Water jet cleaning appliance
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1. In a personal cleaning appliance for using pressurized water to clean the extremities of a person'"'"'s hand or foot, said appliance having:
- a receptacle defining a cleaning chamber for receiving the extremity to be cleaned;
means on said receptacle at one end of said cleaning chamber for the insertion of the extremity to be cleaned;
jet nozzle means for discharging pressurized water into said cleaning chamber; and
means for connection to a water source having a water passage therethrough leading to said jet nozzle means for passing pressurized water thereto;
the improvement which comprises;
means for selectively dispensing a predetermined quantity of liquid cleaning solution into the pressurized water discharge from said jet nozzle means;
said dispensing means comprising a reservoir in said receptacle for the cleaning solution;
a normally-closed spring-biased check valve connected between said reservoir and said jet nozzle means to control the flow of the cleaning solution from said reservoir into the pressurized water discharge from said jet nozzle means; and
a manually operable plunger for effecting the opening of the check valve to enable the cleaning solution flow into the pressurized water discharge from said jet nozzle means.
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The present cleaning appliance has a cleaning chamber for receiving the finger to be cleaned, a jet nozzle at the upper end of this chamber for discharging pressurized water onto the finger, a reservoir for a cleaning solution directly above the cleaning chamber, and a manually operated plunger and a check valve controlling the flow of the cleaning solution from the reservoir down into the cleaning chamber. The cleaning solution is conducted separately down to the jet nozzle where it becomes entrained with the water after the latter has just emerged from the jet nozzle.
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1. In a personal cleaning appliance for using pressurized water to clean the extremities of a person'"'"'s hand or foot, said appliance having:
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a receptacle defining a cleaning chamber for receiving the extremity to be cleaned; means on said receptacle at one end of said cleaning chamber for the insertion of the extremity to be cleaned; jet nozzle means for discharging pressurized water into said cleaning chamber; and means for connection to a water source having a water passage therethrough leading to said jet nozzle means for passing pressurized water thereto; the improvement which comprises; means for selectively dispensing a predetermined quantity of liquid cleaning solution into the pressurized water discharge from said jet nozzle means; said dispensing means comprising a reservoir in said receptacle for the cleaning solution; a normally-closed spring-biased check valve connected between said reservoir and said jet nozzle means to control the flow of the cleaning solution from said reservoir into the pressurized water discharge from said jet nozzle means; and a manually operable plunger for effecting the opening of the check valve to enable the cleaning solution flow into the pressurized water discharge from said jet nozzle means. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. In a personal cleaning appliance for using pressurized water to clean the extremities of a person'"'"'s hand or foot, said appliance having:
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a receptacle defining a cleaning chamber for receiving the extremity to be cleaned; means on said receptacle at one end of said cleaning chamber for the insertion of the extremity to be cleaned; jet nozzle means for discharging pressurized water into said cleaning chamber; means for connection to a water source having a water passage therethrough leading to said jet nozzle means for passing pressurized water thereto; a reservoir in said receptacle for holding liquid cleaning solution; and passage means extending from said reservoir to said jet nozzle means; the improvement which comprises; a normally-closed, spring-biased check valve in said passage means for normally blocking the flow of cleaning solution from said reservoir to said jet nozzle means; and manually operable means for selectively forcing said check valve open against its spring bias to pass cleaning solution from said reservoir into the pressurized water discharge from said jet nozzle means. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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