Motor manifold

Abstract

A motor manifold is disclosed and which includes a main body with an upwardly facing surface which supports a motor which drives an air movement assembly; and a downwardly facing surface which rests in juxtaposed relation relative to a fluid recovery tank, and wherein the main body defines an aperture which extends therethrough, and wherein the motor and associated air movement assembly are substantially aligned with the aperture, and wherein the downwardly facing surface defines an annularly shaped male member which circumscribes the aperture, and is matingly received within the fluid recovery tank.

1 . A motor manifold, comprising:
 a main body with an upwardly facing surface which supports a motor which drives an air movement assembly; and a downwardly facing surface which rests in juxtaposed relation relative to a fluid recovery tank, and wherein the main body defines an aperture which extends therethrough, and wherein the motor and associated air movement assembly are substantially aligned with the aperture, and wherein the downwardly facing surface defines an annularly shaped male member which circumscribes the aperture, and is matingly received within the fluid recovery tank.   
   
   
       2 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 1 , and wherein the motor and associated air movement assembly, when energized, induces a flow of air from the fluid recovery tank and through the air movement assembly, and wherein the annularly shaped male member creates a substantially uniform flow of air into the motor. 
   
   
       3 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 1 , and wherein the annularly shaped male member has a substantially uniformly curved exterior facing surface. 
   
   
       4 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 1 , and wherein the annularly shaped male member has a complexly curved exterior facing surface. 
   
   
       5 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 1 , and wherein the annularly shaped male member improves the performance of the motor by at least 3%. 
   
   
       6 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 1 , and wherein the fluid recovery tank defines an aperture having a given diameter, and wherein the annularly shaped male member has an outside diameter which is less than the diameter of the aperture defined by the fluid recovery tank. 
   
   
       7 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 6 , and further comprising:
 a first gasket which is located between and substantially sealably couples the downwardly facing surface of the main body with the fluid recovery tank, and which further circumscribes the aperture which is defined by the fluid recovery tank and the annularly shaped male member.   
   
   
       8 . A motor manifold a claimed in  claim 7 , and further comprising:
 a second gasket which is located between, and substantially sealably couples the upwardly facing surface of the main body with the motor, and wherein the second gasket substantially circumscribes the aperture which is defined by the main body.   
   
   
       9 . An engine manifold as claimed in  claim 8 , and wherein the upwardly facing surface of the main body defines an annular shaped recessed region which circumscribes the aperture which is defined by the main body, and wherein the second gasket is received, at least in part, within the recessed region. 
   
   
       10 . An engine manifold as claimed in  claim 1 , and wherein the main body defines a pair of spaced apertures, and wherein a pair of motors are mounted on the upwardly facing surface of the main body and are individually aligned with the respective apertures. 
   
   
       11 . A motor manifold, comprising:
 a main body with an upwardly and a downwardly facing surface, and wherein the downwardly facing surface matingly engages a fluid recovery tank of a floor cleaning device, and wherein the fluid recovery tank defines two apertures which allows access to the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the main body further defines a pair of apertures which extend between the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces thereof, and wherein the pair of apertures defined by the main body are substantially coaxially aligned relative to the two apertures defined by the fluid recovery tank, and in fluid flowing relation relative thereto, and wherein the upwardly facing surface defines a pair of annular shaped recessed regions which individually surround the pair of apertures which are defined by the main body, and wherein the downwardly facing surface defines a pair of annularly shaped protruding members which individually circumscribe the respective pair of apertures which are defined by the main body, and which are individually, matingly received within the two apertures which are defined by the fluid recovery tank, and wherein a pair of electric motors are individually mounted on the upwardly facing surface of the main body and are substantially coaxially aligned relative to the pair of apertures as defined by the main body.   
   
   
       12 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 11 , and wherein a fan is mounted on each of the electric motors, and is driven by the respective electric motors, and wherein each of the fans, when driven by the respective electric motors removes air from within the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the annularly shaped protruding members each causes air to flow from the fluid recovery tank into the respective pair of electric motors in a substantially laminar fashion so as to increase the performance of the respective electric motors by at least 3%. 
   
   
       13 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 11 , and wherein the pair of apertures defined by the main body each has a diameter of about 4.3 cm., and wherein the annular shaped protruding members each extend less than about 1.25 cm. into the fluid recovery tank. 
   
   
       14 . A motor manifold as claimed in  claim 11 , and further comprising:
 a first pair of gaskets which individually circumscribe the respective annularly shaped protruding members and which substantially sealably mates the downwardly facing surface of the main body with the fluid recovery tank; and   a second pair of gaskets which are received, at least in part, within the respective annular shaped recessed regions that are defined in the upwardly facing surface of the main body and which substantially sealably mates the respective electric motors to the upwardly facing surface of the main body.   
   
   
       15 . A floor cleaning device, comprising:
 a carriage having wheels and which supports a fluid recovery tank for movement across a supporting surface, and wherein the fluid recovery tank defines an internal cavity and further has a top surface which defines an aperture which allows access to the internal cavity;   a first gasket which circumscribes the aperture which is defined by the top surface of the fluid recovery tank;   a motor manifold having a downwardly facing surface which defines, at least in part, an annularly shaped male member which protrudes outwardly therefrom, and which extends through the aperture defined by the top surface of the fluid recovery tank, and which is further positioned, at least in part, within the internal cavity of the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the annularly shaped male member circumscribes an aperture which extends through the motor manifold, and wherein the first gasket substantially sealably couples the downwardly facing surface of the motor manifold with the top surface of the fluid dispensing tank, and wherein the motor manifold has an opposite, upwardly facing surface which defines an annular shaped recessed region which surrounds the aperture which extends through the motor manifold;   a second gasket received, at least in part, within the annular shaped recessed region formed in the upwardly facing surface of the motor manifold; and   an electric motor which is drivingly coupled with a fan, and wherein the electric motor is mounted on the upwardly facing surface of the motor manifold, and wherein the second gasket is positioned in sealing relation between the electric motor and the upwardly facing surface, and wherein the electric motor, when energized, causes the fan to withdraw air from the fluid recovery tank, and wherein the withdrawn air passes from the fluid recovery tank through the aperture defined by the motor manifold by the action of the fan.   
   
   
       16 . A floor cleaning device as claimed in  claim 15 , and wherein the annularly shaped male member has a curved exterior facing surface which facilitates substantially laminar air flow from the internal cavity of the fluid recovery tank to the electric motor to improve the performance thereof.