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Method and apparatus for operating vacuum cleaner

US4880474A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 8, 1987
Grant dateNov 14, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S388/93
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.

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