Patents by Inventor Kipling J. Kauffman

Kipling J. Kauffman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220265108
    Abstract: A stand-on floor scrubber is provided to clean floor surfaces and includes a housing, a scrubber head, and drive wheels. The scrubber head may be positioned against a floor to provide scrubbing action during a floor cleaning operation. The housing includes an upright forward housing section and an upright rear housing section that are spaced apart by an operator platform with each of the forward housing section and rear housing section containing operational components of the stand-on floor scrubber, such as batteries and fluid tanks. The operator platform is sloped between the forward and rear housing and provides adjustable support for an operator of the stand-on floor scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Kipling J. Kauffman, William D. Fisher
  • Patent number: 10251523
    Abstract: A floor cleaning device having an anti-bacterial treatment system includes a recovery tank configured to receive and retain waste cleaning liquid, a recovery hose in fluid communication with the recovery tank, and a vacuum system configured to draw waste cleaning liquid from a surface that is being cleaned through the recovery hose and into the recovery tank. An anti-bacterial material is located whereby at least some of the waste cleaning liquid discharged into the recovery tank passes over the anti-bacterial material. In a particular embodiment a debris trap assembly is positioned within the recovery tank such that waste cleaning liquid drawn through the recovery hose passes through the debris tray prior to discharging into the recovery tank, with the anti-bacterial material disposed at the debris tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Pacific Steamex Cleaning Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kipling J. Kauffman
  • Patent number: 9893391
    Abstract: A battery water level detector assembly for a battery operated device comprising a control unit configured for use with a battery of the device, with the control unit including an electronic sensor operative to provide a signal indicative of the water level within the battery and with the control unit being operative to provide a control signal in response thereto. The electronic sensor is operative to detect when a visual indicator operably connected to the battery provides a display that the water level within the battery has decreased below a desired level. The control signal in turn may be used to generate an alert, including a remotely transmitted alert, and/or alter operational functionality of the battery operated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Pacific Steamex Cleaning Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kipling J Kauffman
  • Patent number: 9554684
    Abstract: A floor scrubber comprising a scrubber head and a base assembly, with the base assembly including wheels for movably supporting the floor scrubber on a floor and the scrubber head being movably mounted to the base assembly. The floor scrubber includes a head adjustment assembly operable to place the scrubber head into three orientations including a raised orientation, a standard cleaning orientation, and an increased cleaning pressure orientation in which additional downward force is applied to the scrubber head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Pacific Steamex Cleaning Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kipling J. Kauffman
  • Publication number: 20160270617
    Abstract: A floor scrubber with a floor scrubber head having a backing plate to which a pad is secured with the pad adapted to being placed in contact with a surface to be cleaned. The scrubber head includes a motor support to which a motor is mounted with the backing plate being secured to the motor support, with the motor configured to move the backing plate and pad when cleaning a surface. The scrubber head further includes a cover member having an opening through which the motor extends, with the cover member further including a pair of wheels with an outer perimeter of the wheels partially extending beyond a periphery of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Kipling J. Kauffman
  • Patent number: 9370289
    Abstract: A floor scrubber with a floor scrubber head having a backing plate to which a pad is secured with the pad adapted to being placed in contact with a surface to be cleaned. The scrubber head includes a motor support to which a motor is mounted with the backing plate being secured to the motor support, with the motor configured to move the backing plate and pad when cleaning a surface. The scrubber head further includes a cover member having an opening through which the motor extends, with the cover member further including a pair of wheels with an outer perimeter of the wheels partially extending beyond a periphery of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Pacific Steamex Cleaning Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kipling J. Kauffman
  • Publication number: 20160113456
    Abstract: A floor cleaning device having an anti-bacterial treatment system includes a recovery tank configured to receive and retain waste cleaning liquid, a recovery hose in fluid communication with the recovery tank, and a vacuum system configured to draw waste cleaning liquid from a surface that is being cleaned through the recovery hose and into the recovery tank. An anti-bacterial material is located whereby at least some of the waste cleaning liquid discharged into the recovery tank passes over the anti-bacterial material. In a particular embodiment a debris trap assembly is positioned within the recovery tank such that waste cleaning liquid drawn through the recovery hose passes through the debris tray prior to discharging into the recovery tank, with the anti-bacterial material disposed at the debris tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Kipling J. Kauffman
  • Publication number: 20150096133
    Abstract: A floor scrubber with a floor scrubber head having a backing plate to which a pad is secured with the pad adapted to being placed in contact with a surface to be cleaned. The scrubber head includes a motor support to which a motor is mounted with the backing plate being secured to the motor support, with the motor configured to move the backing plate and pad when cleaning a surface. The scrubber head further includes a cover member having an opening through which the motor extends, with the cover member further including a pair of wheels with an outer perimeter of the wheels partially extending beyond a periphery of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Kipling J. Kauffman