Patent ID: 8118512

Claim:
A cleaning tool, comprising: a head and a handle extending from said head, said handle carries a liquid that is dispensed therefrom to provide a dispensed liquid useable during operation of the cleaning tool, said handle including a liquid dispensing passage through which said liquid passes to a liquid outlet during liquid dispensing, said passage having a valve for controlling a passage of said liquid, said valve including a sliding gate part and a stationary gate part, said sliding gate part being positionable relative to said stationary gate part to block the flow of liquid when in one position, and to be positionable relative to said stationary gate part in another position to permit the flow of liquid, said sliding gate part effecting a sliding wiping cleaning of the valve during movement from said one position to said another position, and wherein said sliding gate part is an elongate part that is held stationary at one end relative to the stationary gate part, and which is elastically stretched longitudinally by a pressing pin so the other end will slide relative to the stationary gate part to open the valve and permit the flow of liquid so liquid is dispensed from said outlet, and the sliding gate part being of a resilient material to allow it to be elastically stretched, said resiliency permitting the sliding gate to elastically return to a position to close said valve when the force applied externally by the pressing pin is removed.