Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsMitchell J. DeJonge, Seth Robert Clifford
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus is provided with a housing including an upright assembly and a base assembly moveably mounted to the upright assembly, the upright assembly forming a stalk, a fluid container provided on the housing, a fluid distributor provided in the base assembly in fluid communication with the fluid container, a working air path through the housing, a recovery container provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path, a suction source provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path, a suction nozzle provided on the base assembly.
Claims20
A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- a housing including an upright assembly and a base assembly moveably mounted to the upright assembly, the upright assembly comprising at least one of:
- an inverted T-shape or a set of sections selectively coupled together to form a stalk;
- a fluid container provided on the housing;
- a fluid distributor provided in the base assembly in fluid communication with the fluid container;
- a working air path through the housing;
- a recovery container provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path;
- a suction source provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path;
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- a suction nozzle provided on the base assembly.
A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- a housing including an upright assembly forming a stalk and a base mounted to the upright assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned;
- a working air path through the housing;
- a recovery container provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path;
- a suction source provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path;
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- a pedal assembly provided in the housing and configured to selectively allow pivotal motion of the upright assembly with respect to the base until released, the pedal assembly comprising:
- a pivoting pedal extending from a rear of the housing, the pivoting pedal including an actuating surface coupled to an axle via a first arm member and a second arm member extending away from the axle, the axle rotatably mounted to a portion of the upright assembly;
- a sliding latch operably coupled to the second arm member of the pivoting pedal and moveable between a locked position wherein a portion of the sliding latch engages the base and a released position;
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- a biasing mechanism configured to bias the sliding latch into the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.