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Surface cleaning apparatus

  • US 6,260,232 B1
  • Filed: 09/16/1999
  • Issued: 07/17/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for cleaning a surface comprising:

  • an elongated tubular handle having a passage, a cleaning head connected to the handle, means for providing a vacuum to the passage of the tubular handle, tubular means for carrying a liquid located within the passage of the handle to the cleaning head, pump means connected to the tubular means operable to supply liquid under pressure to the tubular means, valve means connected to the tubular means for controlling the flow of liquid through the tubular means, said cleaning head having a rigid cylindrical member with an internal chamber open to the passage in the handle, a plurality of first holes in the cylindrical member open to the chamber, means securing the member to the handle, a cylindrical core surrounding the cylindrical member, a plurality of second holes in the core open to the cylindrical member, cylindrical sleeve means located around said core, said sleeve means comprising a porous member operable to dislodge particulates, dirt and films from a surface and allow air, liquid, particulates, dirt and films to move through the porous member, a tube located in the internal chamber of the cylindrical member connected to the tubular means for accommodating liquid from the tubular means, means mounting the tube on the cylindrical member, nozzle means connected to the tube operable to direct liquid into the second holes in the core and third holes in the sleeve means whereby the sleeve means spreads the liquid on the surface to be cleaned, said liquid on the surface being drawn through the sleeve means along with air, particulates, dirt and films by the vacuum into the chamber of the cylindrical member and passage of the handle.

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