Patent ID: 6134744
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A47L,B01F

Abstract:
In a portable surface cleaning apparatus having a base for movement along a surface to be cleaned, an upright handle pivotally attached to a rearward portion of the base, a recovery tank removably mounted to the base and having an inner chamber, a first suction nozzle mounted to the base, a working air conduit extending between the inner chamber and the first suction nozzle, and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the inner chamber for generating a suction in the recovery tank, working air conduit and first suction nozzle to thereby draw liquid from the surface to be cleaned and deposit the liquid in the recovery tank, a hose opening formed in said working air conduit and a cap removably mounted in said hose opening;an accessory hose having a first end adapted for mounting in said hose opening for fluid connection to the working air conduit and a second end adapted for connection to a cleaning tool with a second suction nozzle, the hose first end having a baffle wall adapted to block the flow from the first suction nozzle to the recovery tank when the hose first end is received in the hose opening; the improvement comprising:a retainer lip formed on the base adjacent the hose opening, the hose first end having a resilient arm with a retainer thereon for seating beneath the retainer lip in snap-fit relationship to said base whereby said hose first end can be retained in said hose opening at least in part by said resilient arm.