Canister woodworking filter cleaner

A cleaner for a canister woodworking filter, said canister woodworking filter including a generally cylindrical pleated dust filter having a top, a longitudinal axis extending through a centerline of the generally cylindrical pleated dust filter having a pleated filter material, an interior space and a cover at the top of said dust filter, said cleaner comprising:

• a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a height measured from the bottom surface to the top surface, and
• an eccentric mass motor contained in said housing, said eccentric mass motor having a shaft substantially in parallel alignment with the longitudinal axis of the dust filter, and
• a power supply for supplying electric power to said eccentric mass motor, and
• a magnet for securing the bottom surface of the housing to the cover at the top of said dust filter, and
• said eccentric mass motor controllably inducing vibrations in the dust filter to release dust accumulated in the dust filter, and
• a control module operably coupled to the power supply, said control module comprising
• an A/C plug for utility power from a wall outlet,
• a relay having a first lead, a second lead and a control lead, said relay being switchable between a first state in which the first lead is electrically coupled to the second lead and a second state in which the first lead is not electrically coupled to the second lead in response to signals received via the control lead,
• a receptacle electrically coupled to the second lead, said receptacle being electrically coupled to the power supply for supplying electric power to said eccentric mass motor,
• a control circuit electrically coupled to the control lead of the relay,
• a user interface operably coupled to the control circuit, said user interface providing signals corresponding to user input to the control circuit, and said control circuit controlling the relay in response to the user input, and
• said canister woodworking filter further comprising a handle attached to a shaft, said shaft extending through the cover of the dust filter at about the centerline of the dust filter, a portion of the shaft extending above the cover, another portion of the shaft extending into the interior space of the dust filter, and said handle being attached to the portion of the shaft extending above the cover, and a paddle attached to the other portion of the shaft extending into the interior space of the dust filter, said paddle extending radially from the shaft a distance sufficient to reach the pleated filter material, and the handle and the cover being separated by a first distance, and the height of the housing being less than the first distance.