Wet and dry horizontal vacuum cleaner

• US 20040006843A1
• Filed: 11/14/2002
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mehmet Emin Cankurtaran
• Original Assignee: Mehmet Emin Cankurtaran
• Inventors: Cankurtaran, Mehmet Emin
• Application Number:
  US10/276,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20040006843A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/353
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 7/0028 Security means, e.g. float valves or level switches for preventing overflow
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 7/0038 with means for emptying the tanks
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/19 Means for monitoring filtering operation
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2805 Parameters or conditions being sensed
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2842 Suction motors or blowers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2857 User input or output elements for control, e.g. buttons, switches or displays
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2889 Safety or protection devices or systems, e.g. for prevention of motor over-heating or for protection of the user
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 36/02 actuated by movement of a float carrying a magnet

Abstract

The float (5) on which a magnet (6) is placed is located at the bottom of the water tank (3) and is connected in the said water tank (3) with an articulated coupling in order to determine the amount of water that can be received in the water tank (3). The wet debris picked up by the wet and dry horizontal vacuum cleaner are collected in the water tank (3) and the motor (19) is stopped when the volumetric capacity of the wet debris from overflowing and to avoid liquid leakage into the motor compartment. In order to achive this a magnet (6) is placed on the float (5) and a reed relay (7) located at the back side of the upper body (2) at a distance suitable to detect the posiiton of said magnet (6), are used.

Claims

1. A wet and dry, horizontal vacuum cleaner, characterized with a float (5) with a magnet (6) placed on it, that is located at the bottom of the water tank (3) and is connected in the said water tank (3) with an articulated coupling, in order to determine the amount of water that can be received in the water tank (3).

2. A wet and dry, horizontal vacuum cleaner, as defined in claim 1, characterized with a Reed relay (7) located at the back side of the upper body (2) at a distance suitable to detect the position of the said magnet (6).

3. A wet and dry, horizontal vacuum cleaner as defined in claims 1 and 2, characterized with a lock relay wherein the control knob (13) controlled by the user provides the starting/stopping or realizing the desired degree of a suction, by sending signals to the electronic control unit, to which the Reed relay that detects the movement of the float (5) with the magnet (6) mounted on it is electrically connected, and which provides the control of the wet and dry horizontal vacuum cleaner by stopping the motor (19) when the volumetric capacity of the wet debris is reached as determined by the manufacturer, in order to prevent wet debris from overflowing and to avoid liquid leakage into the motor compartment.

4. A wet and dry, horizontal vacuum cleaner, as defined in claim 1 to 3, characterized with the lock relay which provides the control of a wet and dry, horizontal vacuum cleaner as, when the amount of wet debris collected in the water tank (3) reaches the upper limit of the level permitted by the manufacturer, the float (5) placed within the water tank (3), with a magnet (6) on the top, rises and the magnet (6) activates the Reed relay (7) and the activated Reed relay (7) in turn activates the lock relay at the electronic control unit, and stops the motor (19) independently of the user.