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Carpet cleaning machine

US6637546B1 · kind B1 · utility

63Cited by
6References
8Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 20, 2000
Grant dateOct 28, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L2201/00
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A muffler for a steam cleaning apparatus comprising a housing having a first and a second inlet, and an outlet, a plurality of baffles disposed within, and coupled to the housing, wherein the plurality of baffles are covered with a foam; wherein the first inlet is pneumatically coupled to an air pump of the steam cleaning apparatus, and wherein the first inlet provides to the housing a stream of humid air from an application subsystem of the steam cleaning apparatus; and wherein the second inlet receives combustion exhaust from a combustion motor that drives an air pump that is operationally coupled to the application subsystem, and wherein the outlet releases air comprising combustion exhaust of the motor.

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