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US 11,304,580 B2Granted
Vacuum cleaner purge port
OwnerNabil Robert Bouryinventor
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Abstract
A purge port system for clearing a clogged vacuum cleaner hose including a housing that is connected to, or part of, the vacuum cleaner. The housing includes housing openings. An insert engages with the housing. Openings are included on the insert. The housing and insert openings can receive an output and an input of a hose.
Claims22
A system for clearing a clogged vacuum cleaner hose of a vacuum cleaner, the system comprising:
- a housing operatively connected to the vacuum cleaner;
- an insert adapted to moveably engage with the housing, wherein the insert comprises a plurality of insert openings,
- wherein the insert is adaptable to an output and an input of a hose;
- a spacer block configured to attach to a body of the vacuum cleaner, wherein the spacer block comprises a plurality of plate openings;
- and
- wherein the housing further comprises a plurality of housing openings, wherein the plurality of housing openings, the plurality of insert openings and the plurality of plate openings are of like size and shape.
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An apparatus for removal of a clog from a vacuum cleaner hose of a vacuum cleaner, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured on a body of the vacuum cleaner wherein the housing comprises a plurality of circular openings displaced on the housing, the circular openings adapted to accept at least one end of the vacuum hose;
- and
- a removable insert configured to slideably engage relative to the housing wherein the removable insert comprises a plurality of circular openings adapted to accept the at least one end of the vacuum hose;
- and
- an open position wherein the removable insert is partially removed from the housing via a handle on a top of the removable insert.
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A method of removing a clog from a vacuum cleaner, the method comprising the steps of:
- integrating a purge port apparatus with a body of a vacuum wherein the purge port apparatus comprises a housing and an insert wherein the housing and the insert each comprise a plurality of circular inputs;
- slideably engaging the insert with the housing on an edge of the housing;
- aligning at least one of the plurality of circular inputs of the housing with at least one of the plurality of circular inputs of the insert;
- attaching an end of a vacuum cleaner hose to a first circular input of the housing aligned with a first circular input of the insert wherein the end of the vacuum cleaner hose is operatively connected to the body of the vacuum cleaner providing suctioning air flow from an opposite end of the hose into the vacuum cleaner;
- and
- creating make-up air within the purge port apparatus through an air chamber displaced in a void.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.