| CPC B05B 1/005 (2013.01) [A47L 9/0613 (2013.01); A47L 13/11 (2013.01); B05B 15/65 (2018.02); B08B 5/02 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An air blade tool operable as a surface and crevice cleaning tool, the air blade tool comprising:
a housing assembly including:
a housing having a top and bottom and a hollow inside, and first and second ends;
a handle extending from the housing at a first side and at a second side and disposed at the top of the housing and along a length of the housing between its first and second ends, the handle and housing forming an aperture therebetween;
a blade retainer seat disposed along and extending from the bottom of the housing such that the blade retainer seat is a lowermost portion of the housing assembly and configured to slidably receive a blade assembly; and
a plurality of openings disposed at the bottom of the housing for emitting air, the plurality of openings vertically spaced from the lowermost portion of the housing assembly;
the blade assembly comprising at least one blade extending from the blade retainer seat; and
an air conduit assembly including an air conduit having a proximal end and distal end, the air conduit connected at its proximal end to extend from the first or second end of the housing and adapted at its distal end for mounting to an air blower, such that air supplied from the air blower through the air conduit forms air flow inside the housing and out through at least one of the plurality of openings,
wherein the blade assembly is replaceable, and the housing assembly includes a fastener, a fastener mounting seat, and a port configured to receive the fastener, wherein the fastener is configured to engage in the fastener mounting seat and through the port to contact and releasably secure the blade assembly within the air blade tool at a predetermined position.
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