Surface Cleaning Appliance with Motorized Wand

Abstract

A floor cleaning appliance is provided that assists cleaning surfaces using an appliance housing and a handheld wand with a motorized brush head. The appliance housing includes a wheeled assembly with a fluid reservoir for supporting a cleaning solution. A pump drives the cleaning solution into a fluid tube that connects to a handheld wand. The handheld wand includes user controls, a handle grip, and a rotating brush head that is used in conjunction with the cleaning solution to break up dirt while cleaning surfaces. The user presses the bristles against the surface as he or she controls the rotational speed and fluid flow from the wand via the user controls. Dirt is released from the surface, whereafter it can be wiped clean.

I claim: 
     
         1 ) A surface cleaning appliance, comprising:
 a wheeled appliance housing forming an enclosure having sidewalls, wheels for rolling the appliance housing along a surface, and an interior volume;   a fluid reservoir within the interior volume of the appliance housing;   the fluid reservoir having an inlet and an outlet;   a fluid pump configured to pump fluid within the fluid reservoir through the outlet when the fluid pump is energized;   a hose extending from one of the sidewalls of the appliance housing, the hose receiving fluid pumped from the reservoir outlet via the fluid pump;   a handheld wand along a distal end of the hose;   the handheld wand having a grip area, controls, and a cleaning implement;   the cleaning implement comprising a rotatable brush head that is rotatable relative to the wand and powered by an electric motor within the handheld wand;   the handheld wand receiving fluid from the hose through a proximal end thereof, to a pathway through the handheld wand to the distal end thereof, whereby the fluid is directed onto the rotatable brush head when the pump is energized;   a valve disposed within the distal end of the handheld wand to control dispensing of the fluid onto the rotatable brush head;   whereby the controls on the handheld wand control operation of the pump.   
     
     
         2 ) The surface cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the wheeled appliance housing further comprises a handle along an upper surface thereof for lifting the same. 
     
     
         3 ) The surface cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the fluid reservoir is removable from the interior volume. 
     
     
         3 ) The surface cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the fluid pump is an electric pump powered by an electrical power source;   the electrical power source comprising outlet power received via a power cord extending from the wheeled appliance housing.   
     
     
         4 ) The surface cleaning appliance of  claim 3 , further comprising an electrical cord extending along the hose and connecting the handheld wand to the electrical power source. 
     
     
         5 ) The surface cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the valve in the handheld wand further comprises a one way valve. 
     
     
         6 ) The surface cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the controls in the handheld wand further control operation of the valve within the handheld wand;   the valve further comprising a solenoid valve.   
     
     
         7 ) The surface cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the hose is disconnectable from the housing.