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(11) EP 0 314 509 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.04.1990 Bulletin 1990/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.05.1989 Bulletin 1989/18

(21) Application number: 88310191.7

(22) Date of filing: 28.10.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A47L 11/162, A47L 11/40
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB NL SE

(30) Priority: 28.10.1987 GB 8725283

(71) Applicants:
  • UNILEVER N.V.
    3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)

    BE DE FR NL SE 
  • UNILEVER PLC
    London EC4P 4BQ (GB)

    GB 

(72) Inventor:
  • Brown, Dennis John
    High Wycombe,Bucks (GB)

(74) Representative: Clifford, Frederick Alan et al
MARKS & CLERK, 57/60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Floor cleaning and polishing equipment


    (57) Floor cleaning and polishing equipment has a shaft 17 pivoted to a base. In order to achieve an inclined handle position the shaft 17 possesses a retractable rod 30 the end 34 of which can be caused to lodge in perforations 9 in a arcuate strip 7 just beneath the end of the shaft 17, and thereby immobilise the shaft at the desired angle and operation height. Other embodiments cover the use of two holes only in the strip 7 and the consequent positioning of the strip either upright or in a single predetermined position. Also, the strip can be located at the underside of the base.







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