Patent ID: 11903538
Assignee: BISSELL INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
a housing including an upright assembly and a base pivotally mounted to the upright assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned;
a working air path through the housing;
a recovery container provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path;
a suction source provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path;
a suction inlet adapted to be adjacent the surface to be cleaned;
a fluid delivery system provided on the housing and comprising:
a fluid container configured to store cleaning fluid;
a fluid distributor;
a fluid supply path between the fluid container and the fluid distributor;
a first pump in the fluid supply path between the fluid container and the fluid distributor, the first pump configured to supply cleaning fluid at a plurality of volumetric flow rates to the fluid distributor and operable in at least a first flow rate mode and in a second flow rate mode; and
a second pump in the fluid supply path between the fluid container and the fluid distributor, the second pump configured to supply cleaning fluid to the fluid distributor and wherein the second pump is controllable independently of the first pump;

a first electronic control configured to selectively operate the first pump; and
a second electronic control configured to selectively operate the second pump;
wherein the first pump is operable in the first flow rate mode while the second pump is off to provide a first volumetric flow rate to the fluid distributor;
wherein the first pump is operable in the second flow rate mode while the second pump is off to provide a second volumetric flow rate to the fluid distributor; and
wherein the first pump is operable in the first flow rate mode while the second pump is on to provide a third volumetric flow rate to the fluid distributor.