Extraction cleaner with cleaning and debris separation
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsPhilippa Joy Copeland, Robert Mueller, Oliver Holmes, Ethan Ames, Luis Herrick Vasconcelos e Souza, Mitchell Galloway, Zachary Shonfeld
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a cleaning device comprising a body, a suction source, and a suction head operably coupled to the body and defining at least one suction opening in fluid communication with the suction source. The suction opening intakes debris from a surface to be cleaned. The suction head comprises a wall, an agitator configured to agitate the surface, and a fluid dispenser configured to dispense fluid onto a portion of the wall prior to making contact with the surface.
Claims17
A cleaning device, comprising:
- a body;
- a suction source;
- and
- a suction head operably coupled to the body and defining at least one suction opening in fluid communication with the suction source, the at least one suction opening being configured to intake debris from a surface to be cleaned, the suction head comprising:
- a wall,
- an agitator configured to agitate the surface to be cleaned, and
- a fluid dispenser configured to dispense fluid within the suction head onto a portion of the wall prior to making contact with the surface to be cleaned, wherein a maximum width of the portion of the wall is greater than a maximum width of the agitator.
A cleaning device, comprising:
- an upright body;
- and
- a cleaning head operably coupled to the upright body, the cleaning head being configured to move across a surface to be cleaned and comprising:
- at least one suction nozzle configured to draw in debris from the surface to be cleaned,
- an agitator disposed adjacent to the at least one suction nozzle, the agitator being configured to agitate the surface to be cleaned, and
- a fluid dispenser disposed at a first wall of the cleaning head and configured to dispense fluid onto a second wall of the cleaning head such that the dispensed fluid spreads over a width of the second wall prior to contacting the surface to be cleaned, the fluid dispenser comprising a manifold cover having a plurality of spray nozzles integrated therein, the spray nozzles being configured to dispense fluid onto the second wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.