Dusting device for a central vacuum system

• US 20060096055A1
• Filed: 11/09/2004
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electrolux Home Care Products Limited (AB Electrolux)
• Original Assignee: Electrolux Home Care Products Limited (AB Electrolux)
• Inventors: Hartley, Lawrence J. II, Rodberg, Roger
• Application Number:
  US10/984,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20060096055A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/310
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/38 Other dusting implements using adhesive surfaces A47L25/005
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/38 Built-in suction cleaner installations, i.e. with fixed tube system to which, at different stations, hoses can be connected

Abstract

A dusting device can be used with a vacuum cleaner having an inlet port and a vacuum source. The dusting device comprises a holder defining a chamber and a dust pick up tool adapted to be at least partially received by the holder. The dusting device further comprises a fitting adapted to engage an inlet port of a vacuum cleaner. The tool and/or the chamber may be cleaned by activating a vacuum source to cause air to flow through the chamber.

Claims

1. A dusting system comprising:

a central vacuum system comprising an inlet port adapted for mounting with respect to an interior surface of a room and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the inlet port; and

a dusting device including a holder defining a chamber, a dust pick up tool adapted to be at least partially received by the holder, a fitting adapted to engage the inlet port to facilitate fluid communication between the chamber and the vacuum source, and a valve adapted to provide selective fluid communication between the chamber and the vacuum source, wherein the tool and/or the chamber may be cleaned by opening the valve and activating the vacuum source to cause air to flow through the chamber.

2. The dusting system of claim 1, wherein the fitting is adapted to provide electrical communication between the dusting device and the vacuum source by engaging the inlet port.

3. The dusting system of claim 2, wherein the inlet port of the central vacuum system includes an inlet electrical contact, the fitting of the dusting device includes a fitting electrical contact, and the inlet electrical contact is adapted to engage the fitting electrical contact to provide electrical communication between the dusting device and the vacuum source.

4. The dusting system of claim 1, wherein the dusting device includes a control, and wherein the fitting is adapted to provide electrical communication between the control and the vacuum source by engaging the inlet port.

5. The dusting system of claim 4, wherein the control includes a switch for selectively activating the vacuum source.

6. The dusting system of claim 4, wherein the control includes a lever.

7. The dusting system of claim 6, wherein the lever is operably connected to the valve.

8. The dusting system of claim 1, wherein the fitting comprises an elbow fitting.

9. The dusting system of claim 1, wherein the dusting device includes a lever, and wherein the dusting device is adapted to selectively activate the vacuum source by operating the lever.

10. The dusting system of claim 9, wherein the lever is operably connected to the valve.

11. The dusting system of claim 1, further comprising a timing mechanism adapted to maintain activation of the vacuum source and fluid communication between the chamber and the vacuum source for a predetermined period of time after an interaction with the dusting device.

12. A dusting device adapted to be removably attached to an inlet port of a vacuum cleaner having a vacuum source, the dusting device comprising:

a holder defining a chamber;

a dust pick up tool adapted to be at least partially received by the holder;

a control for operating a vacuum source of a vacuum cleaner; and

a fitting adapted to removably attach the dusting device to an inlet port of a vacuum cleaner.

13. The dusting device of claim 12, wherein the control comprises a switch for selectively activating a vacuum source.

14. The dusting device of claim 12, wherein the control includes a lever.

15. The dusting device of claim 14, further comprising a valve adapted to provide selective fluid communication between the chamber and a vacuum source, wherein the lever is operably connected to the valve.

16. The dusting device of claim 12, further comprising a valve adapted to provide selective fluid communication between the chamber and a vacuum source.

17. The dusting device fo claim 12, wherein the fitting comprises an elbow fitting.

18. The dusting device of claim 12, further comprising a timing mechanism adapted to maintain activation of a vacuum source for a predetermined period of time after an interaction with the dusting device.

19. A dusting system comprising the dusting device of claim 12, the dusting system further comprising:

a vacuum cleaner comprising an inlet port and a vacuum source, wherein the fitting of the dusting device is engaged with the inlet port of the vacuum cleaner such that the chamber may be placed in fluid communication with the vacuum source and the control is in electrical communication with the vacuum source, and wherein the tool and/or the chamber may be cleaned by activating the vacuum source with the control to cause air to flow through the chamber.

20. The dusting system of claim 19, wherein the vacuum cleaner comprises a central vacuum system.

21. A dusting system comprising:

a central vacuum system comprising an inlet port adapted to be mounted with respect to an interior surface of a room and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the inlet port, the inlet port further comprising an inlet electrical contact in electrical communication with the vacuum source; and

a dusting device adapted to be removably attached to the inlet port of the central vacuum system, the dusting device including a holder defining a chamber, a dust pick up tool adapted to be at least partially received by the holder, a fitting including a fitting electrical contact, and a control in electrical communication with the fitting electrical contact, wherein the fitting is adapted to engage the inlet port to facilitate fluid communication between the chamber and the vacuum source and the fitting electrical contact is adapted to engage the inlet electrical contact to provide electrical communication between the control and the vacuum source, wherein the tool and/or the chamber may be cleaned by activating the vacuum source with the control to cause air to flow through the chamber.

22. The dusting system of claim 21, wherein the dusting device includes a valve adapted to provide selective fluid communication between the chamber and the vacuum source.

23. The dusting system of claim 21, further comprising a timing mechanism adapted to maintain activation of the vacuum source and fluid communication between the chamber and the vacuum source for a predetermined period of time after an interaction with the dusting device.