Patent ID: 6125498
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A liquid extraction cleaner for cleaning a surface and having front and rear portions, the front portion having a front face, the extraction cleaner further comprising:a liquid extraction system including:a suction nozzle having a nozzle opening at the front portion of the extraction cleaner;a recovery tank including a tank housing having an inlet opening at an upper portion of the tank housing;a suction conduit in communication with the suction nozzle and the inlet opening to the recovery tank;a vacuum source;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;a liquid dispensing system including:a cleaning fluid supply tank;at least one spray nozzle having an outlet opening for spraying cleaning fluid onto the surface to be cleaned;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 front portion of the extraction cleaner is formed by the recovery tank and the suction conduit, and the front face is formed by a front wall of the recovery tank; andthe spray nozzle is visibly mounted to the front face of the front portion so that the spray pattern is visible to the user as the cleaning fluid is being dispensed from the spray nozzle.