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US 4,788,769 AGranted
Apparatus for removing extraneous material from clothing
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMasato Maruyama
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Abstract
An apparatus for severing pilled material from clothing includes a body and a detachable container. The container is mounted to cover an inner opening of the body and includes protrusions to prevent escape of pilled material therefrom. A fan operably coupled to a shaft of a motor draws the severed pilled material into a body and then through the inner opening which is positioned to face and be laterally spaced from the shaft.
Claims21
An apparatus for removing extraneous material from clothing comprising:
- a housing having an inner opening and an exterior surface, said inner opening leading to the exterior surface;
- drive means mounted within the housing and having a rotatable shaft, the axis of rotation of said shaft being laterally spaced from and substantially parallel to said opening;
- an inner blade operably coupled to the shaft and an outer blade mounted on the housing, said blades operable for separating the extraneous material from the clothing;
- fan means within the housing for drawing the separated material into the housing and forcing the separated material through the opening;
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- a container detachably mounted to the exterior surface of the housing and which covers the inner opening for receiving the separated material.
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An apparatus for removing extraneous material from clothing comprising:
- a housing having an essentially L-shaped outer surface and an inner opening which is located on a side of one leg of said L-shaped housing in the direction of the other leg;
- drive means mounted within the housing and having a rotatable shaft, the axis of rotation of said shaft being laterally spaced from and faced by said opening;
- an inner blade operably coupled to the shaft and an outer blade mounted at the end of said one leg of the L-shaped housing, said blades operable for separating the extraneous material from the clothing;
- fan means within the housing for drawing the separated material into the housing and forcing the separated material through the opening;
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- a container detachably mounted on the housing and which covers the inner opening for receiving the separated material wherein said container is mounted in the space defined between the legs of said L-shaped housing.
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An essentially rectangular parallelepiped apparatus for removing extraneous material from clothing comprising:
- an essentially L-shaped housing having an exterior surface and an inner opening whose periphery is chamfered outwardly and which leads to the exterior surface;
- drive means mounted within the housing and having a rotatable shaft having an axis of rotation laterally spaced from and substantially parallel to said opening;
- an inner blade operably coupled to the shaft and an outer blade mounted on the housing, said blades operable for separating the extraneous material from the clothing;
- fan means within the housing operably coupled to the shaft for drawing the separated material into the housing and including blades whose height is greater than the width of the inner opening nearest the fan means;
- a container detachably mounted to the exterior surface of the housing and which covers the inner opening for receiving the separated material;
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- means for preventing the separated material from escaping between the housing and the container and including a plurality of protrusions connected to the container and a corresponding plurality of cavities on the outer surface of the housing for receiving the protrusions.
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An essentially rectangular parallelepiped apparatus for removing extraneous material from clothing comprising:
- an essentially L-shaped housing having an inner opening whose periphery is chamfered outwardly;
- drive means mounted within the housing and having a rotatable shaft having an axis of rotation laterally spaced from and faced by said opening;
- an inner blade operably coupled to the shaft and an outer blade mounted on the housing, said blades operable for separating the extraneous material from the clothing;
- fan means within the housing operably coupled to the shaft for drawing the separated material into the housing and including blades whose height is greater than the width of the inner opening nearest the fan means;
- a container detachably mounted on the housing and which covers the inner opening for receiving the separated material wherein said container is mounted in the space defined between the legs of said L-shaped housing;
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- means for preventing the separated material from escaping between the housing and the container and including a plurality of protrusions connected to the container and a corresponding plurality of cavities on the outer surface of the housing for receiving the protrusions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.