Patent ID: 11910977
Assignee: BISSELL INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
a housing having a portion adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned; and
a fluid delivery system comprising:
a fluid supply container configured to store a supply of a cleaning fluid;
a heater in fluid communication with the fluid supply container; and
a dual-phase distributor comprising:
a heated fluid inlet in fluid communication with the heater to receive heated fluid from the heater;
a phase separator separating a vapor phase of the heated fluid from a liquid phase of the heated fluid;
a heated liquid outlet in fluid communication with the phase separator to dispense the liquid phase of the heated fluid to the surface to be cleaned as heated liquid; and
a steam vapor outlet in fluid communication with the phase separator to dispense the vapor phase of the heated fluid as steam vapor.