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US 10,702,119 B2Granted
Bare floor cleaner
AssigneeBISSELL Homecare, Inc.
InventorsPhong H. Tran, Gary A. Kasper
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Abstract
A bare floor cleaner has a base and a handle pivotally connected to the base. A fluid delivery system of the bare floor cleaner includes a source of cleaning fluid and a fluid distributor in fluid communication with the source of cleaning fluid for dispensing cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned. A plurality of support glides are provided on the base to reduce the surface area contact between the base and the surface to be cleaned.
Claims19
A bare floor cleaner, comprising:
- a base having four corners and a plurality of apertures, with one of the plurality of apertures located near each of the four corner of the base;
- a plurality of support glides, wherein a corresponding one of the plurality of support glides at least partially extends through a corresponding one of the plurality of apertures to operably couple thereto;
- a handle assembly pivotally connected to the base;
- a recovery system for collecting dirt;
- a fluid delivery system comprising a source of cleaning fluid and a fluid distributor in fluid communication with the source of cleaning fluid for dispensing cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned;
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- a cleaning pad selectively mountable to the base and when the cleaning pad is mounted to the base the cleaning pad is located between the support glides and the surface to be cleaned and the plurality of support glides support the base away from the surface to be cleaned, spacing the base from the surface, the plurality of support glides minimizing contact of the base with the surface, and the plurality of support glides reducing friction during both a wet mop mode and a dry suction mode.
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A bare floor cleaner, comprising:
- a base including a generally rectangular base platform having a first set of congruent sides and a second set of congruent sides and having a plurality of support glides protruding from an underside of the base and spaced near each corner of the generally rectangular base platform;
- a handle assembly pivotally connected to the base;
- a recovery system comprising a suction nozzle formed near one edge of one of the first set of congruent sides and a motor/fan assembly mounted to one of the handle assembly and the base;
- a fluid delivery system comprising a source of cleaning fluid and a fluid distributor in fluid communication with the source of cleaning fluid for dispensing cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned;
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- a cleaning pad mounted to the base, covering the plurality of support glides, and mounted about the second set of congruent side such that the suction nozzle is clear and wherein the cleaning pad is in engagement with the plurality of support glides when the cleaning pad is mounted to the base such that the plurality of support glides are indirectly in contact with the surface to be cleaned through the cleaning pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.