Unattended spot cleaning apparatus

A floor cleaning apparatus comprising:

• a housing with a bottom portion that is adapted to rest on a surface being cleaned and a carriage assembly support above an opening in an underside of the housing;
• a fluid delivery system mounted to the housing and including a fluid distributor for delivering a cleaning fluid to the surface to be cleaned beneath the opening in the underside the housing;
• a fluid extraction system including a suction nozzle for recovering soiled cleaning fluid from the surface to be cleaned beneath the opening in the underside of the housing;
• and
• a carriage mounting the fluid distributor and the suction nozzle to the carriage assembly support for translational movement with respect to the housing so that the suction nozzle and the fluid distributor move laterally with respect to the surface to be cleaned.