Patent ID: 8458853

Claim:
A steam cleaner operable to clean a surface, the steam cleaner comprising: a supply tank configured to retain a cleaning fluid; a heater operable to heat the cleaning fluid to vaporize the cleaning fluid and generate a vaporized cleaning fluid; a conduit in fluid communication with the supply tank; a cleaning tool in fluid communication with the conduit, the cleaning tool including a permeable portion that allows the vaporized cleaning fluid to pass through the cleaning tool to clean the surface, a first cleaning surface configured to contact the surface being cleaned, and a second cleaning surface configured to contact the surface being cleaned; and a coupling operable to removably couple the cleaning tool and the conduit, the coupling including, a locking member movable from an engaged position to a disengaged position, the cleaning tool coupled to the conduit for movement with the conduit when the locking member is in the engaged position and the cleaning tool is removable from the conduit when the locking member is in the disengaged position, an actuator manually movable from a locked position to an unlocked position to move the locking member from the engaged position to the disengaged position, and a biasing member that biases the actuator toward the locked position.