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US 12,713,510 B2Granted
Air blower and/or vacuum with static charge mitigation
AssigneeThe Toro Company
InventorLandon M. Schulteis
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Abstract
An apparatus may be configured as a blower, vacuum, or combination thereof. The apparatus includes a fan and motor operable to generate an airflow. A flow tube of the apparatus has an inlet end, an outlet end and an interior surface. The flow tube is coupled receive the airflow at the inlet end and deliver the airflow to the outlet end. An ion generator of the apparatus is operable to ionize the airflow moving through the interior surface of the flow tube to reduce static electrical charges induced within at least the flow tube.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- energizing a motor coupled to a fan to cause an airflow within a flow tube of an apparatus;
- directing the airflow from an inlet end to an outlet end of the flow tube;
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- via an electrical ion generator, ionizing the airflow before or near the inlet end of the flow tube to reduce static electrical charges induced within the flow tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.