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US 11,375,869 B2Granted
Steam mop with viewable tank
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Perry, Adam Luedke, Kan Yuk Yiu, Jian Yun Pi
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Abstract
A steam mop includes a housing with a foot assembly movable along a surface to be cleaned and a handle assembly coupled to the foot assembly, a supply tank for storing a supply of fluid, a steam generator fluidly coupled with the supply tank for producing steam from the fluid, and a cutout in the housing through which a portion of the supply tank is viewable.
Claims18
A steam mop comprising:
- a housing comprising a foot assembly movable along a surface to be cleaned and an upright handle assembly coupled with the foot assembly, the upright handle assembly including a portion defining a cavity;
- a steam generator mounted within the cavity;
- a supply tank receiver provided on the upright handle assembly and including a platform having a valve seat;
- a supply tank removably coupled with the supply tank receiver and fluidly coupled with the steam generator via the valve seat of the supply tank receiver;
- a fluid distributor fluidly coupled with an outlet of the steam generator;
- a cleaning pad mounted to the foot assembly and positioned to contact the surface to be cleaned;
- a cover mounted to a portion of the housing including at least a portion of the upright handle assembly, the cover configured to overlie and at least partially enclose at least a portion of the supply tank receiver, the cover including at least two spaced cutouts through which a respective portion of the supply tank is visible from an exterior of the steam mop when the supply tank is coupled with the supply tank receiver;
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- a user interface provided on the cover and operably coupled to a controller which is operably coupled with the steam generator and is adapted to control operation thereof.
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A steam mop, comprising:
- a housing comprising a foot assembly movable along a surface to be cleaned and an upright handle assembly coupled with the foot assembly;
- a steam generator provided with the housing on the upright handle assembly;
- a supply tank receiver provided with the housing on the upright handle assembly;
- a supply tank removably coupled with the supply tank receiver and fluidly coupled with the steam generator via the supply tank receiver;
- a fluid distributor fluidly coupled with an outlet of the steam generator;
- a multi-axis coupling joint swivelably coupling the upright handle assembly to the foot assembly for movement of the upright handle assembly front-to-back and side-to-side and a steam conduit in fluid communication with the fluid distributor and extending through the multi-axis coupling joint;
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- a cover mounted to the housing on the upright handle assembly, the cover configured to overlie and at least partially enclose at least a portion of the supply tank receiver, the cover including at least two spaced cutouts through which a respective portion of the supply tank is visible from an exterior of the steam mop when the supply tank is received within the supply tank receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.