Hand Held Scrubbing Tool

A hand-held motorized household cleaning apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a battery located in the housing;
• a motor located in the housing and connected to the battery;
• an output drive shaft powered by the motor;
• a cleaning attachment coupled for rotational movement with the output drive shaft and having an axis of rotation;
• and
• a liquid delivery system operable independently from the motor and having a reservoir, a reservoir housing, a first valve, a second valve, a valve actuator, a nozzle coupled to the housing, and at least one fluid conduit that couples the reservoir, the first valve, the second valve and the nozzle in fluid communication, the reservoir being received in the reservoir housing and operable for storing a fluid therein, the reservoir being formed of a resilient material, the reservoir housing being coupled to the housing, the second valve being at least partially housed in the housing and operable for selectively permitting fluid communication between the reservoir and the nozzle in response to movement of the valve actuator to dispense fluid from the liquid delivery system the nozzle being operable for directing the dispensed fluid obliquely relative to the axis of rotation of the cleaning attachment and having at least one aperture being operable for dispersing the fluid dispensed from the liquid delivery system;
• wherein the reservoir has a variable internal volume;
• wherein movement of the valve actuator to actuate the valve does not increase a pressure of the pressurized fluid in the reservoir;
• and
• wherein the first valve is a check valve configured to permit a fluid to be injected into the liquid delivery system between the reservoir and the second valve.

A hand-held motorized household cleaning apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a battery located in the housing;
• a motor located in the housing and connected to the battery,
• an output drive shaft driven by the motor, the output drive shaft being rotatable about a shaft axis;
• a cleaning attachment that is rotatable about an attachment axis;
• and
• a flexible adapter that may be selectively interposed between the output drive shaft and the cleaning attachment, the flexible adapter having a first drive end, which is configured to releasably engage the output drive shaft, and a second drive end, which is configured to releasably engage the cleaning attachment, the flexible adapter permitting rotation of the cleaning attachment between a first position, wherein the attachment axis is generally coincident with the shaft axis, and a second position, wherein the attachment axis and the shaft axis are arranged in an oblique condition.

A hand-held motorized household cleaning apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a battery;
• a drive mechanism coupled to the housing and powered by the battery, the drive mechanism providing a source of power that is output relative to a drive axis;
• a cleaning attachment that is movable about an attachment axis;
• and
• a coupling that is configured to transmit power between the motor and the cleaning attachment;
• wherein the coupling permits the drive axis and the attachment axis to be selectively arranged in a first condition and a second condition, the drive axis and the attachment axis being disposed in a common plane when the drive axis and the attachment axis are arranged in the first condition, the drive axis and the attachment axis being disposed in separate, intersecting planes when the drive axis and the attachment axis are arranged in the second condition;
• and
• wherein the coupling includes a first socket, a second socket and a flexible member that is coupled to the first and second sockets, the flexible member being unitarily formed from a resilient material.