Steam cleaner dump bucket

Claim 1

A dump bucket for a steam cleaner, said dump bucket comprising: an upwardly open, lower, cup-shaped member having an aperture in the bottom thereof; a hollow riser tube fixed to the bottom of said lower cup-shaped member, being open to said aperture and extending upwardly therefrom to a height above the open top of said lower cup-shaped member; a downwardly open, upper cup-shaped member, said upper cup-shaped member having an aperture in the side thereof; an inwardly extending annular shelf carried by said upper cup-shaped member on the inner side surface of said upper cup-shaped member above said lower cup-shaped member, extending the full circumference of said upper cup-shaped member and contacting said lower cup-shaped member in an air-tight seal; an L-shaped hollow connector, means for mounting said L-shaped hollow connector to the wall of the upper cup-shaped member with a first leg of which extending inwardly from said aperture in said upper cup-shaped member and a second leg of which extends upwardly from said first leg stopping short but in proximity to the inner surface of the top of said upper cup-shaped member; and strut means extending across said upper cup-shaped member from one portion of said annular shelf to another portion thereof and being integral therewith, said strut means intersecting said riser tube and being apertured to receive the upper end of said riser tube; whereby, if vacuum is applied to the aperture in said lower cup-shaped member and a steam cleaner vacuum wand is connected to the exterior end of said first leg of said L-shaped hollow connector, dirty water will forced through said L-shaped hollow connector and sprayed against the inner surface of the top of said upper cup-shaped member, after which it will run down the sides of said upper and lower cup-shaped members without going down said hollow riser tube.