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US 12,280,943 B2Granted
Vacuum canister system and method
AssigneeEyeVac, LLC
InventorTerry G. Jones
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Abstract
A system includes a vacuum canister combinable as a unit with a segregated trash bin. The vacuum canister is connected to a vacuum motor for drawing fines and particulates to the vacuum canister. The segregated trash bin retains refuse separate from the fines and particulates of the vacuum canister. The vacuum canister sealingly contains the fines and particulates from vacuuming. Debris larger than the vacuumed fines and particulates is depositable in the segregated trash bin separated from the fines and particulates.
Claims8
A system, comprising:
- a vacuum canister;
- a vacuum motor connected to the vacuum canister for drawing fines and particulates to the vacuum canister;
- and
- a trash bin combinable as a segregated unit with the vacuum canister, where the fines and particulates from vacuum are sealingly contained in the vacuum canister, and where debris larger than the vacuumed fines and particulates is depositable in the trash bin separated from the fines and particulates;
- wherein the vacuum canister is removable from connection to the trash bin for empty of the fines and particulates, without entry to the trash bin;
- wherein the vacuum motor is connected to and remains connected to the trash bin upon removal of the vacuum canister from connection to the trash bin.
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A method of manufacture, comprising:
- providing an enclosure;
- providing a hinged lid to the enclosure;
- providing in a top portion of the enclosure a segregated trash bin accessible via the hinged lid;
- providing in a bottom portion of the enclosure a segregated vacuum with an inlet and an outlet and a cavity between the inlet and a vacuum motor of the vacuum;
- and
- providing a vacuum canister, the vacuum canister removably fits in the cavity and seals the bottom portion for vacuuming and is removable from the enclosure without removal of the vacuum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.