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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Bissell Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alan J. Krebs, Pierson, MI (US);
Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Scott Miller Vogel, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Aaron P. Griffith, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Eric Daniel Buehler, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Scholten, Ada, MI (US);
Jake Boles, Kentwood, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/292 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 7/0052 (2013.01); A47L 7/0009 (2013.01); A47L 9/0063 (2013.01); A47L 11/292 (2013.01); A47L 11/302 (2013.01); A47L 11/40 (2013.01); A47L 11/4083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning tray is provided for docking an extraction cleaner, including upright or robot extraction cleaners, for self-cleaning. The cleaning tray may include one or more sprayers for spraying a cleaning fluid toward a suction nozzle, brush chamber, and/or agitator of the extraction cleaner. Systems for self-cleaning extraction cleaners are also provided.