Patent ID: 8353074
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: a foot assembly for movement along a surface to be cleaned; a handle assembly mounted to the foot assembly; a steam delivery system mounted at least in part to the foot assembly and including a steam generator and a forward and a rearward steam distributor connected to the steam generator, wherein the forward and rearward steam distributors are positioned at a forward portion and a rearward portion, respectively, of the foot assembly; and a shuttle plate mounted to the foot assembly for reciprocal movement between a forward position in registry with the forward steam distributor and a rearward position in registry with the rear steam distributor on an underside of the foot assembly, wherein the shuttle plate is configured to close off the forward steam distributor at the forward position and to close off the rearward steam distributor when the shuttle plate is in the rearward position, wherein the rearward steam distributor is open when the shuttle plate is in the forward position and the forward steam distributor is open when the shuttle plate is in the rearward position.