Vacuum mopping apparatus

Claim 1

IN A VACUUM MOPPING DEVICE A WAND TYPE PICK-UP ATTACHMENT COMPRISING A TUBULAR CONTAINER OF A LENGTH SEVERAL TIMES ITS DIAMETER, AN INTAKE ORIFICE AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER FOR CONNECTION TO A FLUID PICK-UP HEAD, AN EXHAUST APERTURE AT THE TOP OF SAID CONTAINER FOR CONNECTION TO A VACUUM SOURCE, A CONDUIT WITHIN SAID CONTAINER EXTENDING FROM SAID INTAKE ORIFICE PART WAY TOWARD SAID TOP END OF SAID CONTAINER, A BAFFLE INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT AND SAID TOP OF SAID CONTAINER TO DIVIDE SAID CONTAINER INTO UPPER AND LOWER CHAMBERS, SAID BAFFLE INCLUDING AN UNINTERRUPTED BLOCKING PORTION, A GUIDE PORTION FORMING A CONTINUATION OF SAID BLOCKING PORTION, SAID GUIDE PORTION CURVING GRADUALLY DOWNWARD TOWARD SAID BOTTOM END OF SAID CONTAINER, THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID GUIDE PORTION DEFINING AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO AND MERGING WITH THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID GUIDE PORTION AND BLOCKING PORTION TOGETHER DEFINING A SEGMENT OVERLYING THE ENTIRELY OF FHE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT WHEREBY FLUIDS FOLLOWING SAID GUIDE WILL BE IMPINGED AGAINST SAID SURFACES AT AN ACUTE ANGLE, AND INTAKE TUBE MEANS LEADING FROM SAID UPPER CHAMBER INTO SAID LOWER CHAMBER AND PROVIDING THE SOLE PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN SAID CHAMBERS, THE LOWER END OF SAID INTAKE TUBE MEANS BEING DISPOSED BELOW THE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT.