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(11) EP 0 461 873 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.06.1992 Bulletin 1992/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.12.1991 Bulletin 1991/51

(21) Application number: 91305294.0

(22) Date of filing: 12.06.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A47L 13/30
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 15.06.1990 JP 156900/90

(71) Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA HOKY
Nagareyama-shi, Chiba-Ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Mitsunari, Tomoharu
    Toride-shi, Ibaragi-Ken (JP)
  • Tsuchiya, Toshihiro
    Kashiwa-Shi, Chiba-Ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Hillier, Peter et al
Reginald W. Barker & Co., Chancery House, 53-64, Chancery Lane
London, WC2A 1QU
London, WC2A 1QU (GB)


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    (54) Liquid medium applicator


    (57) A wax applicator for uniformly applying a wax to a floor surface with a thin film of wax without solidification of the wax during a wax applying operation is disclosed. When a knob (15b) for an adjusting valve (14a) immovably mounted on a rod-shaped grip handle (1) for the wax applicator is openably actuated with an operator's hand, drops of wax fall down from a plurality of tube nozzles (18) arranged in the equally spaced relationship on a base (4) of the wax applicator. The wax is contained in a bag-shaped container (13) mounted on the intermediate part of the grip handle (1) in the absence of air and flows down to the tube nozzles (18) via filters (12a, 12b), an adjusting valve (15a), a distributing chamber (17) and discharge passages (17c). When a wax applying operation is interrupted, the wax applicator is placed on a tray (30) for moistening it with the aid of a cloth (9) tightly expanded over the base (4) of the wax applicator. Since steam is filled in the space between the cloth (9) and the base (4), solidification of the wax is prevented reliably.






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