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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2011
Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr., Cookeville, TN (US);
Steven Wayne Myers, Buffalo Valley, TX (US);
Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr., Cookeville, TN (US);
Steven Wayne Myers, Buffalo Valley, TX (US);
Oreck Holdings LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner attachment and a method of control of the vacuum cleaner attachment are described. The vacuum cleaner attachment comprises an ultraviolet light source to irradiate and disinfect various cleaning surfaces. Various embodiments of the attachment include one or more safety features concerning activation, enabling, and disabling of the ultraviolet light source based on various parameters such as distance between the attachment and a cleaning surface, time that such a distance is greater than a predetermined time period, and temperature of the ultraviolet light source in order to enable safe and effective operation of the attachment.