Recovery tank
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorLee Michael 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.
Claims19
A fluid recovery tank for use in a cleaning device, comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall and sidewalls defining an inner chamber therein, a top of the container being open, the bottom wall including a fluid inlet therein;
- a separator fixedly and immovably disposed within the chamber, the separator separating the chamber into an upper portion and a lower portion, and the separator being configured to retain solid debris within the upper portion while allowing liquid to flow therethrough into the bottom portion;
- a removable lid disposed within the open top;
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- a hollow standpipe extending from the fluid inlet in the bottom wall toward the lid and through an opening in the separator for delivering fluid and debris to the upper portion of the chamber.
A fluid recovery tank, comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall with a fluid inlet therein, at least one sidewall extending from the bottom wall and together with the bottom wall defining an inner chamber, and a separator immovably fixed to the at least one sidewall and extending across the inner chamber such that the separator divides the inner chamber into an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a lid removably disposed within an open top of the container;
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- a base removably disposed within the bottom wall and having a hollow standpipe extending upward therethrough, the hollow standpipe extending through an opening in the separator when the base is disposed within the bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.