Patent ID: 6513189
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A wet attachment for a vacuum cleaner having a vacuum intake comprising:a fluid tank having a first chamber for receiving fluid in a fluid inlet, the tank having a vacuum inlet arranged to be attached to said vacuum intake to apply a vacuum to said chamber; and at least one elongated fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis, a first end coupled to said fluid inlet and a second end for immersion in fluid to be conveyed to said chamber in response to the vacuum applied to said chamber, said conduit having an air inlet spaced from said first end medially said first and second ends, said air inlet being responsive to the vacuum in said conduit from the chamber for drawing ambient atmosphere air into said conduit and for injecting said drawn ambient air into said conveyed fluid to form an assemblage wherein the air and fluid are spatially segregated a into separate regions, said air inlet being oriented in a direction inclined toward the longitudinal axis and toward the first end of the at least one elongated fluid conduit.