A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including a base adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system, and a recovery system. The surface cleaning apparatus can be configured to clean multiple surfaces, including hard and soft surfaces, and for different cleaning modes, including wet cleaning, dry vacuum cleaning, and self-cleaning. A brushroll is provided on the base, along with various wipers, squeegees, and/or fluid dispensers.

A vacuum cleaner including a surface cleaning head having a brushroll rotatable about an axis defining an axial direction, and a brushroll housing at least partially surrounding the brushroll. The brushroll housing includes an outlet port disposed at a first axial location, and a bottom housing. The bottom housing includes a front wall, a rear wall spaced from the front wall to define the suction inlet, and at least one rib disposed below the brushroll and extending across the suction inlet between the front and rear walls. Each rib includes a forward portion connected to the front wall, a rearward portion connected to the rear wall, and a central portion extending linearly orthogonal to the axial direction between the forward and rearward portions. The rearward portion is turned toward the first axial location of the outlet port to define a flow guide.

A debris agitation mechanism (2) for a vacuum cleaning assembly (1) having a housing (3) with a front end (3a) and a rear end (3b) relative to a normal direction of operation of the vacuum cleaning assembly, and a suction opening (8) provided at the front 2024/076295 end thereof; the debris agitation mechanism comprising a rotatable bristle brush (5) locatable adjacent the front end of the housing; and a rotatable cloth brush (7) locatable adjacent the rear end of the housing; wherein the bristle brush and cloth brush are rotatable in the same direction to thereby direct debris respectively entrained by the bristle brush and cloth brush towards the front end of the housing. WO