Surface cleaning apparatus with steam delivery

A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

• a hand-carried body adapted to be hand-carried by a user, the hand-carried body comprising:
• a base adapted to rest on a floor surface;
• a partition extending upwardly from the base;
• a supply tank removably mounted to the hand-carried body on a first side of the partition;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the hand-carried body on a second side of the partition;
• a liquid supply pump in fluid communication with the supply tank;
• a steam supply pump in fluid communication with the supply tank;
• a heater in fluid communication with the steam supply pump;
• and
• a vacuum motor in fluid communication with the recovery tank;
• a flexible hose mounted to the hand-carried body and comprising a liquid conduit in fluid communication with the liquid supply pump, a steam conduit in fluid communication with the heater, and a suction conduit in fluid communication with the recovery tank;
• and
• a cleaning tool coupled with an end of the hose and comprising a liquid distributor to deliver liquid cleaning fluid, a steam distributor to deliver steam, and an extraction nozzle to recover soiled cleaning fluid from the surface to be cleaned;
• wherein the heater and the vacuum motor are at least partially disposed within the partition, and are disposed between the supply tank and the recovery tank;
• wherein the heater comprises an upper end, a lower end, a heater inlet in fluid communication with the supply tank and a heater outlet in fluid communication with the steam conduit of the flexible hose;
• and
• wherein the heater is oriented with the lower end of the heater toward the base and the upper end of the heater farther from the base than the lower end of the heater, and the heater inlet and the heater outlet are disposed at the lower end of the heater.