Vacuum cleaning tool for wet and dry vacuum cleaners
First Claim
1. A vacuum cleaning tool, comprising:
- a housing having a base that is provided with at least one intake opening, said housing also having a connector means for connection to a vacuum line of a vacuum cleaning unit, wherein over and communicating with said at least one intake opening there is provided in said housing a brush chamber in which is disposed a brush roller having bristles that project out of said at least one intake opening, said housing furthermore having a flow channel that connects said brush chamber to said connector means, with a turbine chamber being disposed in said flow channel and accommodating an air turbine that is adapted to rotatably drive said brush roller, said tool also having a wet intake opening that is disposed approximately at a level of said base of said housing, and said tool additionally being provided parallel to said brush chamber and said flow channel, with a wet intake channel that connects said wet intake opening to said connector means;
respective controllable flow blocking means disposed in said wet intake channel and in said flow channel;
hood-like cover means disposed on said housing, said wet intake opening being formed by said cover means adjacent a front face of said housing approximately at a level of said at least one intake opening to said brush chamber, said cover means having a funnel portion that adjoins said wet intake opening and connects same to said wet intake channel; and
means for fixedly securing said cover means to said housing.
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaning tool comprising a housing having a base that is provided with at least one intake opening over which is provided a brush chamber in which is disposed a brush roller having bristles that project into the intake opening. A flow channel connects the brush chamber to a connector that can communicate with a vacuum line of a vacuum cleaning unit. A turbine chamber is disposed in the flow channel and accommodates an air turbine that can rotatably drive the brush roller. The housing also has a wet intake opening that is disposed approximately in the plane of the base of the housing. Parallel to the brush chamber and the flow channel, the housing has a wet intake channel that connects the wet intake opening to the connector. Respective controllable flow blocking devices are disposed in the wet intake channel and in the flow channel.
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17 Claims
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1. A vacuum cleaning tool, comprising:
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a housing having a base that is provided with at least one intake opening, said housing also having a connector means for connection to a vacuum line of a vacuum cleaning unit, wherein over and communicating with said at least one intake opening there is provided in said housing a brush chamber in which is disposed a brush roller having bristles that project out of said at least one intake opening, said housing furthermore having a flow channel that connects said brush chamber to said connector means, with a turbine chamber being disposed in said flow channel and accommodating an air turbine that is adapted to rotatably drive said brush roller, said tool also having a wet intake opening that is disposed approximately at a level of said base of said housing, and said tool additionally being provided parallel to said brush chamber and said flow channel, with a wet intake channel that connects said wet intake opening to said connector means; respective controllable flow blocking means disposed in said wet intake channel and in said flow channel; hood-like cover means disposed on said housing, said wet intake opening being formed by said cover means adjacent a front face of said housing approximately at a level of said at least one intake opening to said brush chamber, said cover means having a funnel portion that adjoins said wet intake opening and connects same to said wet intake channel; and means for fixedly securing said cover means to said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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