Water extractor and nozzle therefor

Claim 1

A cleaning tool for a deep cleaning vacuum machine comprising: an elongated suction conduit adapted to be connected at one end to a source of suction; a suction head connected to another end of the elongated conduit and having an open end forming an elongated suction nozzle with an elongated opening therein; a fluid conduit having an axial channel with a longitudinal axis mounted on the elongated suction conduit and adapted to be connected at one end to a source of cleaning fluid to supply cleaning fluid to a surface to be cleaned; the fluid conduit at another end forming a nozzle tip with a nozzle opening extending therethrough to the fluid conduit; the nozzle opening being generally rectangular in configuration and being defined by sidewalls and end walls, the sidewalls sloping outwardly from the axial channel at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the axial channel and the end walls sloping outwardly from the axial channel at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the axial channel.

Claim 13

A method of making a cleaning tool comprising the steps of: providing an elongated suction conduit adapted to be connected at one end to a source of suction; providing on another end of the elongated suction conduit a suction head having an elongated suction nozzle with an elongated opening therein; providing on the suction conduit a fluid conduit having an axial channel with a longitudinal axis and adapted to be connected at one end to a source of cleaning fluid to supply cleaning fluid to a surface to be cleaned; forming on the other end of the fluid conduit a nozzle tip with a nozzle opening extending therethrough to the fluid conduit, the opening being generally rectangular in configuration through the nozzle tip and defined by opposite sidewalls and opposite end walls; forming the sidewalls of the nozzle opening with an outward slope from the axial channel at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the axial channel and forming the end walls with an outward slope from the axial channel at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis; and selecting the length of the sidewalls and the acute angle of the end walls so that the spray pattern defined by fluid sprayed from the spray nozzle has an elongated shape wherein the width of the spray pattern is substantially the width of the suction nozzle opening at a distance from the nozzle tip closely adjacent to the suction nozzle opening.

Claim 14

A method of making a cleaning tool comprising the steps of: providing an elongated suction conduit adapted to be connected at one end to a source of suction; providing on another end of the elongated suction conduit a suction head having an elongated suction nozzle with an elongated opening therein; providing on the suction conduit a fluid conduit having an axial channel with a longitudinal axis and adapted to be connected at one end to a source of cleaning fluid to supply cleaning fluid to a surface to be cleaned; forming on the other end of the fluid conduit a nozzle tip with a nozzle opening extending therethrough to the fluid conduit, the opening being generally rectangular in configuration through the nozzle tip and defined by opposite sidewalls and opposite end walls; forming the sidewalls of the nozzle opening with an outward slope from the axial channel at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the axial channel and forming the end walls with an outward slope from the axial channel at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis; and selecting the length of the sidewalls and the acute angle of the end walls so that the spray pattern defined by fluid sprayed from the spray nozzle has an elongated shape wherein the width of the spray pattern is substantially the width of the suction nozzle opening at a distance from the nozzle tip closely adjacent to the suction nozzle opening.