Foamed cleaning liquid dispensing system
First Claim
1. A foamed cleaning liquid dispensing system for use in a mobile hard floor surface cleaner comprising:
- a cleaner cartridge including a collapsible bag containing a supply of cleaning agent;
a flow control device configured to receive a flow of cleaning agent from the cartridge and a flow of a primary cleaning liquid component, combine the flows of the cleaning agent and the primary cleaning liquid component, and produce an output flow of cleaning liquid at an output; and
an aerator including a nozzle having an inlet fluidically coupled to the output of the flow control device, an outlet, a nozzle body having a bore extending between the inlet and the outlet, and at least one radial port extending through a side of the nozzle body to the bore, the nozzle configured to receive the output flow of cleaning liquid at the inlet, inject air into the output flow of cleaning liquid through the radial port, and produce an output flow of foamed cleaning liquid through the outlet.
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Abstract
A foamed cleaning liquid dispensing system includes a cleaner cartridge, a flow control device, and an aerator. The cleaner cartridge includes a collapsible bag containing a supply of cleaning agent. The flow control device is configured to receive a flow of the cleaning agent from the cartridge and a flow of a primary cleaning liquid component. The flow control device combines the flows of cleaning agent and primary cleaning liquid component and produces an output flow of cleaning liquid at an output. The aerator includes a nozzle having an inlet fluidically coupled to the output of the flow control device, an outlet, a body having a bore extending between the inlet and the outlet, and a radial port. The nozzle is configured to receive the output flow of cleaning liquid at the inlet, inject air into the output flow of cleaning liquid through the radial port, and produce an output flow of foamed cleaning liquid through the outlet.
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61 Claims
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1. A foamed cleaning liquid dispensing system for use in a mobile hard floor surface cleaner comprising:
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a cleaner cartridge including a collapsible bag containing a supply of cleaning agent;
a flow control device configured to receive a flow of cleaning agent from the cartridge and a flow of a primary cleaning liquid component, combine the flows of the cleaning agent and the primary cleaning liquid component, and produce an output flow of cleaning liquid at an output; and
an aerator including a nozzle having an inlet fluidically coupled to the output of the flow control device, an outlet, a nozzle body having a bore extending between the inlet and the outlet, and at least one radial port extending through a side of the nozzle body to the bore, the nozzle configured to receive the output flow of cleaning liquid at the inlet, inject air into the output flow of cleaning liquid through the radial port, and produce an output flow of foamed cleaning liquid through the outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A hard floor surface cleaner comprising:
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a mobile body;
a supply of primary cleaning liquid component contained in the mobile body and having an output flow of primary cleaning liquid component;
a cleaner cartridge including a collapsible bag containing a supply of cleaning agent;
a flow control device configured to receive a flow of cleaning agent from the cartridge and the output flow of primary cleaning liquid component, combine the flows of the cleaning agent and the primary cleaning liquid component, and produce an output flow of cleaning liquid at an output; and
an aerator including a nozzle having an inlet fluidically coupled to the output of the flow control device, an outlet, a nozzle body having a bore extending between the inlet and the outlet, and at least one radial port extending through a side of the nozzle body to the bore, the nozzle configured to receive the output flow of cleaning liquid at the inlet, inject air into the output flow of cleaning liquid through the radial port, and produce an output flow of foamed cleaning liquid through the outlet; and
a foamed cleaning liquid distributor configured to receive the output flow of foamed cleaning liquid from the outlet of the nozzle and discharge the output flow of foamed cleaning liquid for wetting of a surface. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A foamed cleaning liquid dispenser kit for installation in a hard floor surface cleaner that includes a primary cleaning liquid component dispenser configured to provide an output flow of a primary cleaning liquid component, the kit comprising:
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a supply of cleaning agent;
a flow control device couplable to the output flow of primary cleaning liquid component and configured to receive a flow of cleaning agent from the supply, combine the flows of the cleaning agent and primary cleaning liquid component, and produce an output flow of cleaning liquid at an output;
an aerator including a nozzle having an inlet fluidically coupled to the output of the flow control device, an outlet, a nozzle body having a bore extending between the inlet and the outlet, and at least one radial port extending through a side of the nozzle body to the bore; and
packaging containing the conduit, the flow control device and the aerator. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61)
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