component applies a force to the horizontal pulley 108 via the cable the support bar notch 115 and rear end of the pivot arm channel 107 are thus biased against the protrusions 104 a and 104 b when the vacuum squeegee is lowered to the floor as seen in fig2 the actuator arm 116 extends and allows the linkage 106 to rotate the unique shape of the pivot arm channel 107 allows the actuator arm 116 to extend outward even though the linkage 106 is rotating when the squeegee contacts the floor its weight is no longer acting on the horizontal pulley 108 and in turn biasing the support bar notch 115 and rear end of the pivot arm channel 106 firmly against the protrusions 104 a and 104 b the actuator arm 116 continues to extend such that it disengages the support bar notch 115 and rear end of the pivot arm channel 107 the fact that the actuation aspect of the device disengages from the lifting aspect of the device is an advantage since the vacuum squeegee swings outside of the floor cleaning machine and draws extra cable line if the actuation aspect did not disengage from the linkage 106 and support bar 105 then the cable may become slack and its behavior would be unpredictable and destructive a slack cable may push off of a pulley and twist bind or rub on nearby components fig4 depicts one embodiment of the present invention wherein a floor cleaning device 14 comprises a cable lift system in accordance with the present disclosure the cable lift system operable to raise and lower components of the device 14 such as a squeegee 12 and.