Abstract:
An automatic automotive detailing tool utilizes a motorized tool and a plurality of interchangeable head attachments. The motorized tool is particularly suited for use with both cars and boats. The tool is adapted to receive and operate a plurality of interchangeable head attachments. The interchangeable head attachments can perform a variety of functions ranging from cleaning to waxing to buffing.

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present invention was first described in and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/693,490, filed Aug. 27, 2012, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a detailing tool particularly suited for use on automobiles having an automatic washing mechanism. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Among the many chores that we all must face is the task of keeping our cars clean and eye-catching. For many Americans, their car is a source of personal pride and keeping it eye-catching is not just a chore, it is an obsession. Regardless of the situation, there are literally thousands of products and tools whose aim is to make this task easier. Such tools include buffers, orbital polishers, long handled brushes, and the like, each dedicated to serving one (1) particular need when cleaning or waxing vehicles. Unfortunately, this wide variety of tools often causes confusion, making the process of cleaning or waxing a vehicle a complicated one (1). Many users then feel that the time and effort expended is not worth the end result, and end up forgoing cleaning. These same problems are exaggerated and compounded when working with large vehicles such as: boats, recreational vehicles, and the like. Accordingly, there exists a need for a means by which all types of motor vehicles can be easily cleaned, waxed, buffed, and polished using only one device which simplifies the process. The development of the present invention fulfills this need. 
     Prior art in this field consists of brushes, clothes, and padded sponges. Some of these items are even attached to distal portions of elongated handles. These devices, however, lack the automated motion needed to provide a consistent shine and polish. Furthermore, none of the prior art enables a user to clean, scour, and polish with one (1) tool. Some automated devices do exist but these are heavy and cumbersome. These automated devices typically require the use of two (2) hands. Moreover, none of these automated devices provide the use of an extension handle to clean and polish surfaces beyond an arms-reach of a user. Furthermore, these automated devices lack the ability to house and dispense cleansing and polishing solutions while employing the device. It is an objective of this invention to provide an automated means to clean and polish vehicle surfaces with or without an extension pole so that cleansing and polishing can be performed at distances greater than an arms-length reach. It is a further object of this invention to enable the extension pole to adjust in a telescoping manner and enable a user to selectively set a desired length. It is a further objective of this invention to provide a user the opportunity to employ the automated tool with soap or cleansing solutions that can be dispensed at the discretion of the user. It is a further objective of this invention to provide a user with a plurality of interchangeable pads so that a user can perform a cleansing, a scouring, or polishing functions all with one (1) tool. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The tool comprises a head and a removable, extension pole. Pads are removably attached to the head and placed into electro-mechanical connection with a motor that rotates the pads. The extension pole provides a user with an extended reach when employing the tool. The head is a housing containing the electrical and mechanical components of the tool, and is provided with control switching to enable operation of the tool. A portion of the housing is provided with electrical and mechanical connections to enable attachment of a rechargeable battery unit, if so desired. Within the housing is a pivotally attached container for liquid soap and cleaning solutions, which is placed into fluid communication with a pump. The pump is used to dispense the liquid contents held within the container within proximity of the pad. The configuration of the container and the method of attachment to the housing facilitate easy access to the container for maintenance and servicing. The container is further provided with a carrier air fitting to facilitate fluid communication to the pump and to enable drawing liquid soap from the container and into the pump flow through an air tube. The air tube of the pump, after drawing liquid soap form the container, disposed the liquid soap in proximity to a pad portion of the tool, whereby the pad entrains the liquid soap to be applied to a surface of a vehicle, boat, or similar object. 
     Various interchangeable pads that can be attached to a surface of the head are provided for the tool. When attached, each pad is placed into electro-mechanical connection with an electric motor and transmission of the head. The configuration of the electric motor and transmission is such that it causes an attached pad to rotate when activated. Each pad has a top portion comprising a planar discus having a coupling, and a bottom portion comprising of various materials suited for cleaning, scouring, or polishing. The coupling enables connection and engagement with the transmission. 
     The extension pole is removably connected to the head housing to provide a longer reach for a user employing the tool. The pole has a telescoping construction in which there is a stationary tube and an extension tube, where the extension tube traverses the stationary tube thereby providing varying lengths. A desired length is chosen by a user by extending the extension tube and locking it in place with the use of a collet ring. 
     The tool is a multipurpose electric tool to assist in cleaning, polishing, buffing, and waxing motor vehicles, boats, and similar items. This long length is especially beneficial when reaching typically inaccessible areas on motor vehicles such as roofs, trunks, hoods, and the like. The various interchangeable heads can be applied and removed without the use of tools, and can be replaced when worn. The use of the present invention allows users the ability to clean, wax, buff, and polish their motor vehicles using only one device in a manner which is quick, easy, and effective. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The advantages and features of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following more detailed description and claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like elements are identified with like symbols, and in which: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of an automatic automotive detailing tool  10  depicted with a generic pad  50  with an extension pole  90  in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is an isometric view of a head  20  of the automatic automotive detailing tool  10  depicted with a cleaning pad  51  in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a section view along a line A-A as shown on  FIG. 1  of the automatic automotive detailing tool  10  depicted with a scrubbing pad  52  in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a section view along line B-B as shown on  FIG. 2  of the automatic automotive detailing tool  10  with a polishing pad  53  and pivot  40  depicted in a tilted position in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is an isometric view of the head  20  of the automatic automotive detailing tool  10  depicted with a brush  54 , and with the soap container  60  pivoted away from the handle  24  for servicing in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 6  is an enlarged section view cut through the soap container  60  and the carrier head  68  of the automatic automotive detailing tool  10  in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  is a view of the extension pole  90  of the automatic automotive detailing tool  10  in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 8  is a cross-section along line C-C as seen in  FIG. 6  of a collet ring  93  of the automatic automotive detailing tool  10  in accordance to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; and, 
         FIG. 9  is a perspective view of a first end of a stationary tube  96  of the automatic automotive detailing tool  10  in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTIVE KEY 
     
         
         
           
               10  automatic automotive detailing tool 
               20  head 
               22  housing 
               23  housing fastener 
               24  handle 
               25  internally threaded well 
               28  battery pack 
               31  on/off switch 
               32  wiring 
               33  motor 
               34  drive shaft 
               35  bearing 
               36  lip seal 
               37  spindle 
               38  spindle hub 
               39  spindle thread 
               40  pivot assembly 
               42  inner retainer 
               43  diaphragm 
               44  outer retainer 
               45  chuck 
               46  drive pin 
               47  receiver 
               48  drive pin cavity 
               49  pin retainer 
               50  pad 
               51  cleaning pad 
               52  scrubbing pad 
               53  polishing pad 
               54  brush 
               55  discus 
               60  soap container 
               61  neck 
               62  container thread 
               63  sidewall 
               64  interior 
               65  bottom 
               66  dip tube 
               67  carrier 
               68  carrier head 
               69  carrier thread 
               70  seal ring 
               71  carrier pivot 
               72  carrier pivot pin 
               73  pivot pin retainer 
               74  air pump 
               75  air pump motor 
               76  pump switch 
               77  air tube 
               78  conveying tube 
               79  outlet port 
               81  air pump fitting 
               82  carrier air fitting 
               83  carrier air channel 
               84  dip tube fitting 
               85  fluid channel 
               86  exterior fluid fitting 
               87  exit fitting 
               90  extension pole 
               91  threaded end 
               92  extending tube 
               93  collet ring 
               94  internal collet taper 
               95  internal collet thread 
               96  stationary tube 
               97  kerf 
               98  external taper 
               99  external thread 
               101  padding 
           
         
       
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     The best mode for carrying out the invention is presented in terms of its preferred embodiment, herein depicted within  FIGS. 1 through 9 . However, the invention is not limited to the described embodiment and a person skilled in the art will appreciate that many other embodiments of the invention are possible without deviating from the basic concept of the invention, and that any such work around will also fall under scope of this invention. It is envisioned that other styles and configurations of the present invention can be easily incorporated into the teachings of the present invention, and only one particular configuration shall be shown and described for purposes of clarity and disclosure and not by way of limitation of scope. 
     The terms “a” and “an” herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced items. 
     The present invention describes an automotive detailing tool (herein referred to as the “tool”)  10 , which provides a means for an electric tool to assist in the cleaning, waxing, and polishing of the exterior of an automobile. While this invention was originally conceived to function relative to detailing an automobile, it is understood that such a device, with the stated capabilities, can find broader applications in the cleaning and/or polishing, and buffing of a wide variety of surfaces without limiting the scope of this invention. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 1 , an isometric view of the tool  10  with an extension pole  90 , and  FIG. 2 , an isometric view of the head  20  of the tool  10 , according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, are disclosed. The tool  10  includes a head  20  and a removable, extension pole  90 . The head  20  is comprised of a housing  22  containing the various drive mechanisms and forms into a handle  24  which may be used to comfortably grasp and control the tool  10 . The housing  22  is comprised preferably of a thermoplastic material and constructed from a plurality of injection-molded parts to be fastened together with a number of housing fasteners  23 . In some embodiments, a gasket material, or some other means of sealing the interior of the housing  22  against the environment, may be employed in the construction of the head  20  of the tool  10 . The assembled housing  22  contains provisions for attaching a rechargeable battery pack  28  so that electrical power may be provided to the tool  10  so as to remain cordless. The battery pack  28  may be any of a variety of commercially available devices which can be recharged by a separate means, or a specialty device without limiting the scope of the tool  10 . The cordless feature of the tool  10 , while seen as a positive enhancement, is not a defining point of the invention and could be abandoned for another means of providing electrical power to said tool  10  without limiting the scope of the invention. 
     The on/off switch  31  is located preferably on an upper surface of the housing  22  and is comprised of an electrical switching device, such as a two (2) position slide switch, to activate the motor  33  at the discretion of the user. The on/off switch  31  is electrically interconnected to the battery pack  28  via appropriately gauged, internally routed, electrical wiring  32  as seen in  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4 . 
     Disposed upon an upper portion of the head  20  is a feature for the inclusion of a soap container  60  which is provided for the storage and introduction of a liquid cleaning solution, or similar product, during the use of the tool  10 . The soap container  60  is disposed in a carrier  64  which is pivotally attached to an interior portion of the housing  22  for the convenience of removing said soap container  60  from the tool  10  for the purpose of placing various solutions into said soap container  60 . In proximity to the on/off switch  31  is a pump switch  76  which is preferably a momentary contact, push-button switching device used to electrically activate an air pump motor  75  that is used to drive an air pump  74  to ultimately dispense the aforementioned cleaning solution, or an alternative, from the soap container  60 . 
     A proximal end portion of the handle  24  contains an internally threaded well  25  to provide a means to attach an extension pole  90 , if desired, to access more remote areas. 
     The tool  10  will be provided with a plurality of interchangeable pads  50 , comprised of various materials, suited for the particular purposes for which the tool  10  was intended. The preferred embodiment of the present tool  10  will involve a cleaning pad  51  preferably comprised of an open-cell foam material, a scrubbing pad  52  preferably comprised of a mesh type textile or modified plastic material, a polishing pad  53  preferably comprised of a layered microfiber textile material, and a brush  54  preferably comprised of a single cylinder, or cone, with attached nylon, or other suitable material, bristles. Other pads  50  comprised of other materials as well as pads  50  comprised of the same materials arranged in a different fashion may also be used without limiting the scope or adaptability of the tool  10 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 3 , a section view along line A-A as seen in  FIG. 1 , and  FIG. 4 , a section view along line B-B as seen in  FIG. 2 , of the tool  10 , according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, are disclosed. The tool  10  has an electric motor  33  which provides the principle motion for the various pads  50 . The motor is secured to the housing  22  and is electrically connected to the battery pack  28  through the on/off switch  31  by means of the wiring  32 . The motor  33  is comprised of any of a variety of commercially available, copper wound, low voltage, small frame, direct current, motors  33  with a cylindrical drive shaft  34  capable of generating sufficient torque to induce the desired rotational motion in the spindle  37 . The drive shaft  34  projects through the lower side of the housing  22  and is of sufficiently large diameter so that a chuck  45  will come into contact with the lower face of said drive shaft  34  to define the maximum limit of flexure of the pivot assembly  40 . The drive shaft  34  is supported laterally by a ball bearing  35  captured in the housing  22 . A lip seal  36  is disposed at the lower end of the bearing  34  and captured in the housing  22  in order to keep the bearing  34  from being contaminated by material that could possibly enter from below the tool  10 . The drive shaft  34  is reduced in diameter to comprise a cylindrical spindle  37  on the lower face. This spindle  37  can be formed with the drive shaft  34  at the time of fabrication, or added at a later time as a threaded or pressed insert without changing the scope of the tool  10 . Disposed upon the spindle  37  is a spindle hub  38  which is an increase in the diameter of said spindle  37  to form a disk for the eventual retention of a diaphragm  43 . Disposed at the lower end of the spindle  37  is a spindle thread  39 . This spindle thread  39  is preferably of a standard unified fine thread appropriate to the diameter of the spindle  37 . It is understood that the drive shaft  34 , the spindle  37  and the spindle hub  38  may be provided with any machining reliefs as necessary without limiting the scope of the tool  10 . 
     The diaphragm  43  is a circular disc preferably comprised of an elastomeric material with a center aperture sized to accommodate the diameter of the spindle  37 . The diaphragm  43  is specifically compounded of a modified rubberized material to transmit a torque while allowing a misalignment from the inner diameter to the outer diameter without a concurrent buildup of heat that would otherwise structurally degrade another type of material. An inner retainer  42  is preferably comprised of a metal disk having an internal thread matching the spindle thread  39 . The inner retainer  42  is threaded onto the spindle thread  39  of the spindle  37  and clamped against the diaphragm  43  to capture a portion of said diaphragm  43  at the inner diameter between the spindle hub  38  and said inner retainer  42 . The chuck  45  is an annular disk preferably comprised of steel, or some other metal, with an outer diameter of the approximate size of the drive shaft  34  of the motor  33 , and an inner diameter somewhat less than the outer diameter of the diaphragm  43 . The chuck  45  would preferably be fabricated with a step feature in the upper surface with the diameter of such a step being slightly larger than the outer diameter of the diaphragm  43  and of a depth sufficient to accommodate the thickness of said diaphragm  43  as well as the thickness of an outer retainer  44 . The diameter of the step feature in the upper surface of the chuck  45  would be provided with an internal thread preferably of a standard unified fine thread appropriate to the diameter of such a step. The chuck  45  would also be provided with at least two (2) drive pins  46  inserted into the outer periphery of the chuck  45  preferably at a vertical location below the aforementioned step and yet above the lower surface of said chuck  45 . The outer retainer  44  is preferably comprised of a metal disk having an external thread matching the internal thread cut into the diameter of the step in the chuck  45 . The outer retainer  44  is threaded onto the chuck  45  and clamped against the diaphragm  43  to capture a portion of said diaphragm  43  at the outer diameter between the step of the chuck  45  and said outer retainer  44 . The construction of the pivot assembly  40  in this manner allows power to be transmitted from the drive shaft  34  of the motor  33  to the drive pins  46  in the chuck  45  while allowing a certain amount of continuous flexure. It is understood that any of the surfaces in contact with the diaphragm  43  may be enhanced with radial ridges, or other such features, to improve the transmission of torque without modifying the scope of the tool  10 . 
     The material of each pad  50  is preferably attached to a flat round discus  55  which is comprised of a thermoplastic material. The discus  55  would be attached to a bottom surface of a receiver  47  by some method such as gluing or thermal welding. The receiver  47  is preferably comprised of a disk of a thermoplastic material with a concentric step feature formed into the center of an upper surface. Disposed in the upper surface of the receiver  47  and located at the periphery of the step feature are at least two (2) drive pin cavities  48 . A drive pin cavity  48  is comprised of a vertical slot sized to accommodate a sliding fit with an individual drive pin  46 , extending downward to some depth and then converting to a horizontal slot at a ninety degree (90°) orientation. This “L”-shaped configuration would allow the drive pins  46  to be inserted into the drive pin cavities  48  while simultaneously fitting the lower portion of the chuck  45  into the step feature of the receiver  47 . By giving a partial turn of the receiver  47  relative to the chuck  45 , the two (2) pieces will be secured together. In this manner, the rotation of the drive shaft  34  will cause a concurrent rotation of the pad  50 . A pin retainer  49 , preferably comprised of a spring pin formed as a sinusoidal wave with a plurality of troughs, could help retain the drive pins  46  in the drive pin cavities  48  until such time as the user would give a counter-rotational turn on the receiver  47  to disengage said drive pins  46  and remove the pad  50 . 
     The soap container  60  is comprised preferably of a high density polyethylene material, and can be molded to have the necessary physical features of a container as seen in  FIG. 3 , i.e., a cylindrical sidewall  63  adjoined to a neck  61  and terminating in a bottom  65  to form an interior  64  capable of holding a volume of cleaning solution. Disposed upon the neck  61  would preferably be a container thread  62  of some standard thread form to conveniently attach the soap container  60  to the tool  10 . The soap container  60  is attached to and suspended in a carrier  67  which is preferably comprised of a thermoplastic material and formed in an injection molding process. The carrier  67  is comprised of a carrier head  68  which would envelop and retain the neck  61  of the soap container  60 , as well as a flat horizontal member attached to the carrier head  68  which would be positioned under said soap container  60  to assist in supporting the sidewall  63 , and an arcuate vertical member attached to the horizontal member to partially encircle said soap container  60  as a cradle. The bottom  65  of the soap container  60 , as well as a portion of the sidewall  63  would preferably remain accessible in order to more easily remove said soap container  60  from the carrier  67  for servicing. The inside of the carrier head  68  would preferably be provided with a carrier thread  69  of the complimentary form of the container thread  62  in order to secure the soap container  60  to the carrier  67 . 
     Disposed inside the carrier head  68 , near the interior terminus of the carrier thread  69  is a seal ring  70  preferably comprised of a rubber, or nitrite, washer. The seal ring  70  would preferably be of sufficient thickness that when the container thread  62  on the neck  61  of the soap container  60  is engaged into the carrier thread  69  in the carrier  67 , the seal ring  70  would be compressed and a liquid tight barrier would be formed between the carrier head  68  and the soap container  60 . In this manner, leakage from the soap container  60  to the exterior will be eliminated and a closed system will be achieved for the transfer of fluids. 
     Disposed on the exterior of the carrier head  68  are a carrier air fitting  82  for the ingress of air into the soap container  60  and an exterior fluid fitting  86  for the egress of fluid from said soap container  60 . A carrier air channel  83  is comprised of a cylindrical channel bored through the carrier head  68  in line with the carrier air fitting  82  to permit the free flow of air into the soap container  60 . A fluid channel  85  is comprised of a cylindrical channel bored through the carrier head  68  in line with and connecting a dip tube fitting  84  which is disposed inside of said carrier head  68  with the exterior fluid fitting  86  for the free flow of fluid from the soap container  60  through said carrier head. The dip tube  66  is comprised of a durable plastic or rubber hose, or other such material, and is connected, by an interference fit, to the dip tube fitting  84  on the interior of the carrier head  68  at a first end and is open inside of the soap container  70  at the second end. 
     Also disposed on the exterior of the carrier head  68  is carrier pivot  71  feature. The carrier pivot  71  is comprised of a cylindrical channel having an opening along the longitudinal axis on that side opposite from the point of attachment so as to present a “C”-shaped configuration in a cross-sectional view. The carrier pivot  71  may be formed with a flared opening to provide for a more simplified fit on the carrier pivot pin  72 . The carrier pivot pin  72  is preferably a cylindrical metal bar inserted into the pivot pin retainers  73  on either half of the housing  22  pieces to serve as an axis of rotation for the carrier  67 . The rotation of the carrier  67  out of the housing  22 , as seen in  FIG. 5 , exposes the bottom  65  of the soap container  60  and thereby provides the necessary clearance to remove said soap container  60  from the tool  10  for servicing. The pivot pin retainers  73  are comprised of an amorphous build up of the material of the housing  22  into which in-line cylindrical channels have been bored for the retention of the carrier pivot pin  72 . The cylindrical channel may have an exterior opening in the housing  22  to facilitate the correct alignment of said channel and the retained carrier pivot pin  72 . 
     The depression of the pump switch  67  on the exterior of the housing  22  will cause the air pump motor  75  to drive the air pump  74  to compress air into the first end of an air tube  77  attached to an air pump fitting  81  on the outlet side of said air pump  74 . This air tube  77  is preferably comprised of a durable plastic or rubber hose and would be attached at a second end to the carrier air fitting  82  on the carrier head  68 . As air pressure builds up in the air tube  77 , the air would be forced into the carrier air fitting  82 , through the carrier air channel  83 , and will exert pressure upon the air/solution interface in the soap container  60  thereby forcing liquid into an open end of a dip tube  66 . The open end of the dip tube  66  would be in proximity to the bottom  65  of the soap container  60  in order to remain submerged in the liquid for as long as possible. When the open end of the dip tube  66  is no longer submersed, the fluid will no longer be transferred to the conveying tube  78  and the soap container  60  will require refilling. 
     As the soap solution is forced into the open end of the dip tube  66  it will be transferred through the dip tube fitting  84 , the fluid channel  85  in the carrier head  68 , and the exterior fluid fitting  86  into a conveying tube  78 . The conveying tube  78  is comprised of a durable plastic or rubber hose and is connected, by an interference fit, to the exterior fluid fitting  86  on the carrier head  68  at a first end and to an exit fitting  87  on the inside bottom of the housing  22  near the drive shaft  34  at a second end. The outlet port  79  is comprised of a cylindrical channel bored through the bottom of the housing  22 , in line with the exit fitting  87  such that the soap solution is dispensed from the tool  10  in proximity to the pad  50 . Any of the aforementioned fittings may be “barbed” for the secure installation of the air tube  77 , the dip tube  66 , or the conveying tube  78 . The air tube  77  and the conveying tube  78  are provided with sufficient length to accommodate the aforementioned pivoting of the carrier  67  without pinching or crimping said tubes  77 ,  78 . It is understood, however, that the tool  10  may be configured without the soap container  60 , if desired, in order to avoid the inadvertent application of a soap solution during a procedure, or function, which did not require soap. 
     The extension pole  90  as shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 7  is comprised of an extending tube  92  telescoping from a stationary tube  96 , and a tightening collet ring  93 . The extending tube  92  and the stationary tube  96  are preferably fabricated from round steel tubing, complying with drawn over mandrel specification, of a size and gauge to achieve a sliding fit with each other. The extending tube  92  and the stationary tube  96  are preferably plated or coated with a protective material to inhibit corrosion. Disposed in a first end of the extending tube  92  is a threaded end  91 . The threaded end  91  is preferably comprised of a thermoplastic material formed in an injection molding process as a cylinder with an external thread cut, or formed, into the outside diameter of one (1) end to a length of approximately fifty percent (50%) of the length of said threaded end  91 . The external thread would preferably be any one (1) of a standard acme thread to be accommodated in the internally thread well  25  in the handle  24 . The second end of the threaded end  91  would preferably be pressed into the inside diameter of the extending tube  92 . It is understood that alternate materials of construction, and/or modes of attachment could be employed without limiting the scope of this tool  10 . 
     Disposed on a first end of the stationary tube  96  is an external taper  98  followed by an external thread  99 . The external thread  99  is preferably of a unified fine thread profile formed upon the outside diameter of the stationary tube  96 . The external taper  98  is the result of the removal of a decreasing amount of the tube wall of the stationary tube  96  from the first end to the external thread  99 . The first end of the stationary tube  96  preferably has four (4) kerf  97  slots in the external taper  98  which are accomplished with two (2) perpendicular saw cuts across the diameter of the stationary tube  96  as seen in  FIG. 9 . Disposed on the second end of the stationary tube  96  is a padding  101  comprised of a foam covering over the raw end of the stationary tube  96 . 
     The collet ring  93 , as seen in  FIG. 8 , is comprised of an annular ring, preferably of a thermoplastic material, formed with an internal collet taper  94  and an internal collet thread  95 . The internal collet taper  94  would preferably be the complementary form of the external taper  98  disposed upon the stationary tube  96 , while the internal collet thread  95  would be a mating thread to the external thread  99  on said stationary tube  96 . It is understood that other materials may be used in the fabrication of the collet ring  93  without limiting the scope of the tool  10 . 
     According to the preferred embodiment, the second end of the extending tube  92  would be inserted through the collet ring  93 , in such a manner as to first pass through the internal collet taper  94  and then through the internal collet thread  95 , and into the first end of the stationary tube  96  to a depth equivalent to the desired final length of the extension pole  90 . The collet ring  93  would be installed over the stationary tube  96  until the internal collet thread  95  engaged with the external thread  99  on said stationary tube  96 . The engagement of the mating threads preferably beyond three (3) turns would result in contact of the internal collet taper  94  with the external taper  98  on the stationary tube  96 . The further engagement of the internal collet thread  95  with the external thread  99  would result in the deformation of the first end of the stationary tube  96  and the consequential narrowing of the kerf  97  to the point of interfering with the wall of the extending tube  92  and limiting the telescoping action between said extending tube  92  and said stationary tube  96 . It is understood that the external taper  98  of the stationary tube  96  may be modified to eliminate any taper without limiting the scope of the invention. 
     It is further understood that the tool  10  may be configured without the extending tube  92  and the collet ring  93  if desired, by the alternate insertion of a threaded end  91  into the first end of the stationary tube  96  and the elimination of the external taper  98  and the external thread  99 , thereby providing a limited extension function to the tool  10 . 
     The preferred embodiment of the present invention can be utilized by an enabled individual in a simple and straightforward manner with little or no training. After initial purchase or acquisition of the tool  10 , it would be configured as indicated in  FIG. 1  or alternately  FIG. 2 . The method of utilizing the tool  10  may be achieved by performing the following steps: acquiring a model of the tool  10 ; installing the appropriate attachment  51 ,  52 ,  53 , or  54  onto the chuck  45  according to the particular task that needs to be accomplished; sliding the on/off switch  31  to the ON position to activate the motor  33  and simultaneously rotating the drive shaft  34  and pad  50 ; cleaning, buffing, or polish a desired item; and sliding the on/off switch  31  to OFF position when the task is completed. A soap solution can be dispensed from the soap container  60  onto a brush  54 , a scrubbing pad  52 , or a cleaning pad  51  by filling the soap container with the desired solution; installing the soap container into the carrier  67 ; and depressing the pump switch  76 . 
     The tool  10  may be used at an extended position as seen in  FIG. 1  by threading the threaded end  91  of the extension pole  90  into the internally threaded well  25  in the handle  24 ; loosening the collet ring  93 ; adjusting the extending tube  92  relative to the stationary tube  96 ; and tightening the collet ring  93 . 
     The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention and method of use to the precise forms disclosed. Obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical application, and to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is understood that various omissions or substitutions of equivalents are contemplated as circumstance may suggest or render expedient, but is intended to cover the application or implementation without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims of the present invention.