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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2023
Applicant:
Bissell Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tom Minh Nguyen, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Nim Chung Ku, Hong Kong, CN;
Roger Hoskens, Hong Kong, CN;
Mike Luyckx, Ada, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/30 (2006.01); A47L 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/302 (2013.01); A47L 9/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a recovery tank and an electronic sensing system configured to detect liquid at one or more levels within the recovery tank and determine when to shut-off or otherwise interrupt the recovery system. In addition, the sensing system can detect whether the recovery tank is missing from the apparatus.