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US 7,685,671 B2Granted
Bare floor cleaner
AssigneeBISSELL Homecare, Inc.
InventorJohn L. Jansen
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Abstract
A bare floor cleaner for wet and dry bare floor surfaces comprises a base with wet and dry suction nozzles and a handle pivotally connected to the base. A diverter mounted in the working air conduit between each of the dry suction nozzle and the wet suction nozzle to a recovery tank is movable by movement of the handle between a dry suction position and a wet suction position for selectively at least partially blocking working air flow from the wet suction nozzle and the dry suction nozzle, respectively, to the recovery tank.
Claims20
A wet/dry bare floor cleaner comprising:
- a base;
- a handle pivotally connected to the base;
- a recovery system comprising:
- a wet suction nozzle;
- a dry suction nozzle;
- a recovery tank for receiving wet and dry debris;
- a working air conduit extending from each of the dry suction nozzle and the wet suction nozzle to the recovery tank;
- a motor/fan assembly mounted to one of the handle and the base and adapted to create a working air flow in the working air conduit from at least one of the dry suction nozzle and the wet nozzle and to the recovery tank;
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- a diverter mounted in the working air conduit, movable between a dry suction position and a wet suction position for selectively at least partially blocking working air flow from the wet suction nozzle and the dry suction nozzle, respectively, to the recovery tank, and coupled to the handle such that movement of the handle moves the diverter between the dry suction position and the wet suction position.
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A wet/dry bare floor cleaner comprising:
- a base;
- a handle pivotally connected to the base;
- a recovery system comprising:
- a wet suction nozzle;
- a dry suction nozzle;
- a recovery tank for receiving wet and dry debris;
- a working air conduit extending from each of the dry suction nozzle and the wet suction nozzle to the recovery tank;
- a motor/fan assembly mounted to one of the handle and the base and adapted to create a working air flow in the working air conduit from at least one of the dry suction nozzle and the wet nozzle and to the recovery tank;
- a diverter mounted in the working air conduit and movable between a dry suction position and a wet suction position for selectively at least partially blocking working air flow from the wet suction nozzle and the dry suction nozzle, respectively, to the recovery tank;
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- an actuator mounted to the handle and connected to the diverter to move the diverter between the dry suction position and the wet suction position and including a connector between the handle and the diverter so that the diverter moves between the dry suction position and the wet suction position as the handle rotates between a dry suction position and a wet suction position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.