Carpet cleaning machine with convertible-use feature
First Claim
1. A hand-carried pod for vacuum-cleaning carpet and including:
- a canister having an air flow path therethrough;
canister-mounted particle-removing media selected to remove particles of differing sizes from the flow path;
a particle-collecting bin removably mounted at the bottom of the canister for receiving particles removed from the flow path;
and wherein;
the bin has a pair of downwardly-depending portions;
each portion has a surface substantially coplanar with the surface of the other portion, whereby such surfaces may support the pod upright on a floor.
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Abstract
An improved carpet cleaning machine convertible for brush-aided cleaning or vacuuming includes a pair of powered brushes counter-revolving for stroking solvent-dampened carpet cleaning particles through the carpet and along carpet fibers during initial cleaning. A separately-powered pod is detachable from the machine during brush-aided carpet cleaning and attached to a machine-mounted vacuum nozzle for carpet vacuuming to pick up the dirt-laden particles. The pod has first and second media selected to remove particles of differing sizes from air flowing through the pod. During initial carpet cleaning when vacuum is not needed, the pod may be detached and used in another area for hand-vacuuming carpeted stairs and other "small-area" places.
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3 Claims
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1. A hand-carried pod for vacuum-cleaning carpet and including:
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a canister having an air flow path therethrough; canister-mounted particle-removing media selected to remove particles of differing sizes from the flow path; a particle-collecting bin removably mounted at the bottom of the canister for receiving particles removed from the flow path; and wherein; the bin has a pair of downwardly-depending portions; each portion has a surface substantially coplanar with the surface of the other portion, whereby such surfaces may support the pod upright on a floor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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