Wet dry appliance
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorLee Cottrell
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Abstract
A cleaning device and methods for cleaning are provided. In one embodiment, the cleaning device includes a head assembly, a body assembly, and a handle assembly. The cleaning device also includes components that enable the cleaning device to operate in dry cleaning modes and wet cleaning modes. Dry cleaning modes can employ a vacuum assembly, including a motor, tubing, and a fluid recovery tank in order to draw in debris and waste into a fluid recovery tank. Wet cleaning modes can further employ a fluid supply tank, a pump, and tubing in order to supply fluid to a brushroll to aid in a cleaning process.
Claims12
A fluid recovery tank for use on a cleaning device, comprising:
- a container defining an inner chamber therein, the container having a suction outlet configured to couple to a suction source for allowing a suction force to be applied to the inner chamber, and the container having a fluid inlet for allowing fluid to be drawn into the chamber by the suction force;
- a separator removably disposed within the container and having a separator opening formed therein and configured to allow fluid to pass therethrough while substantially preventing solid debris from passing therethrough such that solid debris is retained within the separator;
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- a button extending forward from a front sidewall of the container such that the button is housed external to and forward of the container and configured to move between a locked configuration in which the button is configured to engage the cleaning device to retain the container on the cleaning device, and an unlocked configuration in which the button is configured to disengage from the cleaning device to allow the container to be removed from the cleaning device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.