Universal vacuum cleaner

A universal vacuum cleaner for cleaning all types of outside surfaces, the vacuum cleaner accepting air and foreign matter, including liquids, and exhausting air that has been substantially freed of the foreign matter, the universal vacuum cleaner comprising:

• an inlet aperture for accepting air and foreign matter into the cleaner;
• a liquid container having a top end and a bottom end;
• a detachable pick-up tray positioned between the top end and the bottom end of the liquid container, the tray including a coarse filter positioned thereon, to, in turn, create a selective barrier between the top end and the bottom end of the liquid container;
• a cylindrical top cover placed over the top end of the liquid container, the cylindrical top cover including an entrance elbow associated with the inlet aperture, the entrance elbow configured so as to direct the flow of air from the inlet aperture in a tangential direction around the cylindrical top cover;
• a central outlet pipe extending through the center of the cylindrical top cover, the central outlet pipe including a filter positioned thereon;
• an air pump associated with the outlet pipe, the air pump providing sufficient vacuum power to vacuum foreign matter into the inlet aperture;
• an outlet opening associated with the air pump;
• a suction pipe associated with the bottom of the liquid container and a liquid pump, the suction pipe directing liquid from the liquid container to the liquid pump, the suction pipe including a filter for selectively limiting the passage of at least some of the foreign matter in the liquid;
• a pressure pipe associated with the liquid pump and a nozzle, the nozzle positioned within the entrance elbow to direct liquid tangentially around the cylindrical top cover, the nozzle further serving to direct liquid so as to moisten the foreign matter introduced through the inlet aperture;
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• a hose coupling associated with the pressure pipe for facilitating the ingress, or egress of liquid from the liquid container.