Portable cleaning assembly

• US 6,732,403 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2002
• Issued: 05/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vacbarrel LLC
• Original Assignee: Glen E. Moore, Susan J. Williamson
• Inventors: Williamson, Susan J., Moore, Glen E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Till, Terrence R.
• Application Number:
  US10/116,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152577A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 153/10, 153/23, 153/271, 153/272, 153/276, 153/277, 153/39, 153/52, 15D/IG.8, 15D/IG.10
• US Class Current: 15/339
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/365 of the vertical type, e.g. tank or bucket type
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0027 specially adapted for holding the suction cleaning tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0036 specially adapted for holding the suction hose
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/009 Carrying-vehicles; Arrangements of trollies or wheels; Means for avoiding mechanical obstacles
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/26 Incorporation of winding devices for electric cables devices specially adapted for repeatedly paying-out or re-storing cables B65H75/34; arrangements of electrical cables or lines between relatively-movable parts H02G11/00

Abstract

The subject invention provides a portable cleaning assembly. The assembly includes a vacuum body and a vacuum unit. The vacuum body has a receiving channel extending from the top of the vacuum body. The assembly further includes a waste container supported on top of the vacuum body, wherein the bottom of the waste container is supported. The bottom of the waste container also separates the vacuum body from the waste container, such that waste container is separate and distinct from the vacuum body and removable from the vacuum body. A transport mechanism supports the vacuum body and the waste container thereof for moving the vacuum body and the waste container across the area while applying the vacuum and for independently filling the waste container with waste.

Claims

1. A portable cleaning assembly comprising;

a vacuum body;

a vacuum unit disposed in said vacuum body for applying a vacuum to clean an area;

a waste container supported on top of said vacuum body;

a transport mechanism supporting said vacuum body and said waste container thereof for moving said vacuum body and said waste container across the area while applying the vacuum and for independently filling said waste container with waste.

2. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said transport mechanism is further defined as wheels supporting said vacuum body for moving said assembly.

3. An assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein said wheels are further defined as at least three castors attached to said vacuum body.

4. An assembly as set forth in claim 2 further including a base having said wheels extending therefrom and supporting said vacuum body.

5. An assembly as set forth in claim 4 wherein said vacuum body is removable from said base.

6. An assembly as set forth in claim 4 wherein said vacuum body is integrally formed with said base.

7. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said waste container is removable from said vacuum body.

8. An assembly as set forth in claim 7 wherein said vacuum body further includes a receiving channel for receiving and supporting said waste container.

9. An assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein said waste container further includes an upper end having an opening and a lower end having a bottom such that said bottom is received in said receiving channel and separates said vacuum body from said waste container.

10. An assembly as set forth in claim 9 wherein said waste container further includes handles extending therefrom for enabling removal from said vacuum body.

11. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said vacuum unit further includes a motor for creating the vacuum.

12. An assembly as set forth in claim 11 wherein said vacuum unit further includes a debris collection device connected to said motor for collecting debris.

13. An assembly as set forth in claim 12 wherein said debris collection device includes an inlet and an outlet, said inlet being connected to said motor.

14. An assembly as set forth in claim 13 wherein said debris collection device further includes a vacuum bag disposed in fluid communication with said motor.

15. An assembly as set forth in claim 14 further including a hose connected to said motor for blowing debris into said vacuum bag.

16. An assembly as set forth in claim 12 wherein said debris collection device includes an inlet and an outlet, said outlet being connected to said motor.

17. An assembly as set forth in claim 16 wherein said debris collection device further includes a filter disposed between and in fluid communication with said inlet and said outlet.

18. An assembly as set forth in claim 17 wherein said debris collection device further includes a vacuum bag disposed between and in fluid communication with said inlet and said filter.

19. An assembly as set forth in claim 17 wherein said debris collection device further includes a pull drawer disposed between and in fluid communication with said inlet and said filter.

20. An assembly as set forth in claim 17 further including a hose connected to said inlet for collecting debris.

21. An assembly as set forth in claim 17 further including ventilation holes disposed in said vacuum body for allowing exhaust to escape from said vacuum unit.

22. An assembly as set forth in claim 17 wherein said vacuum unit further includes a power source for operating said motor.

23. An assembly as set forth in claim 17 further including a cord reel disposed within said vacuum unit for receiving a cord.

24. An assembly as set forth in claim 17 including a cord reel integrally formed with said vacuum unit for receiving a cord.

25. An assembly as set forth in claim 12 wherein said vacuum unit further includes a first compartment for housing said motor and a second compartment for housing said debris collection device.

26. An assembly as set forth in claim 25 further including a divider for dividing said first compartment from said second compartment and for creating a seal between said vacuum body and said waste container.

27. An assembly as set forth in claim 26 wherein said divider further includes an access door hingedly connected to said second compartment for enclosing said debris collection device.

28. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further including vacuum attachments for connecting to said vacuum unit for applying said vacuum to the area and wherein said vacuum body and said waste container have an exterior surface for securing said vacuum attachments thereto.

29. An assembly as set forth in claim 28 further including a hook and loop fasteners disposed on said exterior surface and said vacuum attachments for securing said vacuum attachments thereto.

30. An assembly as set forth in claim 28 further including a hose rest extending from said exterior surface for supporting said vacuum attachments.

31. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said vacuum body and said waste container are integrally formed as a unitary housing.