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A method for attaining increased suctioning power for taking up liquid debris and/or cleaning fluid directly into the impeller of a portable, hand-held, self-contained multi-surface hydro-cleaning apparatus, and for retaining the liquid debris in a collection chamber without leakage. The hydro-clean

A method for attaining increased suctioning power for taking up liquid debris and/or cleaning fluid directly into the impeller of a portable, hand-held, self-contained multi-surface hydro-cleaning apparatus, and for retaining the liquid debris in a collection chamber without leakage. The hydro-cleaning apparatus comprises an impeller, a deflector housing, a collection tank, an exhaust vent, and a porous filter. The method comprises the steps of creating a suction path with the impeller and directing air and the liquid debris into the cleaning apparatus along the suction path. Air and debris are suctioned directly into the impeller without obstruction or deflection. Upon reaching the impeller, the air and debris are drawn directly through the impeller and then deflected downward by the deflector housing into the collection tank. Both gravity and air flow dynamics act to retain incoming liquid debris in the collection tank while allowing the rush of incoming air to flow upward to the top of the collection tank where the air passes through the porous filter to escape through the exhaust vent. Liquid debris which may be splashed during the cleaning process and thus enabled to reach the exhaust vent, is absorbed by the porous filter to prevent unwanted transfer of liquid debris beyond the confines of the collection tank. Upon completion of the cleaning procedure, the collection tank can be easily detached and emptied.

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A method of suctioning hydro-debris containing a quantity of liquid of up to sixteen fluid ounces into a portable, hand-held cleaning apparatus, and of retaining said hydro-debris and quantity of liquid within said portable, hand-held cleaning apparatus without external leakage, said portable, hand-

A method of suctioning hydro-debris containing a quantity of liquid of up to sixteen fluid ounces into a portable, hand-held cleaning apparatus, and of retaining said hydro-debris and quantity of liquid within said portable, hand-held cleaning apparatus without external leakage, said portable, hand-held cleaning apparatus including a vacuum nozzle, an impeller having a plurality of blades, an impeller motor, a deflector housing, a non-porous collection tank, and an exhaust vent, comprising the steps of: spinning the impeller using the impeller motor to create suction; forcibly intaking air using the suction created by the spinning impeller to create a suction path; introducing hydro-debris containing a quantity of up to sixteen fluid ounces of liquid into said portable, hand-held cleaning apparatus through the vacuum nozzle; conveying the hydro-debris inward along the suction path; drawing the hydro-debris directly into and through the impeller of said portable, hand-held cleaning apparatus; deflecting, using the deflector housing, the hydro-debris passing through the plurality of blades, the hydro-debris moving downward responsive to gravity and air flow dynamics, while venting the forcibly intaked air upward and through the exhaust vent; and containing the hydro-debris without leakage in the non-porous collection tank, located beneath the deflector housing, at a bottom of said portable, hand-held cleaning apparatus.