Carpet steam cleaning apparatus with control for directing spray at front or back of wand vacuum head

Carpet cleaning apparatus comprising, in combination:

• a cleaning wand including a vacuum head having a vacuum head front and a vacuum head rear for applying a vacuum to a carpet and defining a vacuum head interior and a vacuum head inlet communicating within said vacuum head interior and an elongated member connected to said vacuum head and defining a passageway in communication with said vacuum head interior for applying a vacuum to said vacuum head interior and transporting material removed from a carpet by said vacuum head;
• a first manually graspable handle connected to said elongated member at a first location on said elongated member;
• a second manually graspable handle connected to said elongated member at a second location on said elongated member;
• a front spray nozzle located adjacent to the vacuum head at the vacuum head front and in front of the vacuum head inlet;
• a rear spray nozzle located adjacent to the vacuum head at the vacuum head rear and to the rear of the vacuum head inlet;
• and
• valve means operatively associated with said first and second manually graspable handles for selectively controlling the flow of liquid cleaner to said front and rear spray nozzles from a source of liquid cleaner.