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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2001
Jeffery A. Morgan, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
David A. Bradshaw, Canton, OH (US);
Douglas E. Gerber, North Canton, OH (US);
Charles A. Lang, Hartville, OH (US);
Adam C. Sclafani, North Canton, OH (US);
Kevin L. Thomas, North Canton, OH (US);
Vincent L. Weber, North Lawrence, OH (US);
Robert S. Wilson, New Philidelphia, OH (US);
Siu Wai Hui, Kowloon, CN;
Wing Leung Ng, Kowloon, CN;
The Hoover Company, North Canton, OH (US);
Abstract
A floor cleaning device comprises a base portion for movement along a surface and a handle portion pivotally connected to the base. The base portion further includes a suction nozzle and a brush assembly for agitating the surface, wherein the brush assembly and the nozzle assembly are in a first position raised off of the surface for vacuuming the surface, and the nozzle assembly is lowered to a second position contacting the surface for collecting and picking up liquid and dirt from the surface. A method of cleaning a surface by first dry vacuuming the surface using a cleaning unit in which the nozzle assembly is raised to pick up particles and then wet vacuuming the floor with the nozzle assembly lowered to collect and pick up dirt from the floor mixed with cleaning solution distributed on the floor.