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Dust indication system for vacuum cleaner

US5815884A · kind A · utility

169Cited by
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22Claims
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Filing dateNov 27, 1996
Grant dateOct 6, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L9/2857
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner includes an optical dust sensor for detecting a quantity of dust which sensor is provided at a predetermined position of a suction path for sucking air by a suction force of the vacuum cleaner, whereby an output signal is supplied to a display device so that a display corresponding to the quantity of the sucked dust, which signal is output from the optical dust sensor and is varied in a stageless manner corresponding to the quantity of the dust.

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