Floor cleaner and tray

A method of cleaning a floor cleaner having a supply tank, a recovery tank, and a fluid distributor using a cleaning tray having an actuator, the method comprising:

• sensing the cleaning tray by a control circuit in the floor cleaner, the control circuit activated by the actuator;
• activating a cleaning mode;
• and
• distributing cleaning fluid from the supply tank into the cleaning tray via the fluid distributor in the cleaning mode.

A combination of a cleaning tray and a floor cleaner comprising:

• a cleaning tray having an actuator;
• a floor cleaner including
• a base movable along a surface to be cleaned,
• an upright portion movable between an inclined use position and an upright storage position,
• a brushroll rotatably arranged in the base, the brushroll driven by a brushroll motor,
• the floor cleaner including a control circuit that controls the brushroll, the control circuit operable in (1) a brushroll-enabled condition when the upright portion is in the inclined use position, (2) a brushroll-disabled condition when the upright portion is in the upright storage position and the floor cleaner is not in the cleaning tray, and (3) a brushroll-enabled condition when the floor cleaner is in the cleaning tray;
• where the cleaning tray actuator activates the control circuit into the third condition, and the control circuit enables a cleaning mode in the third condition.

A combination of a cleaning tray and a floor cleaner comprising:

• a cleaning tray;
• and
• a floor cleaner, the floor cleaner including
• a base movable along a surface to be cleaned,
• an upright portion movable between an inclined use position and an upright storage position,
• a suction motor,
• a fluid distributer in fluid communication with a supply tank,
• a brushroll rotatably arranged in the base operatively connected to a brushroll motor,
• the brushroll motor operable when the upright portion is in the upright storage position in the cleaning tray;
• and
• the cleaning tray forming a reservoir that receives at least a portion of the base of the floor cleaner,
• wherein the brushroll motor is inoperable when the upright portion is in the upright storage position outside of the cleaning tray.