Abstract: A suction nozzle for a portable hard surface cleaning apparatus includes a suction nozzle housing having a first and a second housing half-shell which between them form a suction duct which extends from a suction opening to a suction duct end section to which a source of vacuum can be connected for creating a suction flow. Arranged at the suction opening is a replaceable squeegee lip, and the two housing half-shells each have at least one holding element adjacent to the suction opening, and a holding section of the replaceable squeegee lip is arranged between the holding elements of the two housing half-shells. In order to improve the suction nozzle in such a manner that it is reliably held at the suction opening, the holding elements in each case form an engagement with the holding section.

Abstract: A process for recovering phenol from a rectification purge containing various organic foreign matters, which includes the steps of subjecting the purge to an extraction operation, using, as an extracting solvent, an aqueous solution of an alkali metal phenate.