Portable cleaning apparatus

Claim 1

A PORTABLE CLEANING APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A CONTAINER; MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AND DISPENSING SUITABLE CLEANING FLUIDS TO AND FROM SAID CONTAINER, SAID INTRODUCING AND DISPENSING MEANS COMPRISING: A BODY, SAID BODY HAVING: AN INLET PORT AND AN OUTLET PORT; A CAP PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO BE ROTATABLY MUTUALLY COOPERATIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID BODY; SEALING MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CAP FOR SEALINGLY ENGAGING SAID BODY; MEANS FOR DEFINING THE LIMIT OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CAP UPON AND WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY; MEANS PROVIDING A PRESSURE RELEASE FOR AND FROM WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, SAID PRESSURE RELEASE MEANS COMPRISING: AN ANNULAR PASSAGE DISPOSED BETWEEN AN END OF SAID BODY AND SAID CAP, SAID END BEING CHAMFERED COMPLETELY ANNULARLY ABOUT SAID BODY TO DEFINE SAID PASSAGE, A SLOT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BODY AT SAID END, AN OUTLET PORT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CAP AND BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THE SAID SEALING MEANS AND IN UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT THERETO, THE EXTENT OF SAID CHAMFER BEING SUCH AS TO POSITION A LOWER END OF SAID ANNULAR PASSAGE SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT SAID SEALING MEANS AND IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH WHEN SAID CAP MUTUALLY COOPERATIVELY ENGAGES SAID LIMIT MEANS, WHEREBY AN ESCAPE OF FLUID FROM SAID CONTAINER AND A BODY OF SAID FILLING AND DISPENSING HEAD IS PRECLUDED WHEN THE CAP IS COMPLETELY POSITIONED UPON AND WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY, AND WHEREBY A PASSAGE IS DEFINED FROM WITHIN SAID BODY TO THE ATMOSPHERE COMPRISING THE SLOT, THE ANNULAR PASSAGE AND THE OUTLET PORT OF SAID CAP WHEN THE CAP HAS BEEN ROTATABLY MOVED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY TO SUCH AN EXTENT AS TO POSITION THE LOWER END OF SAID ANNULAR PASSAGE SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT AND IN UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEALING MEANS; AN INLET CONDUIT CONNECTED TO SAID INLET PORT; AT LEAST ONE FLEXIBLE OUTLET CONDUIT CONNECTED TO SAID OUTLET PORT; AND VALVE MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID OUTLET CONDUIT, SAID VALVE MEANS HAVING AN OPEN POSITION PROVIDING COMMUNICATION THROUGH SAID OUTLET CONDUIT AND A CLOSED POSITION PRECLUDING THE FLOW OF FLUIDS THERETHROUGH.