Cleaning apparatus for textiles

Claim 1

A cleaning apparatus for universal application in the cleaning of carpets, carpet bases, upholstery and the like, comprising a blower, a compressed air main pipe for guiding air from said blower to a device for the production of cleaning foam, a suction pipe connected to said blower for suction air, a suction nozzle connected to said suction pipe for drawing off foam and dirt from the surface to be cleaned, a separator connected to said blower at a point between said suction nozzle and said device for the production of cleaning foam, said separator having at least one filter unit for the impurities carried along by the suction air, said compressed air main pipe having, upstream of said foam production device, a bleeding means for excess air and a control member for controlling the air throughput of said bleeding means, said compressed air main pipe having means for the application of cleaning foam onto the surface to be cleaned and a closable opening upstream of said application means and downstream of said foam production device for connection of a supply hose of an additional cleaning device, said device for the production of foam including a supply pipe connecting a cleaning liquid supply to said compressed air main pipe, said separator including an annular centrifuge chamber having a tangential air inlet, a dirt container disposed vertically below said centrifuge chamber, said dirt container having a foam removing agent with said filter unit disposed downstream of said dirt container with respect to the air flow, an additional cleaning device having a supply hose at one end of which is a connection piece for insertion into said closable opening in sealing contact with the periphery thereof and transverse to said compressed air main pipe, said connection piece having an inlet opening for receiving foam and lying generally parallel to the axis of said connection piece.