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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E Burns, Jr, Stafford Springs, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Spencer Turbine Company, Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15314 ; 15319 ;
Abstract
A demand responsive central vacuum system having a vacuum producer driven by a variable speed motor and connected to a piping system having inlet ports located in areas to be cleaned. Wet and dry separators are connected in tandem in the piping system between the inlet ports and the vacuum producer. A flow switch detects when a flow condition is present in the piping system indicating that the vacuum system is in use and provides a signal to a controller which increases the operational speed of the drive motor and opens a bleed valve connected to the piping system to bleed air into the piping system.