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US 2016/0106287 A1Published application
Steam cleaning device
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsChristopher HUSSEY, David ROWNTREE
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Abstract
A steam cleaning device comprising a water tank, a boiler in fluid communication with the water tank, a steam outlet in constant fluid communication with the boiler and a pump for pumping water from the water tank to the boiler. The steam cleaning device includes a first flow path from the water tank to the boiler via the pump and a second flow path from the boiler to the water tank bypassing the pump, and a valve moveable between a first position for selecting the first flow path and a second position for selecting the second flow path.
Claims15
A steam cleaning device comprising:
- a water tank;
- a boiler in fluid communication with the water tank;
- a steam outlet in constant fluid communication with the boiler;
- and
- a pump for pumping water from the water tank to the boiler;
- wherein the steam cleaning device comprises a first flow path from the water tank to the boiler via the pump and a second flow path from the boiler to the water tank bypassing the pump;
- and
- a valve moveable between a first position for selecting the first flow path and a second position for selecting the second flow path.
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