Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a cyclone separator, a collection chamber below the cyclone separator, a pre-motor filter downstream from the cyclone separator, and an openable cover above the pre-motor filter. The cover provides access to an upstream surface of the pre-motor filter when open, and forms an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner that is angled forwardly at an incline.
Abstract: A method of cleaning a surface with an extractor having a fluid supply system and a fluid recovery system includes applying a cleaning fluid to a surface, applying suction to the surface to remove the applied cleaning fluid from surface, and selectively interrupting the suction to the surface for a selected time to increase dwell time of the cleaning fluid on the surface.
Abstract: A multi-function cleanout tool for use with a surface cleaning apparatus such as an extraction cleaner or vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle cleaning implement and a brush cleaning implement.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 1, 2019
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
Inventors:
David M. Miller, Karyn Lee Sagorski, Daniel Browne
Abstract: A grout cleaning tool includes a grout cleaning tape. The grout cleaning tape can be provided as a replaceable grout cleaning cartridge containing a supply reel of grout cleaning tape that can be rolled across grout line grooves with an applicator roller. The grout cleaning tape can include a composition therein that is configured to be activated or enhanced by steam and transferred into the grout line to be cleaned when steam is applied to the tape.
Abstract: An agitator provided for a surface cleaning apparatus includes a dowel defining an axis of rotation and multiple disks extending radially from the dowel to a peripheral edge.
Abstract: A system for coupling a container storing a treating chemistry to a surface cleaning device capable of dispensing the treating chemistry to a surface to be cleaned includes a cap provided on the container and a receiver provided on the surface cleaning apparatus. The cap and receiver include plunger valve assemblies that are opened when the cap is coupled with the receiver.
Abstract: A vacuum accessory tool comprises a nozzle body defining an interior, with an opening formed in the nozzle body and a working air conduit provided on the nozzle body in fluid communication with the opening via the interior. A hair removal assembly is associated with the nozzle body, and can include nubs from a flexible polymeric material adapted to generate an electrostatic charge when the tool moves over and in contact with a carpet surface.
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided with a dispensing system for applying a treating agent stored on the vacuum cleaner to the surface to be cleaned. The dispensing system can include at least one container for storing a supply of treating agent and a dispenser for dispensing the treating agent to the surface to be cleaned. The dispensing system uses filtered working exhaust air to blow treating agent off the treating agent dispenser.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
Inventors:
Victor Vito Caro, Jr., Alexander Joseph Reed
Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner includes a base that is movable over a surface to be cleaned, a top coupled with the base, a collection chamber associated with the base, and at least one sweeping element for sweeping dirt on the surface to be cleaned toward the collection chamber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 30, 2018
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeffrey A. Scholten, Michael T. Dillane, Tyler James Imhoff, Scott M. Rose, Adam Luedke
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided with a chassis and a suction nozzle coupled with the chassis for both vertical and horizontal movement relative to the chassis. The nozzle can be configured to automatically move vertically upon encountering a predetermined amount of resistance to forward or rearward movement of nozzle over a surface to be cleaned.
Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base mounted to the handle assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned The surface cleaning apparatus is further provided with a fluid delivery system comprising a fluid dispenser and at least one fluid delivery channel forming a portion of a fluid delivery pathway. The fluid delivery channel can be formed by a portion of a suction nozzle assembly on the base. A light provided on the base can be configured to illuminate the fluid delivery channel when cleaning fluid is being delivered.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2016
Date of Patent:
October 9, 2018
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
Inventors:
Jincheng Xia, Jianjun Ge, Zhenjiang Yin, Xin Chen, Yongsheng Liang, Kam Hoi Ma, Lawrence Chun-Hei Chu, Junfeng Ding, Scott R. Smith, Hui Wu
Abstract: A steam mop includes a housing comprising a foot assembly movable along a surface to be cleaned and a handle assembly coupled to the foot assembly, a supply tank for storing a supply of fluid, a steam generator fluidly coupled with the supply tank for producing steam from the fluid, and a light source selectively illuminating the supply tank.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 8, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 2, 2018
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
Inventors:
Joseph P. Perry, Adam Luedke, Kan Yuk Yiu, Jian Yun Pi
Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner is provided with a hand-carriable body housing the components of a vacuum collection system. The vacuum collection system can include a working air path through the body, and includes a portion which passes through a handle of the hand-carriable body that is adapted to be gripped by a user during operation of the vacuum cleaner.
Abstract: A brushroll dowel for a vacuum cleaner having bristle stiffeners protruding from a brush dowel. The brushroll can be made using an injection molding process, with the bristle stiffeners integrally molded with the brush dowel and a plurality of stiffened bristles protruding from the brush dowel adjacent to the bristle stiffeners.