Self-cleaning carpet
OwnerRobert J. Moraninventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a fiber self-cleaning system. The fiber self-cleaning system of the present invention includes interlocking mats containing bores for receiving cleaning tubes, cleaning tubes for mounting with the mat bores having an open top, beveled interior chamber and at least one transverse side opening, fiber groups mounted within the beveled interior chamber of the cleaning tubes, a water and vacuum line operatively connected to the cleaning tubes to introduce water, chemicals and air to the fiber groups or to apply a vacuum force to the fiber groups, and a pump operatively connected to the cleaning tubes to introduce or suction out water, chemicals and dirt from the fiber groups.
Claims14
A fiber self-cleaning system including the following:
- i. a mat defining one or more bores for receiving one or more corresponding cleaning tubes;
- ii. at least one cleaning tube having an open top and defining an interior chamber, and further including at least one cleaning tube fluid orifice for introducing water, chemical or air into the interior chamber of the cleaning tube or a vacuum force on the interior chamber of the cleaning tube;
- iii. at least one carpet fiber group mounted within a corresponding cleaning tube;
- iv. at least one a fluid channel in fluid communication with the cleaning tube fluid orifice;
- v. a pump capable of applying a positive or negative force in fluid communication with one or more of a water, chemical or air source and the fluid channel;
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- vi. a control system for instructing the pump to introduce one or more of water, chemical or air through the at least one fluid channel and its corresponding cleaning tube fluid orifice into the interior chamber of at least one cleaning tube or to apply a vacuum force through the at least one fluid channel and a corresponding cleaning tube fluid orifice to the interior chamber of at least one cleaning tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.