Patent ID: 6954966

Claim:
A cleaner for use in nursing care, comprising: a warm-water tank, a contaminated-water tank, a head assembly which sprays warm water supplied from the warn-water tank, and a suction mechanism which sucks water and contaminants along with air into said contaminated-water tank from said head assembly via a suction hose, separates water and contaminants from air by a separator assembly, and collects water and contaminants in said contaminated-water tank; wherein said contaminated-water tank and warm-water tank are installed in a main body casing of said cleaner, and a weight sensor which detects an amount of contaminated water collected in said contaminated-water tank is installed in a bottom portion of a storage section that is provided in said main body casing and stores said contaminated-water tank therein; and wherein said suction mechanism has a suction flow generating section that generates an air suction flow by rotationally driving a fan installed inside a fan compartment, said separator assembly has a fan, which is rotationally driven by said suction flow, and a separator, which rotates as an integral unit together with said fan, and said separator assembly is detachably provided via an air-seal at an opening of said contaminated-water tank, so that said contaminated-water tank, said separator assembly and said suction flow generating section can be communicated.