Patent ID: 8404055
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A47L,B08B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for touchless cleaning of chandeliers, comprising: a tent-like enclosure having a predetermined shape adapted to house a chandelier therein; said tent-like enclosure having a hollow interior; a top panel formed integrally with said tent-like enclosure; an imperforate floor panel secured to a lower peripheral edge of said tent-like enclosure; a central aperture formed in said top panel; a slot formed in said top panel that extends radially from said central aperture to a peripheral edge of said top panel; a closure means for selectively opening and closing said slot; said slot when open adapted to enable a chandelier to pass through said central opening and said open slot to position said chandelier in said hollow interior of said tent-like enclosure; said slot when closed adapted to enclose said chandelier within said hollow interior of said tent-like enclosure; a hand-held wand having a nozzle at a distal end thereof; said hand-held wand having a first operating mode and a second operating mode; at least one wand-accommodating port formed in said main body of said tent-like enclosure; a hot water reservoir disposed outside of said tent-like enclosure; a hot air chamber including a hot air blower disposed outside of said tent-like enclosure; a pump in fluid communication with said hot water reservoir; said hand-held wand being in selective fluid communication with said pump when operating in said first mode and said hot air blower when operating is said second mode; said pump adapted to pump hot water from said hot water reservoir into said hand-held wand so that said hot water is sprayed onto said chandelier when said hand-held wand is operated in said first mode; said hot air blower adapted to blow hot air into said hand-held wand so that said hot air is blown onto said chandelier when said hand-held wand is operated in said second mode; a plurality of mist-spraying nozzles mounted within said tent-like enclosure; said tent-like enclosure having a first position of rotational adjustment where said plurality of mist-spraying nozzles mounted within said tent-like enclosure applies a mist of hot water to at least a first part of said chandelier; said tent-like enclosure having a second position of rotational adjustment where said plurality of mist-spraying nozzles mounted within said tent-like enclosure applies a mist of hot water to at least a second part of said chandelier that is circumferentially spaced apart from said first part of said chandelier; and said plurality of mist-spraying nozzles being in fluid communication with said hand-held wand so that hot water is sprayed in mist form by said plurality of mist-spraying nozzles when said hand-held wand is operated in said first mode.