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US 2024/0315511 A1Published application
Surface cleaning apparatus with vapor dispensing
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsNim Chung Ku, Feng Chun Li
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a vapor dispensing system and a recovery system. The vapor dispensing system may include a vapor generator and a vapor outlet that dispenses vapor toward a brushroll in order to wet the brushroll and clean a surface. Methods for operating a surface cleaning apparatus with a vapor dispensing system are also provided.
Claims20
A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- an upright body comprising a handle and a frame;
- a base coupled with the upright body and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, the base comprising a brushroll chamber;
- a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis;
- a recovery system comprising a suction inlet port in fluid communication with the brushroll chamber, a recovery tank, and a vacuum motor;
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- a vapor dispensing system comprising:
- a supply container configured to store a liquid cleaning fluid;
- a pump in fluid communication with the supply container;
- a vapor generator in fluid communication with the pump and configured to receive liquid cleaning fluid from the supply container via the pump and to expel the cleaning fluid as vapor;
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- a mixing chamber within the brushroll chamber, wherein the vapor generator comprises a vapor outlet that dispenses vapor into the mixing chamber to wet the brushroll.
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A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- a cleaning head adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, the cleaning head comprising an agitator chamber;
- an agitator in the agitator chamber;
- a recovery system comprising a suction inlet port in fluid communication with the agitator chamber and a vacuum motor;
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- a vapor dispensing system comprising:
- a supply container configured to store a liquid cleaning fluid;
- a vapor generator configured to receive liquid cleaning fluid from the supply container and to expel the cleaning fluid as vapor;
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- a mixing chamber within the agitator chamber, wherein the vapor generator comprises a vapor outlet that dispenses vapor into the mixing chamber to wet the agitator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.