Wet Extractor Floor Brush
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Abstract
A wet extraction floor cleaning device having a base assembly adapted for movement on a surface being cleaned, an operating handle pivotally attached to the base assembly, a supply tank having a supply tank outlet, and a recovery tank having a recovery tank inlet and a recovery tank outlet. The base assembly has an inlet nozzle that extends from an inlet slit proximal the surface being cleaned to a nozzle outlet. The device further includes a fluid deposition assembly that can be selectively placed in fluid communication with the supply tank outlet, a vacuum source, and first and second external pockets. The supply and recovery tanks are adapted to be selectively placed in the first and second external pockets, thereby placing the supply tank outlet in fluid communication with the fluid deposition system, the recovery tank inlet in fluid communication with the nozzle outlet, and the recovery tank outlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source inlet.
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30 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A wet extractor comprising:
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a housing comprising; an upright portion having a handle for controlling the movement of the wet extractor, a base pivotally connected to the upright portion and having a lower portion that faces downward along a vertical axis, a supply tank configured to hold unused fluid, a fluid deposition system configured to selectively deposit unused fluid from the supply tank from the base, a recovery tank configured to hold used fluid, and a vacuum system having a vacuum fan, an inlet at the lower portion of the base, and an air passage that extends from the inlet, through the recovery tank, and to the vacuum fan; an agitator comprising; an agitator drive assembly having a mounting portion attached to the lower portion of the housing and a drive portion that is movable relative to the housing, an agitator element having one or more agitators, and at least one releasable snap fit connector selectively connecting the agitator element to the drive portion; and
,a motor mounted in the housing and operatively connected to the agitator drive assembly to selectively move the drive portion and the agitator element. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A floor cleaner comprising:
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a housing having a lower portion that faces downward along a vertical axis; an agitator comprising; an agitator drive assembly having a mounting portion attached to the lower portion of the housing and a drive portion that is movable relative to the housing, an agitator element having one or more agitators, and at least one releasable snap fit connector selectively connecting the agitator element to the drive portion; and a motor mounted in the housing and operatively connected to the agitator drive assembly to selectively move the drive portion and the agitator element. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An agitator for a floor cleaner, the agitator comprising:
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a rigid agitator frame; one or more agitators extending in a downward direction from the agitator frame; and one or more releasable snap fit connectors extending in an upward direction from the agitator frame, each of the one or more releasable snap fit connectors comprising at least one flexible post extending from the agitator frame and having a protrusion thereon. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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Specification