Battery powered extractor

Abstract

A battery powered extractor having a switch that separately activates an agitator motor and a vacuum motor to extend the useful life of the battery.

1 . An extractor comprising: a foot adapted to move over a surface, said foot defining a suction nozzle opening toward the surface; a handle attached to said foot; a cleaning solution dispenser adapted to selectively disperse cleaning solution on the surface; an agitator mounted on said foot, said agitator being engageable with said surface; an agitator motor adapted to drive said agitator; a vacuum motor adapted to apply suction at said suction nozzle and recover cleaning solution on the surface in a recovery tank mounted on the handle; a battery; and a switch connected to said battery, said vacuum motor and said agitator motor, wherein said switch has a first position connecting said battery to said agitator motor and a second position connecting said battery to said vacuum motor, wherein said switch disconnects said agitator motor from said battery in said second position, and wherein said switch disconnects said battery from said vacuum motor in said first position. 
   
   
       2 . The extractor of  claim 1 , wherein said handle is pivotally attached to said foot. 
   
   
       3 . The extractor of  claim 1  further comprising a removable supply tank adapted to carry cleaning solution, said supply tank being mounted on an upper portion of said handle and fluidly connected to said dispenser. 
   
   
       4 . The extractor of  claim 3 , wherein said handle includes a grip extending above said supply tank, wherein said switch is mounted on said grip. 
   
   
       5 . The extractor of  claim 1 , wherein said switch includes a third position, wherein said switch disconnects said battery from both said agitator motor and said vacuum motor in said third position. 
   
   
       6 . The extractor of  claim 1 , wherein said switch is moveable forwardly to place the switch in said first position and rearwardly to place the switch in said second position. 
   
   
       7 . A device for cleaning a floor surface comprising a foot having a first and second end, a handle attached to said foot at said second end of said foot, a cleaning solution dispenser for delivering solution to the floor surface, a suction nozzle carried by said foot and in fluid communication with a recovery tank carried in said handle, an agitator coupled to a first motor and carried by said foot, a vacuum pump coupled to a second motor and carried in said handle, a control switch, positioned on said handle, having a first operating position, a second operating position and a third operating position, wherein when said switch is in said first operating position power is provided exclusively to said first motor, when said switch is in said second operating position power is provided exclusively to said second motor and when said switch is in said third operating position no power is provided to said first and said second motors. 
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein said solution dispenser is actuated by a trigger positioned on the handle. 
   
   
       9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein said trigger is positioned on a rear surface of said handle and said control switch is positioned on a forward surface of said handle. 
   
   
       10 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein said control switch is moveable forwardly to place said control switch in said first operating position and rearwardly to place said control switch in said second operating position. 
   
   
       11 . The device of  claim 7  further comprising a plurality of batteries, said first motor and said second motor being electrically connected to said batteries via said control switch. 
   
   
       12 . A method for cleaning a floor surface comprising;
 providing an extractor comprising a handle, cleaning solution dispenser for delivering solution to the floor surface, a suction nozzle in fluid communication with a recovery tank, an agitator coupled to a first motor, a vacuum pump coupled to a second motor, and a control switch, positioned on said handle, having a first operating position exclusively causing said first motor to actuate and a second operating position exclusively causing said second motor to actuate;   actuating said cleaning solution dispenser to deposit a cleaning solution on the floor surface;   positioning said control switch in said first position;   moving said agitator over said floor surface;   positioning said control switch in said second position;   moving said nozzle over the floor surface to draw said cleaning solution through said nozzle and into said recovery tank.