Patent ID: 6029310
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A wand for cleaning a carpeted stair tread comprising:an elongated vacuum tube having a pair of openings provided therein;a plurality of partitions attached to the vacuum tube, the partitions and the tube cooperating to define a central channel and a pair of generally enclosed lateral channels, the lateral channels extending in side-by-side relationship with the central channel, each lateral channel being open along an edge thereof to define a respective vacuum slot, one of the openings in the vacuum tube respectively communicating with one of the lateral channels;a nozzle bar for dispensing a liquid cleaning material extending through the central channel; anda nose piece having defined therein a central channel and a pair of generally enclosed lateral channels that extend side-by-side relationship with the central channel, each of the lateral channels in the nose piece being axially aligned with a corresponding lateral channel in the wand,the nose piece being mounted for slidable movement with respect to the wand to bring the corresponding lateral channels in the nose piece and the wand into adjustable degrees of overlapping fluid communication.