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Method and apparatus for operating vacuum cleaner

US4983895A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1989
Grant dateJan 8, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P23/0077
  • 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 cleaner 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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