Patent ID: 7870638

Claim:
A wet/dry bare floor cleaner comprising: a base; a handle pivotally connected to the base; a recovery system comprising: a wet suction nozzle; a dry suction nozzle; a recovery tank for receiving wet and dry debris; a working air conduit extending from each of the dry suction nozzle and the wet suction nozzle to the recovery tank; a motor/fan assembly mounted to one of the handle and the base and adapted to create a working air flow in the working air conduit from at least one of the dry suction nozzle and the wet nozzle and to the recovery tank; and a diverter mounted in the working air conduit and movable between a dry suction position and a wet suction position for selectively at least partially blocking working air flow from the wet suction nozzle and the dry suction nozzle, respectively, to the recovery tank; an agitator mounted to the base for vertical movement between a lowered position in contact with the surface to be cleaned and a raised position above the surface to be cleaned for selectively agitating the surface to be cleaned; and a connector between the agitator and the diverter for moving the agitator between the lowered and raised positions.