The invention relates to a hand-guided floor treatment
machine (2) comprising a base unit (4) which carries at least one motor-driven floor-facing treatment tool (8), and an elongate guide part (6) which has an upper end region provided with a
handle (16) for guiding the
machine in a working direction; wherein the base unit is connected to the guide part via a joint (20) comprising a flexible member comprising a
solid flexible core, wherein flexing of the flexible member enables the guide part to be tilted relative to the base unit in a fore and aft, and a side-to-side direction; The joint comprises a
solid flexible member, for example a cylindrical shaft, wherein the joint can flex to enable the guide part to be tilted relative to the base, but wherein the joint cannot twist or rotate, one end with respect to the other. More specifically the invention relates to a hand-guided floor treatment
machine comprising a base unit which carries at least one motor-driven floor-facing treatment tool, and an elongate guide part which has an upper end region provided with a
handle for guiding the machine in a working direction; wherein the base unit is connected to a lower end region of the guide part via a joint, the joint comprising a flexible member, wherein flexing of the flexible member enables the guide part to be tilted relative to the base unit in a fore and aft, and a side-to-side direction; wherein the flexible member has a generally cylindrical configuration, and wherein a circumferential region of the flexible member is provided with structural reinforcement means which is configured and disposed to substantially
resist rotational shear of the flexible member by twisting one end with respect to the other; and wherein the structural reinforcement means is configured and disposed to permit bending of one end of the flexible member relative to the other in any direction from the vertical, the arrangement being such that twisting of the guide part transfers the applied torque to the base unit so as to effect
yaw steering thereof about a
vertical axis. The
yaw steering obtained by the applied torque and guide part tilting is at least + / - 45 degrees.