Patent attributes
A modular recycling cleaning system comprising in combination: a pressure washing and control module, a vacuum motor assembly module, a reservoir module, an air/liquid separator module, a flexible hose system, a control system and a cleaning head, capable of being easily configured so as to function as any one of: a straight through pressure washer with cleaning liquid supplied from an external source; a straight through pressure washer with cleaning liquid supplied internally from an integral water reservoir; a recycling pressure washer with cleaning liquid being supplied and reused from an integral cleaning liquid reservoir replenished with cleaning liquid by means of a vacuum recovery system; a straight through pressure washer with recovery of contaminated cleaning liquid but without reuse; a conventional wet vacuum cleaning system or a conventional dry vacuum cleaning system. The appliance being capable of further configuration as a shampooing machine. Further preferred embodiments of the invention include the possible integration of a vane separator and/or a HEPA filter on the vacuum system exhaust; a coacting switch and control for the pressure pump and the vacuum recovery system such that maximum electric current draw remains below a threshold; IPX5 water resistance of the system; various filtering arrangements for both the air and the liquid drawn into the system and a compact coaxial hose set connecting the cleaner body to the hand piece.
