Patent ID: 11930975
Assignee: BISSELL INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising
a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base operably coupled to the upright handle assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, the base comprising a brushroll cover having an underside at least partially defining a chamber;
a brushroll at least partially received in the chamber, with at least a portion of the underside of the brushroll cover adjacent to the brushroll;
a brushroll motor operably coupled with the brushroll, wherein the brushroll is rotatable about a rotational axis;
a suction source;
a suction inlet in the base behind the brushroll, wherein the suction inlet is in fluid communication with the suction source and is configured to ingest cleaning fluid and debris into a recovery pathway; and
a fluid delivery system comprising:
a fluid supply chamber adapted to hold a supply of cleaning fluid and selectively removable from the housing; and
a pair of mutually opposing spray tips in fluid communication with the fluid supply chamber, the spray tips each comprising a spray tip orifice in fluid communication with the chamber and configured to dispense cleaning fluid toward the brushroll;
wherein the spray tip orifices are oriented to spray cleaning fluid inwardly toward the brushroll.