Patents by Inventor Tennant Company

Tennant Company 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).

  • SURFACE MAINTENANCE VEHICLE WITH QUICK RELEASE SQUEEGEE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130212813
    Abstract: A surface maintenance vehicle with quick release squeegee assembly and a method of connecting a squeegee assembly to the brush deck of a floor surface maintenance vehicle. A single release latch may be used to connect and disconnect the squeegee assembly and the brush deck. When engaged, corresponding locating structures on the brush deck and a frame of the squeegee assembly align the brush deck and the frame and provide points where the relative movement between the brush deck and frame are restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: TENNANT COMPANY
    Inventor: TENNANT COMPANY
  • SURFACE MAINTENANCE VEHICLE WITH COMPACT SIDE BRUSH ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130212814
    Abstract: A surface maintenance vehicle with a compact side brush assembly. The side brush assembly includes a brush deck, a parallel linkage assembly, a swing arm, and an actuator assembly. The brush deck carries a floor-engaging brush. The parallel linkage assembly permits pivoting of the brush deck about a lift axis to raise and lower the brush deck. The swing arm is adapted to rotates to swing the brush deck towards and away from the floor surface maintenance machine. The actuator assembly includes a linear actuator and a slip link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: TENNANT COMPANY
    Inventor: TENNANT COMPANY
  • SURFACE MAINTENANCE VEHICLE WITH COMPACT CLEANING HEAD LIFT MECHANISM AND SUSPENSION
    Publication number: 20130212819
    Abstract: A surface maintenance vehicle with a compact cleaning head lift mechanism and suspension. The cleaning head lift mechanism and suspension adjust a scrub head to an operational mode and a transport mode, yet remain compact such that they are confined to specific areas of the surface maintenance vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: TENNANT COMPANY
    Inventor: Tennant Company
  • Apparatus and Method for Generating Thermally-Enhanced Treatment Liquids
    Publication number: 20130193001
    Abstract: A cleaning system comprising a liquid source configured to provide a feed liquid, an electrolysis cell configured to receive the feed liquid and to electrochemically activate the feed liquid to provide an electrochemically-activated liquid, where the electrochemical activation also heats the feed liquid such that the electrochemically-activated liquid is heated, and a dispenser configured to dispense the electrochemically-activated liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: TENNANT COMPANY
    Inventor: Tennant Company