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Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Bissell Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Inventors:

Kurt Ashbaugh, Rockford, MI (US);

Jason W. Pruiett, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

David M. Miller, Zeeland, MI (US);

Todd R. VanTongeren, Ada, MI (US);

Assignee:

BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 11/30 (2006.01); A47L 11/34 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); F26B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 7/0085 (2013.01); A47L 7/0014 (2013.01); A47L 11/302 (2013.01); A47L 11/34 (2013.01); A47L 11/4088 (2013.01); F26B 21/001 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes a recovery system that extracts liquid and debris with a drying cycle in which forced air flows through a recovery pathway of the recovery system to dry out components that remain wet and/or retain moisture after normal operation of the apparatus. The post-operation drying cycle can dry out components such as an agitator or brushroll, a brush chamber, a suction nozzle, a recovery tank, a filter, and any of the various conduits, ducts, and/or hoses fluidly coupling components of the recovery system together.


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