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US 2014/0345650 A1Published application
Debris collecting system
AssigneeFederal Signal Corporation
InventorRONALD L. SCHMIDT
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Abstract
A debris collecting system comprises a debris collecting assembly including an air-flow generating device and a debris body. The system further comprises an intermediate debris collecting container connected to the debris collecting assembly such that the collected debris is by-passing the debris body of the assembly.
Claims10
A method of collecting debris with a debris collecting system, comprising:
- providing a first conveying pipe having a debris body portion connected to a debris body;
- providing a second conveying pipe having a first end portion connected to the debris body portion of the first conveying pipe and a second end portion connected to a debris collecting container;
- generating an air-flow in the debris collecting system;
- receiving debris to be removed in a debris-receiving portion of the first conveying pipe;
- transporting the airborne debris through the first and the second conveying pipes;
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- separating the debris from the conveying air in the debris collecting container.
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