# US 5,701,632 A · Debris blowing apparatus

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- Number: US 5,701,632 A
- Document ID: US5701632A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/711,329
- Filed: 1996-09-03
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1995-09-04
- Assignees: Black & Decker Inc.
- Inventors: Craig Webster; John Sadler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5701632A

## CPC

- A47L 5/14: cleaning by blowing-off, also combined with suction cleaning
- A01G 20/47: Vacuum or blower devices
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)
- A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12)

## Abstract

A debris blowing apparatus with a motor, a fan driven by the motor, an inlet to the fan and an air outlet from the fan. A portion of the air which is emitted through the outlet is recycled through a metering aperture into the air inlet to maintain a constant load on fan whilst varying the air output.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A debris blowing apparatus comprising:
a motor;
a fan driven by the motor;
an air inlet to the fan;
an air outlet from the fan;
a metering aperture through which air expelled from the outlet can be recirculated into the air inlet;
an aperture cover for selectively covering the metering aperture;
and a blower duct a first end of which communicates with the air outlet so that air which is not recirculated into the inlet travels along the blower duct and exits from a second working end of the duct.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A debris blowing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the metering aperture has a sliding cover.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A debris blowing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the sliding cover is operated by a rack and pinion arrangement.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A debris blowing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a knob on the outside of the apparatus controls the aperture cover.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A debris blowing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the apparatus additionally comprises a suction duct a first end of which communicates with the inlet to the fan when the apparatus is used in vacuum mode so that air is drawn into the second working end of the suction duct along the suction duct and through the fan to a collection point.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A debris collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus includes a suction duct which has a working end into which in use of the apparatus debris enters and said end includes a means for generating an entrained airflow in the suction duct which means communicates with the outlet from the fan.