Floor cleaning apparatus
OwnerHelen M. Lewisinventor
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Abstract
An improved apparatus, particularly applicable for shampooing corners of wall-to-wall carpeting comprises an elongated, hand gripped shaft in two segments structured to allow the apparatus to be pointed into the corners of such carpeting, a container secured to the shaft to store shampoo for use in the apparatus; a rotatable brush secured to the shaft acting to contact and clean the carpeting; and a conduit providing shampoo from the container to the brush. A system which allows the operator to control when and how much shampoo is released from the container is also disclosed.
Claims4
An apparatus for manually treating a floor comprising in combination an elongated hollow shaft bent near one end at an obtuse angle to form a handle portion at said end for a user to hand operate said apparatus;
- a container removably secured to said shaft for storing cleaning liquid therein;
- an electric motor secured axially to the other end of said shaft, a rotatable connector axially connected to said motor;
- a brush means removably connected axially to said connector and rotated thereby;
- a conduit partially located within said shaft and providing liquid communication from said container through said motor and said connector to said brush means;
- and control means associated with said handle for selectively allowing liquid from said container to pass to said brush means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.