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

Claim 15:
16. 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 first fluid distributor configured to dispense cleaning fluid on a first side of the suction inlet;
a second fluid distributor configured to dispense cleaning fluid on a second side of the suction inlet;
a first pump configured to supply cleaning to the first fluid distributor at a plurality of volumetric flow rates and operable in at least a first flow rate mode and in a second flow rate mode; and
a second pump configured to supply cleaning fluid to the second fluid distributor, wherein the second pump is controllable independently of the first pump; and

at least one electronic control configured to selectively operate the fluid delivery system;
wherein the surface cleaning apparatus is operable in a first mode in which the first pump is operable in the first flow rate mode while the second pump is off to dispense cleaning fluid to the first fluid distributor at a first volumetric flow rate;
wherein the surface cleaning apparatus is operable in a second mode in which the first pump is operable in the second flow rate mode while the second pump is off to dispense cleaning fluid to the first fluid distributor at a second volumetric flow rate; and
wherein the surface cleaning apparatus is operable in a third mode in which the first and second pumps are on to dispense cleaning fluid to the first and second fluid distributors.