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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2024
Sharkninja Operating Llc, Needham, MA (US);
Bartholomew Lampard, London, GB;
Jennifer Andrews, Cambridge, MA (US);
Fariha Ahmed, Brighton, MA (US);
Jay Castro, Brookline, MA (US);
Oliver G. Holmes, London, GB;
Joe Baxter, London, GB;
Wil McArdle, Needham, MA (US);
Ognjen Vrdoljak, Laval, CA;
Lois Jones, London, GB;
Joshua Kingsbury, Canterbury, GB;
David T. Barker, Goole, GB;
Jemima L. C. Meil, Lancaster, GB;
Shiqi Mu, Suzhou, CN;
Heliang Chen, Suzhou, CN;
Dawei Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Xiang Zhou, Suzhou, CN;
Cong Su, Suzhou, CN;
Mingliang Qin, Suzhou, CN;
SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US);
Abstract
A surface cleaning head may include a fluid distributor configured to distribute a cleaning fluid, an agitator configured to absorb at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid and to agitate debris on the surface to be cleaned, a fluid stripper configured to remove, from the agitator, at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid absorbed by the agitator, a debris container, and a removable cover. The debris container may include a solid debris chamber and a fluid debris chamber. The removable cover may include a fluid catch plate configured to transfer at least a portion of the cleaning fluid removed from the agitator by the fluid stripper to the fluid debris chamber, the fluid catch plate being configured to selectively transition between an in-use position and a cleaning position when the removable cover is removed from the surface cleaning head.