Patent ID: 8726456

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning a chandelier, comprising: a cleaning head adapted to be held by a single hand; said cleaning head having a bifurcated construction that includes a first section and a second section; said first and second sections being joined to one another at a common base and being transversely spaced apart from one another along respective lengths thereof; said transverse spacing defining a cleaning chamber between said first and second sections; said cleaning chamber having an open top, an open bottom, and an open end so that at least one chandelier crystal may be positioned within said cleaning chamber; at least one water-spraying nozzle formed in said cleaning head; said at least one water-spraying nozzle being in fluid communication with a remote source of water under pressure; said cleaning chamber being in fluid communication with a remote source of negative pressure so that a vacuum is created in said cleaning chamber; said at least one crystal disposed within said cleaning chamber being impacted by water under pressure emitted from said at least one water-spraying nozzle; said vacuum pulling ambient air, water, dust and dirt removed from said at least one crystal to said source of negative pressure; said ambient air providing a drying effect to said at least one crystal; a double-chambered container having a dirty water and vacuum chamber and a water chamber that is not under vacuum; a vacuum pump in fluid communication with said dirty water and vacuum chamber; said water chamber having water disposed therein; a hot air blower in fluid communication with said water chamber; a water heating element submerged within said water in said water chamber and being operative to heat said water disposed in said water chamber; a pump for pumping water from said water chamber to said at least one water-spraying nozzle.