Portable extraction cleaner

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on a housing base and a handle formed on the housing enclosure and adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction motor and impeller assembly mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution removably mounted to the housing base at one side of the housing enclosure;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base at another side of the housing enclosure and having an air/liquid separator;
• a flexible suction hose mounted to the housing assembly and connected to the recovery tank for recovery of cleaning fluid deposited on a surface to be cleaned and a cleaning tool with a suction nozzle mounted to a free end of the suction hose for recovering soiled cleaning fluid from a surface on which cleaning fluid has been deposited;
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• indentations in an outer surface of the housing base for receiving and positioning the flexible suction hose when the hose is wrapped around the housing base for storage when the extraction cleaner is not in use or is being carried.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on a housing base and a handle formed on the housing enclosure and adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction motor and impeller assembly mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution removably mounted to the housing base at one side of the housing enclosure;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base at another side of the housing enclosure and having an air/liquid separator;
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• a decorative face plate that is removably mounted to the housing enclosure and that is adapted to cover at least a substantial visible portion of the visible surface of the housing enclosure.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on a housing base and a handle formed on the housing enclosure and adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction motor and impeller assembly mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution removably mounted to the housing base at one side of the housing enclosure;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base at another side of the housing enclosure and having an air/liquid separator;
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• a plurality of different decorative face plates that are adapted to be removably mounted to the housing enclosure and each of which is adapted to cover at least a substantial visible portion of the visible surface of the housing enclosure when mounted on the housing enclosure.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on a housing base and a handle formed on the housing enclosure and adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction motor and impeller assembly mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution removably mounted to the housing base at one side of the housing enclosure;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base at another side of the housing enclosure and having an air/liquid separator, the recovery tank further has a pour spout at an upper portion adjacent to the housing enclosure;
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• a pour spout cover pivotally mounted on the housing enclosure for movement from an overlying position to an open position with respect to the pour spout.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on a housing base and a handle formed on the housing enclosure and adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction motor and impeller assembly mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution removably mounted to the housing base at one side of the housing enclosure;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base at another side of the housing enclosure and having an air/liquid separator;
• wherein the air/liquid separator is formed from a riser tube having an internal divider separating the riser tube into fluidly isolated first and second conduits, and each of the first and second conduits are fluidly connected to the interior of the recovery tank through an aperture at an upper end thereof.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on a housing base and a handle formed on the housing enclosure and adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction motor and impeller assembly mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution removably mounted to the housing base at one side of the housing enclosure;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base at another side of the housing enclosure and having an air/liquid separator;
• a flexible suction hose mounted to the housing assembly and connected to the recovery tank for recovery of cleaning fluid deposited on a surface to be cleaned and a cleaning tool with a suction nozzle is mounted to a free end of the suction hose for recovering soiled cleaning fluid from a surface on which cleaning fluid has been deposited;
• wherein the impeller assembly has an inlet opening in communication with the suction hose for drawing soiled cleaning fluid recovered from the surface to be cleaned through the hose and depositing the same in the recovery tank;
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• a working air conduit through the housing base between the impeller inlet opening and the recovery tank.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure mounted on a housing base and a handle adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction source mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution and a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base adjacent to the housing enclosure;
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• wherein the recovery tank has a pour spout at an upper portion adjacent to the housing enclosure;
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• a pour spout cover pivotally mounted on the housing enclosure for movement from an overlying position to an open position.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure mounted on a housing base and a handle adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction source mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution and a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base;
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• wherein the recovery tank has an the air/liquid separator formed from a riser tube having an internal divider separating the riser tube into fluidly isolated first and second conduits, and each of the first and second conduits are fluidly connected to the interior of the recovery tank through an aperture at an upper end thereof.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on a housing base and a handle formed on the housing enclosure and adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction motor and impeller assembly mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution removably mounted to the housing base at one side of the housing enclosure;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base at another side of the housing enclosure and having an air/liquid separator;
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• a working air conduit through the housing base between the impeller inlet opening and the recovery tank.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on an elongated housing base having a longitudinal axis and a handle formed on the housing enclosure in alignment with the housing longitudinal axis of the elongated housing base and adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction source mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution removably mounted to the housing base at one axial side of the housing enclosure;
• a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base at another axial side of the housing enclosure and having an air-liquid separator.

A portable extraction cleaner comprising:

• a housing assembly including a housing enclosure mounted on a housing base and a handle adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner;
• a suction source mounted within the housing enclosure;
• a solution tank for cleaning solution and a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base;
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• a decorative face plate that is removably mounted to the housing enclosure and that is adapted to cover at least a substantial visible portion of the visible surface of the housing enclosure.