Self Contained Vacuum Cleaning System

• US 20090094776A1
• Filed: 10/14/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eugene H. Lowrance III
• Original Assignee: Eugene H. Lowrance III
• Inventors: Lowrance, Eugene H. III
• Application Number:
  US12/251,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20090094776A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/301
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 7/0047 Furniture or stationary devices with suction openings built-in suction cleaners A47L5/38

Abstract

The present invention is directed to improvements in the operation and design of a vacuum cleaning system installed within an aesthetically appealing housing. The invention advantageously incorporates a vacuum motor and debris canister design that is positioned within a slide out drawer assembly for quick removal of the motor and debris cannister from the housing. The vacuum motor'"'"'s suction is directed to a pan that is substantially flush mounted with the floor. Debris from the floor is then moved into proximity of the pan where it is then suctioned into a pan that is substantially flush with the floor. The debris ultimately being deposited within the debris cannister of the vacuum cleaning system.

Claims

1. A vacuum generating debris collecting system disposed within an item of furniture comprising;

a housing;

a vacuum generating apparatus disposed within the housing;

a collection pan disposed proximate the surface of the floor into which debris is suctioned by the vacuum generating apparatus and deposited into a repository internal to the housing.

2. The vacuum generating debris collecting system of claim 1, wherein the vacuum generating apparatus is supported by a platform that is extensible between a first and second position.

3. The vacuum generating debris collecting system of claim 1, wherein the vacuum generating apparatus is supported by a platform that is rotatable between a first and second position.

4. The vacuum generating debris collecting system of claim 2, wherein the vacuum generating apparatus is removable from the extensible platform when in the second position.

5. The vacuum generating debris collecting system of claim 3, wherein the vacuum generating apparatus is removable from the rotatable platform when in the second position.

6. The vacuum generating debris collecting system of claim 1, wherein a first side of the collection pan is in operable communication with the vacuum generating apparatus and a second side of the collection pan is configured to broadly disperse the suction delivered by the first side of the collection pan.

7. A vacuum generating cleaning system for removing debris from a floor, the cleaning system comprising:

a vacuum motor and a repository for collecting debris dispersed about a floor;

a housing with at least one platform repositionable between a first and second position; and

a collection pan disposed in proximity to the floor wherein the suction generated by the vacuum motor is directed to an opening in a first side of the pan so that debris may be induced to enter the second side of the pan for deposition into the repository.

8. The vacuum generating cleaning system of claim 7, wherein the housing includes space for at least one drawer for storage of instruments.

9. The vacuum generating cleaning system of claim 7, wherein the vacuum motor comprises a canister vacuum cleaner with an integral debris repository.

10. The vacuum generating cleaning system of claim 7, wherein the vacuum motor is manually activated by a user.

11. The vacuum generating cleaning system of claim 7, wherein the first position of the repositionable platform is the operable position of the system with the vacuum motor substantially obscured from view within the housing.

12. The vacuum generating cleaning system of claim 7, wherein the second position of the repositionable platform is for removal of the vacuum motor from the platform and for emptying of the repository containing collected debris.

13. The vacuum generating cleaning system of claim 7, wherein the first side of the collection pan is detachably securable to a duct leading to the vacuum motor with suctioned debris being deposited into the repository proximate the vacuum motor.

14. A vacuum cleaning system for removing debris from a floor, the cleaning system comprising:

a vacuum motor and a debris repository;

a housing and at least one repositionable platform for releasably securing the vacuum motor and debris repository into position; and

a collection pan disposed proximate the housing and substantially flush with the floor upon which the system is positioned, the collection pan having a first side in operable communication with the vacuum motor and debris repository, and a second side substantially flush with the floor for suctioning debris from the floor.

15. The vacuum cleaning system of claim 14, wherein the housing includes a plurality of sides for obscuring from view the vacuum motor and debris repository and a substantially horizontal work surface disposed atop the housing.

16. The vacuum cleaning system of claim 14, wherein the housing includes at least one drawer for storage of instruments.

17. The vacuum cleaning system of claim 14, wherein the vacuum motor and debris repository are an integral unit.

18. The vacuum cleaning system of claim 14, wherein the first side of the collection pan is detachably secured to a duct leading to the vacuum motor with suctioned debris being deposited into the repository proximate the vacuum motor.

19. The vacuum cleaning system of claim 14, wherein the repositionable platform is extensible between a first internal position and a second fully extended position and wherein the vacuum motor and debris repository are removable from the repositionable platform when in the second position.

20. The vacuum generating cleaning system of claim 14, wherein the second opening of the collection pan further comprises a laterally extending edge disposed substantially flush with the floor to provide optimal opportunity to remove floor debris and yet remain consistent with the constraints imposed by the housing external dimensions.