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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2024
Bissell Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Mitchell J. DeJonge, Fruitport, MI (US);
Ryan J. Alt, Byron Center, MI (US);
BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A surface cleaner may have various features including an engagement mechanism secured to an agitator support frame and positioned to be pivoted by an agitator lift lever as the agitator lift lever translates, the pivoting engagement mechanism lifting the agitator support frame and the agitator secured thereto from a lowered position to a raised position. Other features may include a projection to limit belt slack when the agitator assembly is raised, a compact detent mechanism for releasing a spine assembly in an upright surface cleaner, a compact motor drive assembly, a self-priming centrifugal pump, a fluid-dispensing system having a high flow operating state and a low flow operating state, and a clean-out tray in which a base of the surface cleaner may be docked.