Patent ID: 6550098
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A liquid extraction cleaner for cleaning a surface and including a cleaner housing, the extraction cleaner further comprising:a liquid extraction system mounted to the cleaner housing and including: a suction nozzle having a nozzle opening; a recovery tank including a tank housing having an inlet opening in the tank housing; a suction conduit in communication with the suction nozzle and the inlet opening to the recovery tank; a vacuum source; and a working air conduit in open communication with the vacuum source, the recovery tank and the suction nozzle, whereby the vacuum source can draw liquid and debris through the suction nozzle and the suction conduit and to the recovery tank in which the liquid and debris are deposited; and a liquid dispensing system mounted to the cleaner housing and including: a cleaning fluid supply tank removably mounted in a receptacle in the cleaner housing; at least one liquid dispenser having an outlet opening for depositing cleaning fluid onto the surface to be cleaned; and a supply conduit interconnecting the cleaning fluid supply tank and the spray nozzle for supplying cleaning fluid to the spray nozzle; the improvement comprising: the cleaning fluid supply tank has opposite side portions with manually graspable indentations formed therein for gripping by a user for ease of removal of the supply tank from the receptacle formed in the cleaner housing.