Wet And/Or Dry Vacuum With Floor Collector

• US 20110094053A1
• Filed: 01/04/2011
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Black & Decker Incorporated (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Black & Decker Incorporated (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sheddy, Gregg L., Wright, Stuart J., Kunz, Michael P., Bludis, Trevor T., Murray, Christopher J., White, Paul S., Phelan, Katherine E., Judge, Alfred H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,037,570 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/354
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/34 with height adjustment of nozzles or dust-loosening tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 7/0009 with means mounted on the nozzle; nozzles specially adapted for the recovery of liquid

Abstract

A vacuum can include a housing having an inlet adapted to receive debris being vacuumed. A mounting bar can be fixedly coupled to the housing. A floor collector assembly can be rotatably disposed about a first axis defined by the mounting bar. The floor collector assembly can include a first debris-passing member coupled to the mounting bar, a second debris-passing member rotatably coupled to the first debris-passing member and a third debris-passing member removably coupled to the second debris-passing member. The first debris-passing member can define an opening. The floor collector assembly can be operable in a plurality of modes. In a first mode, the opening can be substantially perpendicular relative to a vacuumed surface. In a second mode, the second debris-passing member can be rotated relative to the first debris-passing member about a second axis such that the opening is at an acute angle relative to the vacuumed surface.

Claims

1. A vacuum comprising:

a housing having a vacuum source within said housing;

an intake port disposed on the housing and in communication with said vacuum source;

a floor scoop arranged on the housing; and

an access opening disposed in said housing opposite said intake port and provided with an access door coupled to the housing and movable between a first position wherein the access door is away from the access opening and a hose is extended through said access opening and operably coupled to the intake port such that air is communicated through the hose, and a second position wherein the access door closes said access opening and air is communicated, alternatively, through the floor scoop.

2. The vacuum of claim 1 wherein the access door is biased toward the second position.

3. The vacuum of claim 1, wherein said housing is supported on a plurality of wheels.

4. The vacuum of claim 1, wherein said floor scoop is disposed on a front surface of said housing.

5. The vacuum of claim 1, wherein said floor scoop is fixedly attached to said housing.

6. The vacuum of claim 1, wherein said access opening and said intake port are disposed on a front surface of said housing.

7. The vacuum of claim 1, wherein said intake port and said access opening are coaxially aligned.

8. The vacuum of claim 1, wherein said access opening extends through an access duct extending between said intake port and said floor scoop.