SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH STEAM

Abstract: a surface cleaning apparatus includes a steam delivery system, a liquid delivery system, and a recovery system. the apparatus may have multiple cleaning modes, including a mode where liquid is dispensed, a mode where liquid and steam are dispensed, and/or a self-cleaning mode in which an unattended, automatic cleanout mode of operation is executed to clean at least a portion of a recovery pathway of the recovery system. methods for operating a surface cleaning apparatus and for self-cleaning a surface cleaning apparatus are also provided.

Inventor(s): Jacob Resch, Andrew Woodcox, Jeremy W. Hoffmann

CPC Classification: A47L11/4086 (DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes ; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind ; laundry ); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general ))

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