Hand held vacuum with arcuate gliding surface
First Claim
1. A hand held vacuum which uses a fluid to enhance cleaning of a surface, comprising:
- a housing having a handle adapted to enable a user to manually adjust the angle of contact between the hand held vacuum and the surface being cleaned;
an arcuate gliding surface associated with the housing and adapted to contact and glide over the surface being cleaned;
a fluid discharge aperture located in the arcuate gliding surface adapted to discharge fluid adjacent the surface being cleaned; and
a vacuum inlet associated with the housing and adapted to receive debris being vacuumed from the surface being cleaned.
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Abstract
A hand held vacuum with a housing having a handle adapted to enable a user to manually adjust an angle of contact between the hand held vacuum and the surface being cleaned is provided. An arcuate gliding surface is associated with the housing and adapted to contact and glide over the surface being cleaned. A fluid discharge aperture associated with the arcuate gliding surface is adapted to discharge fluid adjacent the surface being cleaned. The arcuate gliding surface is adapted to selectively locate the fluid discharge aperture in a position in contact with the surface being cleaned and in a position away from the surface being cleaned by altering the angle of the hand held vacuum while maintaining the arcuate gliding surface in contact against the surface being cleaned.
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29 Claims
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1. A hand held vacuum which uses a fluid to enhance cleaning of a surface, comprising:
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a housing having a handle adapted to enable a user to manually adjust the angle of contact between the hand held vacuum and the surface being cleaned;
an arcuate gliding surface associated with the housing and adapted to contact and glide over the surface being cleaned;
a fluid discharge aperture located in the arcuate gliding surface adapted to discharge fluid adjacent the surface being cleaned; and
a vacuum inlet associated with the housing and adapted to receive debris being vacuumed from the surface being cleaned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hand held vacuum which uses a fluid to enhance cleaning of a surface, comprising:
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a housing having a handle adapted to enable a user to manually adjust an angle of contact between the hand held vacuum and the surface being cleaned;
an arcuate gliding surface associated with the housing and adapted to contact and glide over the surface being cleaned;
a fluid discharge aperture associated with the arcuate gliding surface and adapted to discharge fluid adjacent the surface being cleaned; and
wherein the arcuate gliding surface is adapted to selectively locate the fluid discharge aperture in a position in contact with the surface being cleaned and in a position away from the surface being cleaned by altering the angle between the hand held vacuum and the surface being cleaned while maintaining the arcuate gliding surface in contact against the surface being cleaned. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A hand held vacuum which uses a fluid to enhance cleaning of a surface, comprising:
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a housing having a handle adapted to enable a user to manually adjust the angle of contact between the hand held vacuum and the surface being cleaned;
an arcuate surface associated with the housing, the arcuate surface being delimited by the initiation of any radius of less than about 30 millimeters and being adapted to enable the angle between the hand held vacuum and the surface being cleaned to be altered at least about 10 degrees while maintaining the arcuate gliding surface in contact against the surface being cleaned. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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