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

Claim 14:
15. A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
a housing having a working air path therethrough, the working air path having a suction inlet adapted to be adjacent a surface to be cleaned;
a suction source in fluid communication with the suction inlet and defining a portion of the working air path;
a fluid delivery system 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 controllable independently of the first pump; and

at least one electronic control configured to selectively operate the fluid delivery system;
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.