摘要 |
A carpet cleaning machine for uniformly spreading a powder onto a surface, working the powder into the surface and subsequently removing the powder and dirt is disclosed. The cleaning machine includes a powder dispenser attachable to a vacuum cleaner. The dispenser includes a hopper, a metering drum rotatably mounted within the hopper about a mandrel and a punch roller rotatably mounted within the metering drum. An air motor is operably connected to the metering drum. The vacuum cleaner includes an agitating brush, a suction nozzle, a suction passage and a source of vacuum connected to the suction passage. A blocking vane mounted within the housing and the suction passage alternately connects the suction nozzle to the source of vacuum or the air motor to the source of vacuum. A throttle valve carried in an air outlet tube of the air motor includes a lever which automatically interconnects with a control permanently mounted on the vacuum cleaner.
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