Cleaning apparatus for carpets, upholstery and the like
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1. An apparatus for the cleaning of carpets, upholstery and the like comprising:
- a housing formed with wall means defining a downwardly open suction compartment containing a rotatable brush at a leading end of said housing, means for sucking air out of said compartment, a flexible-surface vibrating body rearward of said compartment for engagement with the surface to be cleaned, said vibrating body being drivable to vibrate foam into said surface to be cleaned, a foam applicator in said housing rearward of said vibrating body, and means for feeding a foamable cleaning liquid to said applicator, said applicator comprising a belt provided with bristles and a pair of rollers spanned by the belt and rotatable to displace said bristles to apply said foamable cleaning liquid to said surface to be cleaned; and
manually controlled drive means for selectively operating either said brush alone or both said body and said applicator in conjunction.
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A cleaning apparatus for carpets, upholstery and the like in which a housing is displaceable along the surface to be cleaned and is provided with a motor-driven suction device, a foam-applying device and a pulsating scrubbing (massaging) device, the latter two devices being selectively operational apart from or together with a rotatable brush by control elements. The foam-applying (shampooing) device and the scrubbing device can be selectively coupled to the same motor as is used to drive the brush and the suction device.
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1. An apparatus for the cleaning of carpets, upholstery and the like comprising:
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a housing formed with wall means defining a downwardly open suction compartment containing a rotatable brush at a leading end of said housing, means for sucking air out of said compartment, a flexible-surface vibrating body rearward of said compartment for engagement with the surface to be cleaned, said vibrating body being drivable to vibrate foam into said surface to be cleaned, a foam applicator in said housing rearward of said vibrating body, and means for feeding a foamable cleaning liquid to said applicator, said applicator comprising a belt provided with bristles and a pair of rollers spanned by the belt and rotatable to displace said bristles to apply said foamable cleaning liquid to said surface to be cleaned; and manually controlled drive means for selectively operating either said brush alone or both said body and said applicator in conjunction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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