151 patents
Utility
Surface cleaning apparatus
16 Jan 24
A surface cleaning apparatus includes an upright body and a base adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system, and a recovery system.
Jacob Resch, Jacob S. Boles
Filed: 7 Sep 23
Utility
Extraction cleaner
19 Dec 23
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing having a base and a partition, a supply tank removably mounted on the housing, and a recovery tank removably mounted on the housing.
Victoria J. Royale
Filed: 9 Jun 22
Utility
Surface cleaning apparatus
28 Nov 23
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base mounted to the upright handle assembly.
Jincheng Xia, Jianjun Ge, Zhenjiang Yin, Xin Chen, Yongsheng Liang, Kam Hoi Ma
Filed: 21 Jun 23
Utility
Vacuum cleaner and dust plume reduction apparatus
21 Nov 23
A dirt collection and separation module can include a suction air flow around the perimeter of a tank to ingest fine dust that becomes airborne during the emptying process.
Jason W. Pruiett
Filed: 20 Jul 21
Utility
Apparatus for cleaning a surface
14 Nov 23
An apparatus for cleaning a surface includes a liquid delivery system for storing cleaning liquid and delivering the cleaning liquid to the surface to be cleaned, a fluid recovery system and a control system.
Jeffrey A Scholten, Jacob Resch, Jacob S. Boles, Bryan Lee Villaroman, Victoria J. Royale, Timothy R. Lambrix
Filed: 4 Oct 22
Utility
Dissolvable sheet containing a cleaning active and method of making same
24 Oct 23
A dissolvable sheet having a water-soluble substrate, and one or more cleaning actives disposed uniformly throughout the water-soluble substrate.
Kevin A. Tibbs, Ala'a Al-Faraj, Daniel Alberto Carbo Dabove
Filed: 24 Feb 21
Utility
Vacuum cleaner
24 Oct 23
A vacuum cleaner is provided with a housing, an upright handle assembly, a working air path including a working air inlet, and a suction source configured to generate a working air stream through the working air path.
Nickolas James Morrow, Christopher Derek Stirling, Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz
Filed: 6 Nov 20
Utility
Steam cleaning apparatus
24 Oct 23
A steam cleaning apparatus for delivering steam of a surface to be cleaned is provided with a steam unit, a handle tube and an indexable base.
Alan J. Krebs, Chi Keung Li, Jing Yang, Ming Luo, Jason W. Pruiett
Filed: 5 Oct 20
Utility
Handheld extraction cleaner
24 Oct 23
A handheld extraction cleaner includes a unitary body provided with a carry handle, and further provided with a supply tank, a suction nozzle, a recovery tank, and a suction source, all of which are carried by the unitary body.
Aaron Griffith, Victoria J. Royale, Derek Everett Smith
Filed: 14 Nov 22
Utility
Cyclone module for vacuum cleaner
24 Oct 23
A cyclone module for a vacuum cleaner includes a primary separator, a bulk collection chamber, at least one secondary separator, and a fines collection chamber.
Alan J. Krebs, Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz
Filed: 16 Jun 22
Utility
Surface cleaning apparatus
17 Oct 23
A surface cleaning apparatus includes an upright body and a base adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system, and a recovery system.
Jacob Resch, Jacob S. Boles
Filed: 21 Jun 23
Utility
Autonomous surface cleaning device with multiple controllers
17 Oct 23
An autonomous surface cleaning device can include a base adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned, a drive system configured to move the base over the surface to be cleaned, and a vacuum collection system for removing at least debris from the surface to be cleaned.
Eric Daniel Buehler
Filed: 19 Oct 18
Utility
Surface cleaning apparatus
17 Oct 23
A surface cleaning apparatus is provided with a housing including an upright assembly and a base assembly moveably mounted to the upright assembly, the upright assembly forming a stalk, a fluid container provided on the housing, a fluid distributor provided in the base assembly in fluid communication with the fluid container, a working air path through the housing, a recovery container provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path, a suction source provided on the housing and defining a portion of the working air path, a suction nozzle provided on the base assembly.
Mitchell J. DeJonge, Seth Robert Clifford
Filed: 7 Jul 20
Utility
Surface cleaning apparatus
10 Oct 23
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a fluid delivery system and a recovery system, and is operable in a plurality of user-selectable cleaning modes, including at least a wet vacuuming mode and a dry vacuuming mode.
Chris J. Harmelink, Timothy R. Lambrix, Matthew R. Smith, Matthew Gordon Kamps, Eric Daniel Buehler, Jacob S. Boles
Filed: 14 Dec 22
Utility
Self-cleaning system and method for extraction cleaners
10 Oct 23
A cleaning tray is provided for docking an extraction cleaner, including upright or robot extraction cleaners, for self-cleaning.
Alan J. Krebs, Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz, Scott Miller Vogel, Aaron P. Griffith, Eric Daniel Buehler, Jeffrey A. Scholten, Jake Boles
Filed: 4 Aug 22
Utility
Carpet extractor
3 Oct 23
A surface cleaning apparatus, such as a carpet extractor, includes a base and a fluid recovery system for drawing dirty cleaning fluid from a surface to be cleaned.
Tom Minh Nguyen
Filed: 14 Oct 21
Utility
Method and system for manual control of autonomous floor cleaner
3 Oct 23
A system and method for selectively manually controlling an autonomous floor cleaner includes an autonomous floor cleaner and a remote control device, such as a smartphone.
Adam Brown, Eric D. Buehler, Derek E. Smith, David VanKampen
Filed: 6 Dec 18
Utility
Filter assembly and floor cleaner
3 Oct 23
The present disclosure provides a floor cleaner that includes a replaceable component, such as a filter.
Kin-leung Tam
Filed: 25 Apr 22
Utility
Floor cleaning apparatus with cleaning fluid delivery system
3 Oct 23
The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes a steam delivery system for steam mopping a floor surface after sweeping dry dirt, dust, hair, and other debris from the floor surface.
Jason W. Pruiett, Jacob Resch, James Theodore Hotary, Guoshun Wang
Filed: 25 Jan 22
Utility
Surface cleaning apparatus
3 Oct 23
A portable surface cleaning apparatus for a floor surface includes a main housing assembly adapted to be hand carried by a user, the main housing assembly carrying a fluid delivery system adapted for storing cleaning fluid and delivering the cleaning fluid to the surface to be cleaned, and a fluid recovery system adapted for removing the cleaning fluid and debris from the surface to be cleaned and storing the cleaning fluid and debris that was recovered, the main housing assembly comprising a base housing, a supply tank received on the main housing assembly, a recovery tank received on the main housing assembly separately from the supply tank.
George Moyher, Jr., Michael Graham
Filed: 25 Jan 22