The Hoover Comapny

Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited

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Healthy Gain Investments Limited

Jeffery A Morgan

Adam C Sclafani

Kevin L Thomas

Kevin E Scheifele

Charles A Lang

Lynn A Frederick

Gregg A McAllise

Jeffrey T DeBord

Jeffrey S Louis

Vincent L Weber

Siu Wai Hui

Ivan Brousseau

William G Alford

Gad Shaanan

David G Mueller

Sana S K Mok

Fred S Sindlinger

Evan A Gordon

Darwin S Crouser

Douglas E Gerber

David A Bradshaw

Duane B Kutsch

Robert S Wilson

Brent L Burchfield

Paul E Hsu

John D Essex

David L O'Neal

Jeffery S Louis

Wing Leung Ng

Jay F Perkins

Glenn E Specht

Kenneth L Symensma

Kam Hoi Ma

Christopher J Fawcett

Ryan R Berger

Ryan Scott Crisp

Sean D Montag

Edgar A Maurer

Terry M Birchler

Sidney H Bradd

Robert A Vystrcil

Nick M Bosyj

Oren Shai

David B Rennecker

Daniel R Miller

Michael P Conner

David Chaney

John A Leonatti

Kenneth H Cooper

Kevin S Waltz

Jerry L Balzer

Robert W Hecht

Carl Behrend

Thomas G Diamond

Douglas S Rubel

Tak On Yip

Richard F Spinelli

Hung-kit Kwong

Shawn Whetsone

Michael J Reiter

James M Bednar

A floor care appliance is provided for cleaning bare surfaces such as tile, marble, linoleum and wood. The floor care appliance is comprised of a base portion having a suction nozzle and a brush block having a plurality of vertical axis rotary agitators for cleaning bare floors. The rotary agitators are driven by an independent motor for agitating the floor surface. With the addition of an accessory hose and tools, the cleaning utility can be expanded to areas wherein the suction nozzle cannot normally reach such as behind the toilet, shower walls, and the grout between tile. While used in the capacity for cleaning bare floors, the floor care appliance can be moved between three modes by a rotating a member located on the upper housing. The first mode is dry mode, the second mode is wet scrub mode and the third mode is wet pickup mode. The accessory tools are stored in an accessory caddy that is placed freestanding over the suction nozzle and in front of the housing.

Floor care appliance with a plurality of cleaning modes

A floor cleaning device including a base assembly for movement along a surface, a handle, a nozzle, a nozzle lifting mechanism, a brush, a brush lifting mechanism, a recovery tank, and a liquid distribution system. The nozzle lifting mechanism moving the nozzle relative to the base assembly and the surface and the brush lifting mechanism moving the brush relative to the base assembly and the surface.

Wet/dry floor cleaning unit

A pressurized fluid dispenser includes a base unit and a reservoir. The base unit includes a pump and a battery compartment including electrical contacts electrically connected with the pump. The reservoir is supported by and selectively removable from the base unit. The reservoir includes an internal compartment that is in fluid communication with the pump when the reservoir is connected to the base unit. A female panel mount for an electrically operated unit is also disclosed.

Pressurized fluid dispenser

A floor cleaning device comprises a base portion for movement along a surface and a handle portion pivotally connected to the base. The base portion further includes a suction nozzle and a brush assembly for agitating the surface, wherein the brush assembly and the nozzle assembly are in a first position raised off of the surface for vacuuming the surface, and the nozzle assembly is lowered to a second position contacting the surface for collecting and picking up liquid and dirt from the surface. A method of cleaning a surface by first dry vacuuming the surface using a cleaning unit in which the nozzle assembly is raised to pick up particles and then wet vacuuming the floor with the nozzle assembly lowered to collect and pick up dirt from the floor mixed with cleaning solution distributed on the floor.

Wet/dry floor cleaning unit and method of cleaning

A floor care appliance is provided for cleaning bare surfaces such as tile, marble, linoleum and wood. The floor care appliance includes a port for the connection of an accessory hose and wand for off the floor cleaning. A variety of cleaning implements can be attached to the wand for cleaning hard to reach bare surfaces such as tile and grout. The port includes a suction inlet, cleaning solution outlet, and an air turbine inlet for an air turbine pump which pressurizes the cleaning solution. A pivoting door seals the suction inlet, cleaning solution outlet, and air turbine inlet when the accessory hose and wand are not in use.

Grout cleaning tool

A recovery tank is provided for a floor cleaning unit. The recovery tank comprises an inlet opening and a duct fluidly connected to the inlet. The duct extends horizontally within the tank adjacent a side wall the recovery tank for directing air and liquid from the inlet opening in two opposing directions. A lid covers the tank and has an outlet opening for directing air out of the recovery tank. A pair of shields depends downwardly from the lid and extends from the duct to the side wall of the recovery tank. The outlet opening of the lid is located between the shields such that the shields prevent liquid from coming out of the duct and entering the outlet opening of the lid.

Recovery tank for a floor cleaning device

A floor care appliance is provided. The floor care appliance includes a base for movement along the surface attached to a housing. The floor care appliance has two liquid storage tanks located in the housing wherein one of the liquid storage tanks generally overlies the other liquid storage tank. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the liquid storage tank located above the other liquid storage tank is a cleaning solution storage tank and the other liquid storage tank is a liquid recovery tank.

Tank arrangement for a floor care appliance

Floor cleaner foot

Portion for a floor cleaner foot

Upper housing of a floor care appliance

Portion of a floor cleaner foot

A floor cleaning unit is provided. The floor cleaning unit includes a base for movement along the surface. A nozzle assembly is removably attached to the base for pick up and removal of liquid and dirt. Such attachment is accomplished by providing the nozzle assembly with a slide latch that slidably engages a channel formed in the base.

Nozzle assembly removal arrangement

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Cuyahoga Falls, OH, United States of America

Jeffery A Morgan