Patent ID: 8266757

Claim:
A cleaning apparatus, in particular a portable hand cleaner, having a plurality of cleaning members ( 11 ) which are of brush type and which are arranged at a common carrier ( 13 ) and can be set into rotation relative to the carrier ( 13 ) by means of a fluid supplied to the cleaning apparatus, wherein a drive device ( 41 ) is provided which can be acted on by the supplied fluid to set the cleaning members ( 11 ) into rotation, wherein drive device ( 41 ) is provided for each cleaning member ( 11 ), wherein the rotation drive ( 41 ) of the cleaning members ( 11 ) includes an impeller, wherein cleaning members ( 11 ) are adjustable relative to one another, wherein the carrier ( 13 ) has a longitudinal extent and the cleaning members ( 11 ) are arranged distributed along the carrier ( 13 ), with the cleaning members ( 11 ) being adjustable relative to one another in the longitudinal direction of the carrier ( 13 ) to set different spacings between adjacent cleaning members ( 11 ), wherein the cleaning members ( 11 ) each include a brush part ( 43 ) and said drive device ( 41 ) with the brush part ( 43 ) being coupled or being able to be coupled replaceably with the drive device ( 41 ), wherein said brush part ( 43 ) and drive device ( 41 ) are coaxially rotatable.