Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsJincheng Xia, Jianjun Ge, Zhenjiang Yin, Xin Chen, Yongsheng Liang, Kam Hoi Ma
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base mounted to the upright handle assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned. The surface cleaning apparatus is further provided with a fluid delivery system comprising a fluid dispenser configured to dispense fluid to a brushroll and at least one fluid delivery channel forming a portion of a fluid delivery pathway. The fluid delivery channel can extend adjacent to a portion of the suction nozzle assembly. An interference wiper interfaces with a portion of the brushroll to remove excess liquid from the brushroll.
Claims16
A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base mounted to the upright handle assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, wherein the base comprises a brush chamber and at least one brushroll mounted therein;
- a suction source;
- a suction nozzle assembly provided on the base and defining a suction nozzle in fluid communication with the suction source;
- a fluid delivery system comprising:
- a fluid supply chamber provided on the upright handle assembly and adapted to hold a supply of liquid;
- a fluid dispenser provided on the base in fluid communication with the fluid supply chamber, wherein the fluid dispenser is configured to dispense fluid onto the at least one brushroll;
- a fluid delivery pathway between the fluid supply chamber and the fluid dispenser;
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- at least one fluid delivery channel forming a portion of the fluid delivery pathway, the at least one fluid delivery channel extending adjacent to a portion of the suction nozzle assembly;
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- an interference wiper provided on the base and adapted to interface with a portion of the at least one brushroll to remove excess liquid from the at least one brushroll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.