Compact self-contained hand held extraction cleaner

Claim 1

A compact, self-contained cleaner and liquid extraction unit of a size and weight for enabling the cleaner to be held, without external support, in one hand of a user and operative for applying fluid to a surface to be cleaned and for picking up fluid and other material by vacuum action, comprising: a two piece body member formed by a separate handle section and a discharge head section removably connectable at a first end to said handle section, said discharge head section having a closed second end opposite to said first end and having wall means extending between said first and second ends and formed to define fluid chamber means open only at said first end, said fluid chamber means including fluid receiving means and a plenum portion, said plenum portion being adjacent said first end, the fluid chamber means being opened for the discharge of dirty cleaning fluid and the receipt of clean cleaning fluid through said open first end of said discharge head section by the removal of said discharge head section from said handle section, nozzle means mounted at said second end of said discharge head section, means mounted on said discharge head section for providing cleaning fluid from said fluid receiving means to said nozzle means, a vacuum intake head mounted adjacent to said second end of said discharge head section in spaced relationship to said nozzle means, and vacuum conduit means mounted on said discharge head section for connecting said vacuum head to said plenum portion, said handle section including a blower chamber, a lower end connectable to the first end of said discharge head section, an upper end having a handle extending therefrom, and a lower wall means extending across the lower end of said handle section to define one end of said blower chamber, said lower wall means operating to close the open end of said fluid chamber means when said discharge head section is connected to said handle section while providing a vacuum opening between said blower chamber and said plenum portion, vacuum means mounted in said blower chamber and operative through said vacuum opening to create a vacuum in said plenum portion, said vacuum means discharging into said blower chamber to raise the pressure thereof, and means positioned between said blower chamber and said fluid chamber means on said lower wall means within said handle section for selectively placing said blower chamber in fluid communication with said fluid chamber means.