Patent ID: 6287037
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
A hand-held cleaning device comprising a housing constituting a reservoir for cleaning fluid and carrying cleaning means for contacting an object or surface to be cleaned, a lower aperture through which cleaning fluid may pass closed by valve means which is operable by a user, an upper opening through which cleaning fluid may be introduced, wherein the housing has a side wall which is provided in a region of an upper end of the side wall with an outwardly extending circumferential lip, and a removable cap closing the upper opening formed of resilient material and adapted to provide a fluid-tight seal with the housing, the cap having on its underside a circumferential groove into which said circumferential lip fits, and the cap having a portion which is deformable by a user, a part of the valve means extending to said portion whereby a user can operate the valve means on deformation of said portion.