adjusting the position of a fastener in a slot. Such embodiments are useful for leveling the head assembly to maintain an even degree of burnishing or providing pad assistance. Embodiments include methods of using such mechanisms for leveling or providing pad assist to surface maintenance machines.

A squeegee device (10) for cleaning includes a main supporting base (20) in which an opening (24) is formed along a cleaning width direction of a cleaning surface (W), and a pair of squeegees (30) and (40) arranged to extend along the cleaning width direction along the periphery of the opening (24) and formed of an elastic body. Tips of the pair of squeegees (30, 40) are arranged at an angle relative to each other and contact each other in an airtight state, and pressing the tips against the cleaning surface (W) can open a gap between the tips.

The cleaning device includes a water injection member and a mopping cloth cleaning member. The water injection member is configured to wet the mopping cloth of a cleaning robot. The mopping cloth cleaning member which reciprocates up and down to flap the mopping cloth of the cleaning robot, in order to clean the mopping cloth of the cleaning robot.

A vacuum cleaner includes: a body case having an outer circumferential surface formed along either a circular arc or a polygon; a drive wheel allowing travel of the body case on a cleaning target surface; a side brush provided to the body case to be movable in a certain direction. The side brush: projects from the outer circumferential surface of the body case by an amount that changes in response to movement; includes a brush body movable to retreat toward the outer circumferential surface of the body case in response to external force acting in a direction crossing the certain direction; and includes a cleaning unit rotatably provided to the brush body. The cleaning unit rotates to clean the cleaning target surface. The side brush projecting from an outer circumferential surface of a body case can retreat readily and reliably when the side brush contacts an obstacle.

An adaptive suspension for a rotary cleaning machine includes a hub ring configured to receive a hub member, a plurality of rigid arms that extend radially from the hub ring and each have a proximal end rotatably connected to the hub ring and a distal end configured to be rotatably connected to a suction shoe, and a plurality of flexing arms that extend radially from the hub ring and each have a proximal end rotatably connected to the hub ring at substantially the same angular position as a rigid arm and a distal end connected to the same rigid arm at a radial distance from the proximal end of the rigid arm. The adaptive suspension adapted for use in a rotary cleaning machine and enables independent upward and downward movements of the suction shoes over an uneven surface.

A surface preparation apparatus has a drive-on wheeled vehicle with a surface preparation tool attached thereto. The surface preparation tool can move vertically and can rotate about two separate axes relative to the wheeled vehicle. The surface preparation tool therefore can float over the contour of a floor being treated.