Patent ID: 7708484

Claim:
A cleaning implement comprising: a first circulation path through which a first fluid is ejectable; a second circulation path through which a second fluid is ejectable; a cleaning head having a cleaning operation surface on a bottom of the cleaning head; a holding portion adapted to be held by a user; a valve opening and closing device defining a container holder for holding a first container containing the first fluid or a second container containing the second fluid; a pipe connecting the cleaning head and the holding portion, the valve opening and closing device being positioned on said pipe between the cleaning head and the holding portion; a first ejecting portion positioned on the cleaning head and adapted to eject the first fluid through the first circulation path extending from the container holder to the cleaning head; and a second ejecting portion provided to the container holder and adapted to eject the second fluid through the second circulation path extending in the container holder, wherein the valve opening and closing device comprises a connection mechanism to which the first container is detachably attachable and an adaptor which is removably coupled to the connection mechanism and to which the second container is detachably attachable, wherein the first ejecting portion includes a first ejection nozzle for ejecting the first fluid, and the first circulation path extends from the connection mechanism to the first ejection nozzle of the cleaning head, and the second ejecting portion includes a second ejection nozzle attached to the adaptor for ejecting the second fluid, and the second circulation path extends from the adaptor to the second ejection nozzle, wherein the holding portion comprises a lever coupled to the valve opening and closing device so as to open and close a first valve of the first container or a second valve of the second container, and wherein the second container is a spray can further comprising a tilt-type valve, the tilt-type valve being tilted, when the second container is connected to the adaptor, in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the second valve so as to eject the second fluid.