Fitting for vacuum bags
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1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a tank having a side wall, closed bottom wall and open top, an inlet being provided in the tank side wall;
a lid removably attached to the tank open top;
a motor/impeller unit mounted within the lid;
a vacuum bag retainer mounted to the tank side wall, an inlet of the vacuum bag retainer extending through the tank side wall inlet;
a vacuum bag fitting connected to the vacuum bag retainer, the vacuum bag fitting including a deflector;
a vacuum bag attached to the vacuum bag fitting; and
a vacuum hose extending through the tank inlet, vacuum bag retainer, vacuum bag fitting, and vacuum bag.
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Abstract
A fitting for a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The fitting includes a retainer having first and second grooves within which a fitting is adapted to slide. The fitting includes a plate from which a cylinder extends and terminates in a radially inwardly directed deflector. Depending upon the orientation of the fitting within the retainer, the incoming fluid stream is directed in an upward or downward direction to thereby facilitate usage of the fitting with or without a vacuum bag, while at the same time minimizing the potential for splashing and expulsion of liquid drawn into the vacuum cleaner.
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27 Claims
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1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a tank having a side wall, closed bottom wall and open top, an inlet being provided in the tank side wall;
a lid removably attached to the tank open top;
a motor/impeller unit mounted within the lid;
a vacuum bag retainer mounted to the tank side wall, an inlet of the vacuum bag retainer extending through the tank side wall inlet;
a vacuum bag fitting connected to the vacuum bag retainer, the vacuum bag fitting including a deflector;
a vacuum bag attached to the vacuum bag fitting; and
a vacuum hose extending through the tank inlet, vacuum bag retainer, vacuum bag fitting, and vacuum bag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
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14. A vacuum bag fitting, comprising:
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a plate having an aperture therein;
a cylinder having an inlet and an outlet, the cylinder extending from the plate, the cylinder inlet being concentric with the plate aperture, a longitudinal axis passing through the cylinder; and
a deflector extending from the cylinder proximate the cylinder outlet, the deflector extending toward the longitudinal axis, the deflector extending in a first direction when vacuuming wet debris, the deflector extending in a second, different, direction when vacuuming dry debris. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A vacuum bag fitting assembly, comprising:
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a vacuum bag retainer having a backplate and first and second slots, an aperture being provided in the backplate with the first and second slots laterally flanking the aperture; and
a vacuum bag fitting adapted to connect to a vacuum bag and removably attach to the vacuum bag retainer, the vacuum bag fitting including a plate having an aperture therein and a cylinder extending away from the plate and circumscribing the aperture, the cylinder terminating in a radially inwardly directed deflector, the plate adapted to slide within the first and second slots of the vacuum bag retainer, the deflector extending in a first direction when vacuuming wet debris, and in a second, different, direction when vacuuming dry debris. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method of attaching a vacuum bag to a vacuum cleaner, comprising the steps of:
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inserting a vacuum bag fitting into a vacuum bag, the vacuum bag fitting including a plate from which a deflector extends, the deflector extending in a first direction when vacuuming wet debris and in a second, different, direction when vacuuming dry debris;
attaching the vacuum bag fitting to a vacuum bag retainer provided within a tank of the vacuum cleaner, inlets of the vacuum bag, vacuum bag fitting and vacuum bag retainer being aligned; and
pushing a vacuum hose through the inlets of the vacuum bag, vacuum fitting and vacuum bag retainer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. In a vacuum cleaner of the type having a tank, a lid, a motor/impeller mounted in the lid, an inlet to the tank, and a hose adapted to be used for vacuuming and blowing;
- the improvement comprising;
a bag mounting structure mounted within the tank proximate the inlet; and
a deflector adapted to direct an incoming fluid stream into one of a bag and the tank, the deflector being mounted in the bag mounting structure in a downward direction when the fluid stream is dry, the deflector being mounted in the bag mounting structure in an upward direction when the fluid stream is wet.
- the improvement comprising;
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