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US 7,896,939 B2Granted
Debris receiver
AssigneeDrawervac, LLC
InventorJohn W. Ryan
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an assembly including a receptacle having a drawer slidable in the receptacle for receiving debris into a suction debris collection system; the drawer includes: a floor; walls extending up from the floor, the floor and the walls defining a chamber having a forward part and a rearward part; an outlet from the rearward part of the chamber; and a seal configured to prevent the passage of air through an opening to the suction system when the drawer is in a closed position and suction is supplied to the opening.
Claims15
An assembly, comprising:
- a receptacle having an opening therein, the opening located at a rear part of the receptacle;
- a drawer slidable in the receptacle between a single closed position and an open position, 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 the opening in the receptacle when the drawer is in an open position and suction is supplied to the opening;
- a seal integral with the drawer and configured to seal the opening in the receptacle when the drawer is in the closed position;
- and
- a 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.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a receptacle defining a bay, the receptacle having an opening therein at a rear part of the bay;
- a drawer slidable in the receptacle bay between a single closed position and an open position, the drawer including:
- a basin;
- a channel from the basin;
- and an outlet from the channel to the receptacle bay;
- and
- a valve integral with the drawer that closes the opening in the receptacle when the drawer is in the closed position and opens the opening in the receptacle when the drawer is in an open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.