Patent ID: 8100599

Claim:
A surface cleaning device, wherein the cleaning device comprises: a. a cleaning element comprising a wetting part, the wetting part having a wetting part inner surface and a wetting part outer surface, wherein the wetting part is permeable to a cleaning fluid for allowing communication of the fluid from the wetting part inner surface to the wetting part outer surface for application of the fluid onto a cleanable surface; b. a main body comprising a main body wall, wherein the cleaning element at least partially surrounds the main body, wherein the main body comprises a main body wall, the wetting part being supported at least in part by the main body wall, wherein the main body wall comprises a main body hole through it, and wherein at least a portion of the main body hole is proximate the wetting part for allowing the fluid to flow from the main body hole to the wetting part; c. an inner body comprising a reservoir and an inner body wall, the inner body wall being disposed between the reservoir and the main body wall, wherein the inner body is slideable relative to the main body for allowing movement of the inner body between a neutral position and a dispensing position, and wherein the inner body wall comprises an inner body hole through it, the reservoir being in fluid communication with the inner body hole; and, d. a fluid-resistant seal, the seal comprising an absence of overlap between the inner body hole and the main body hole and a fit between a portion of the inner body wall and a portion of the main body wall wherein the fit is effective for at least impeding flow of the fluid from the inner body hole to the main body hole while the inner body is in the neutral position, and wherein movement of the inner body from the neutral position to the dispensing position opens a fluid pathway leading from the inner body hole into the main body hole.