Debris receiver
AssigneeDrawervac, LLC
InventorJohn W. Ryan
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a debris receiving drawer is mounted in a receptacle bay slideable between a single closed position and an open position, wherein the drawer includes a basin, a channel from the basin, and an outlet from the channel. The basin is configured to guide debris entering the basin toward the channel and the channel is configured to channel debris to the outlet.
Claims20
An assembly for receiving debris into a suction debris collection system, the assembly comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a drawer slideable in the receptacle between a single closed position and an open position, an exterior perimeter shape of the drawer conforming to an interior perimeter shape of the receptacle and the drawer including a floor and walls extending up from the floor, the floor and the walls defining a chamber through which air may pass to a suction port at a rear part of the receptacle when the drawer is in an open position and suction is supplied to the port;
- a seal integral with the drawer and configured to seal the suction port when the drawer is in the closed position;
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- an electrical switch operable between an off position when the drawer is in the closed position and an on position when the drawer is in an open position.
An assembly for receiving debris into a suction debris collection system, the assembly comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a drawer slideable in a receptacle bay between a single closed position and an open position, an exterior perimeter shape of the drawer conforming to an interior perimeter shape of the receptacle, the drawer including a basin and a channel from the basin through which air may pass to a suction port at a rear part of the receptacle when the drawer is in an open position and suction is supplied to the port;
- a seal integral with the drawer and configured to seal the suction port when the drawer is in the closed position;
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- an electrical switch operable between an off position when the drawer is in the closed position and an on position when the drawer is in an open position.
An assembly for receiving debris into a suction debris collection system, the assembly comprising:
- a receptacle characterized by a floor, a ceiling, and walls extending between the floor and the ceiling, the floor, the ceiling, and the walls defining a bay and the receptacle having an opening therein at a rear part of the bay;
- a drawer slideable in the receptacle bay between a single closed position and an open position, the drawer comprising a generally Y-shaped chamber forming a basin at a more broad forward part of the chamber along the legs of the Y and forming a channel from the basin at a more narrow rearward part of the chamber along the stem of the Y;
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- a seal integral with the drawer and configured to seal the opening when the drawer is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.