Patent ID: 7725984

Claim:
A wet/dry bare floor cleaner comprising: a base; a handle pivotally connected to the base for movement between a first position forward of a vertical position and a second position rearward of the vertical position; 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 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; and 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 shut-off valve mounted in the recovery tank and adapted to prevent fluid communication between the motor/fan assembly and the recovery tank when the amount of liquid in the recovery tank reaches a first predetermined amount when the handle is in the first position and a second predetermined amount different than the first predetermined amount when the handle is in the second position.