Patent ID: 6735812
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A surface maintenance device for performing a plurality of surface cleaning processes, comprising:a revolving cleaning implement which wipingly engages a surface intended to be cleaned; a cleaning solution dispenser which selectively wets with a cleaning solution a portion of the cleaning implement or the surface intended to be cleaned or both; and at least a pair of vacuum extractor tools, a first one of the pair being in engagement with the cleaning implement during a first mode of operation, and a second one of the pair being in engagement with the surface to be cleaned during a second mode of operation, wherein during the first mode of operation said first vacuum extractor tool removes some of a dispensed cleaning solution from the previously wetted portion of the revolving cleaning implement prior to the portion being wiped against the surface intended to be cleaned, wherein soil from the surface intended to be cleaned is transferred to said portion of the cleaning implement as said portion is wiped against the surface intended to be cleaned, said portion being subsequently rewetted and extracted so as to remove soil previously transferred to the cleaning implement, and wherein during the second mode of operation said second vacuum extractor tool removes a soiled cleaning solution directly from the surface intended to be cleaned.