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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434294 | Suction opening body and electric cleaner A suction inlet unit comprises a suction inlet main body having a bottom suction inlet, a front suction inlet formed continuously with said bottom suction inlet in the front of said suction inlet main body, and a cover for covering the front suction inlet. The cover... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7419106 | Blower nozzle with variable velocity output A nozzle for use with a walk-behind blower includes a nozzle restriction due to a sloped upper wall of the nozzle body. The nozzle restriction increases the air velocity in the upper region of the nozzle and forces leaves and debris downward so that airflow through ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7293327 | Device for suction of waste and similar The invention relates a device for suction of waste and similar, in a machine for cleaning roads and similar comprising a suction pipe (2), an inlet aperture (3) of the suction pipe (2), and a sweeper device (4) of the pipe (2) pos... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7171723 | Floor suction tool for electric vacuum cleaners A floor suction tool for electric vacuum cleaners includes a suction opening formed on a bottom face of a main body casing, a cover defining a front wall of the main body casing, and an abutting member projecting from a front face of the cover and functioning as a b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6955180 | Pipette washer A pipette washer comprising a plurality of cells for receiving pipettes is disclosed. Each of the cells comprises a top opening for receiving pipettes to be washed and a bottom opening. A support member supports the cells with the top opening accessible to receive p... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6843639 | Blower A blower having a discharge tube, which can be secured to a housing, for guiding a stream of air is provided. The air stream flows in a main stream direction in the discharge tube and in a discharge stream direction out of the discharge tube. The discharge stream di... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6742220 | Nozzle unit for vacuum cleaner A nozzle unit for an electric vacuum cleaner has a body case with a nozzle open toward a surface to be cleaned, a first pipe coupled to the body case so as to be rotatable in the direction, and a second pipe coupled to the first pipe so as to be rotatable in the dir... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6584640 | Large area surface cleaning tool for suctioning both dust and debris A hand-manipulable surface cleaning tool for suctioning both dust and debris from a surface being cleaned comprises a housing defining a substantially hollow interior, and having a perimeter wall portion that terminates downwardly in a surface facing peri... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6536076 | Suction nozzle for cleaning apparatuses such as vacuum cleaners, electric brushes or similar Suction nozzle (10, 110) for cleaning apparatuses such as vacuum cleaners, electric brushes or similar, comprising a central body (11, 111) provided with a suction chamber (30, 130), and at least two suction arms (12, 112) pivoting on the central body (11... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6427747 | Apparatus and method of separating sample and substrate fabrication method An apparatus for separating a substrate having a porous layer from the porous layer is provided. A bonded substrate stack having a porous layer is supported by substrate holders while being rotated. A jet nozzle ejects a high-speed, high-pressure liquid o... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6131227 | Suction regulating skirt for automated swimming pool cleaner heads An improved skirt for use with an automatic or robotic pool cleaner head comprising at least one or a row of double-hinged flaps, each of the flaps comprising a receiving member affixed to the pool cleaner head, an upper articulating member pivotally coup... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6099661 | Method and apparatus for increasing the air flow into a vacuum cleaner head A vacuum cleaner head having a dirty air inlet has an associated restricting member which is operable to reduce the size of the dirty air inlet thereby increasing the velocity of the air entering the air flow path.... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6048249 | Plastic building block toy cleanup vacuum attachment A toy cleanup vacuum attachment which can be used easily by attaching to household vacuum hose for the quick and efficient clean up of a plurality of different size and shape plastic building block toys. The toy cleanup vacuum attachment compromises: a cu... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6029310 | Apparatus for cleaning carpeted stair treads A wand for cleaning a carpeted stair tread includes a vacuum tube and a plurality of partitions attached thereto. The vacuum tube and the partitions cooperate to define a central channel and a pair of generally enclosed lateral channels. A nozzle bar for ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5950276 | Blower and adjustable blower nozzle attachment A hand-held blower and adjustable blower nozzle attachment is disclosed for providing a variable rate air flow discharge from the nozzle attachment. The blower includes a housing having a handle, a discharge portion and a motor with an operatively connect... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5946768 | Mobile workstation with vacuum unit A workstation on wheels comprising a housing having a shelf dividing the housing interior into an upper and lower chamber. The shelf supports a vacuum unit that draws air from the lower chamber and exhausts it into the upper chamber. The lower chamber is ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5839157 | Street sweeper pick-up head A street sweeper is provided including a vacuum pick-up head having a relatively low noise level and high sweeping efficiency resulting from the careful control of the velocity and direction of the air flow. In order to control the air flow, the internal ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5799365 | Adjustable nozzle for chipper-shredder vacuum An adjustable nozzle for use with a chipper-shredder vacuum for vacuuming debris from an outdoor surface is disclosed. The nozzle has an inlet for directing debris into the nozzle. The inlet has a first side, a middle section, a second side, and a non-inl... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5794306 | Yard care machine vacuum head An asymmetric opening at the bottom of a lawn and garden vacuum device equalizing the suction across the lateral width thereof.... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5642864 | Chipper vacuum shredder system and apparatus A chipper vacuum shredder system and apparatus includes a chipper mechanism, a shredder mechanism and a vacuum mechanism carried by a mobile platform. The vacuum mechanism is coupled to a passage having a nozzle. The nozzle includes an adjustable baffle s... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5604950 | Anti-clogging, variable throat suction nozzle and suction cleaning device equipped therewith A suction nozzle adapted for use in a suction cleaning device, such as an automatic swimming pool cleaner, includes a body having a throat extending from an inlet at one end of the body to an outlet at an opposite end of the body. The body itself is split... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5349722 | Methods of and apparatus for containing and evacuating fluids (II) Systems for containing fluids and for both containing a fluid and then evacuating the contained fluid to a point of treatment or disposal. These systems have a fluid containment boom and a pump for creating a vacuum in the boom and compressing a portion o... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5208941 | High power vacuum attachment apparatus The present invention involves a high power vacuum attachment apparatus with infinite adjustability and includes a housing with side walls, a top and a back, and with an open front and an open bottom. A gate located within the housing divides it into two ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5125128 | Street sweeping machine A street sweeping machine is incorporated in an industrial vacuum machine. Extending transversely of the vehicle is a center casing in which a brush is rotated by a hydraulic motor. A vacuum intake hose is connected to the casing and leads to the vacuum m... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5083340 | Nozzle pipe supporting handle A nozzle pipe supporting handle comprises flange portions disposed at both sides of a slit of a mounting portion, wherein the inner sides of the flange portions are press-fitted to the outer sides of a grip portion so that the grip portion can be held in ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5077862 | Carpet cleaning machine with edge-mounted vacuum nozzle An improved carpet cleaning machine includes front and rear counter-revolving brushes for stroking substantially-dry carpet cleaning granules into and across the carpet fibers. A shroud is mounted adjacent the brushes and has a front portion and a rear po... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5077863 | Carpet cleaning machine with perimeter vacuum capability A carpet cleaning machine includes a pair of counter-revolving brushes for stroking the granules into and across the carpet fibers. A shroud is positioned above the brushes, has a bottom surface spaced from the brushes and generally forms a chamber around... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5033149 | Swimming pool cleaning apparatus A swimming pool vacuum cleaning apparatus having a flexible platform, including an apertured central portion adapted for interconnection with a suction line, a pair of outboard roller assemblies for maintaining the end portions of the platform in a spaced... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4827559 | Vacuum system for pavement grooving machine A one-piece blade shroud and vacuum duct system for removing a water and swarf slurry from a pavement grooving site includes an adjustable intake nozzle for directly receiving the slurry hurled by the rotating blades of a pavement grooving machine. Only t... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4580314 | Suction cleaning device A suction cleaning device adapted to be moved over a surface to remove loose debris therefrom and for use in a system including a suction duct leading to a source of high velocity air vacuum. A frame defines a housing having a substantially closed top. A ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4553284 | Vacuum cleaner universal nozzle A universal nozzle which has a tubular body with a coupling end that fits on the hose of a vacuum cleaner and an inlet end distal from the coupling end. The nozzle has a smooth bore and is made from a resilient material which is manually deformable such t... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4416034 | Front-suction arrangement on a vacuum cleaner An arrangement for front suction on a vacuum cleaner, which includes a lever or a spring on a front side of the vacuum cleaner. The lever or the spring lifts the vacuum cleaner from the floor in response to a counter pressure exerted on the lever or the s... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4263693 | Vacuum cleaner head A vacuum cleaner head especially useful for removing loose and partially embedded gravel and similar particulates from roofs and other surfaces, having a nozzle supported slightly out of contact with the surface being cleaned, by a peripheral glide shoe, ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4204328 | Variable diameter aspirating tip A variable diameter aspirating tip adapted to be connected at the end of a suction hose which comprises a conduit section having connected to one end a nozzle formed of a flexible material which defines an orifice capable of expanding between a minimal di... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4097722 | Hair blower with orifice control A selectively adjustable air deflecting damper is provided in the air exhaust barrel of an electrically heated hand-held hair drier for adjusting the area of the air discharge orifice and concomitantly the air velocity of the heated air discharge. The dam... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4036613 | Rotary sweep arm for self-cleaning filter apparatus A rotary sweep arm for a self-cleaning filter apparatus in which the nozzle of the sweep arm is provided with a plurality of radially spaced vanes adjustable for equalizing the vacuum along the radial extent of the sweep arm.... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4014065 | Magnetic developer removal system Vacuum removal means for removing excessive developer material from a member having a latent magnetic image developed with magnetic developer material. The vacuum removal means comprises a chamber having entrance and exit ports of predetermined cross-sect... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3999242 | Cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning windows and the like characterized by a housing containing a nozzle for injecting a cleaning solution and a brush being movable under contacting relation with the surface to be cleaned, wherein the end of the housing facing the s... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3984894 | Sweeping vehicles for sweeping roads and other surfaces A sweeping vehicle for sweeping roads and other surfaces comprises a suction mouth located behind a sweeping brush. The inlet portion of the suction mouth is inclined relative to the surface to be swept and faces in a direction towards the brush. Air guid... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3977359 | Composite air-knife In a coating apparatus, doctor means for effecting a uniform coating of a molten metal includes an air-knife means having a sliding shutter disposed within the nozzle at each end of the slot thereof. Each shutter is configurated and operatively associated... | 08/31/1976 |
