Floor cleaning apparatus with cleaning fluid delivery system
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsJason W. Pruiett, Jacob Resch, James Theodore Hotary, Guoshun Wang
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes a fluid delivery system for mopping a floor surface after sweeping debris from the floor surface. The surface cleaning apparatus can have a brushroll, a collection bin that receives dirt and liquid swept by the brushroll, and a cleanout member configured to empty the collection bin and mechanically remove dirt and liquid accumulated on one or more internal surfaces of the base.
Claims20
A surface cleaning apparatus for cleaning a floor surface, comprising:
- a supply tank;
- a cleaning fluid distributor in fluid communication with the supply tank and configured to dispense cleaning fluid;
- a base adapted to move over a surface to be cleaned, the base comprising:
- a base housing comprising a brush chamber;
- a brushroll mounted on the base housing in the brush chamber and adapted to contact the surface to be cleaned to sweep dirt and liquid;
- a collection bin configured to receive dirt and liquid swept by the brushroll;
- a debris outlet in at least one of the base housing and collection bin;
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- a cleanout member configured to force dirt and liquid through the debris outlet, the cleanout member comprising a wiper configured to wipe an internal surface of the base, whereby movement of the cleanout member drives the wiper to mechanically remove dirt and liquid accumulated on the internal surface of the base that may otherwise be trapped within the base.
A surface cleaning apparatus for cleaning a floor surface, comprising:
- a steam generator;
- a supply tank in fluid communication with the steam generator;
- a steam distributor in fluid communication with the steam generator and configured to dispense steam;
- a base adapted to move over a surface to be cleaned, the base comprising:
- a base housing comprising a brush chamber;
- a brushroll mounted on the base housing in the brush chamber and adapted to contact the surface to be cleaned to sweep dirt and liquid;
- a collection bin configured to close receive dirt and liquid swept by the brushroll;
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- a mechanical cleanout mechanism configured to force debris and liquid out of the collection bin and wipe off an internal surface of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.