Surface cleaning apparatus
OwnerDaragh Manning, Rafael Davilainventors
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus including, a fluid storage container; an outlet for directing fluid from the fluid storage container onto a surface to be cleaned; and a valve configured to regulate the flow of fluid from the fluid storage container to the outlet and including: a body; and a member being moveable relative to the body between a first position and a second position and defining a flow path extending through a surface thereof; wherein the flow of fluid through the valve flows at a first rate when the member is in the first position and at a second rate and along the flow path when the member is in the second position, the second rate of flow being lower than the first rate of flow.
Claims20
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a fluid storage container;
- an outlet for directing fluid from the fluid storage container onto a surface to be cleaned;
- and
- a valve configured to regulate the flow of the fluid from the fluid storage container to the outlet and the valve including,
- a body including a valve inlet and a valve outlet;
- a member being moveable relative to the body between a first position and a second position and defining a flow path extending through the member into a cavity defined within the member, wherein the body defines an axis along which the member is axially moveable in the direction of the axis;
- a first seal positioned around the member and positioned axially above the flow path;
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- a second seal positioned around the member and positioned axially below the flow path, wherein each of the first seal and second seal produces a fluid tight seal between the member and the body;
- wherein the flow of the fluid through the valve flows at a first rate when the member is in the first position and at a second rate and along the flow path when the member is in the second position, the second rate of flow being lower than the first rate of flow;
- wherein when the member is in the second position, the first seal is positioned axially between the valve inlet and valve outlet;
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- wherein when the member is in the first position, the first seal and the member are located axially below the valve inlet and valve outlet.
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a fluid storage container;
- an outlet for directing fluid from the fluid storage container onto a surface to be cleaned;
- and
- a valve configured to regulate the flow of the fluid from the fluid storage container to the outlet and the valve including,
- a body;
- and
- a member being moveable relative to the body between a first position and a second position and defining a flow path extending through the member into a cavity defined within the member, wherein the body defines an axis along which the member is axially moveable in the direction of the axis;
- wherein the flow of the fluid through the valve flows at a first rate when the member is in the first position and at a second rate and along the flow path when the member is in the second position, the second rate of flow being lower than the first rate of flow;
- wherein the flow path is defined by an opening extending through the member and the opening is positioned in a groove circumscribing the member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.