Patent ID: 11877714
Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A wet-dry vacuum device assembly comprising: a housing comprising a tank and a lid mountable on the tank via a latch mechanism that includes a first latch member coupled to the tank and a second latch member coupled to the lid;
a motor-fan assembly mounted in the housing and arranged to generate an air flow along an airflow path between a dirty air inlet and a clean air exhaust;
the tank positioned along the airflow path and arranged to capture liquid entrained in the dirty air flow; and
a removable pump accessory mountable to the housing, the removable pump accessory comprising:
a frame mountable to the housing;
a third latch member coupled to the frame;
a pump;
a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the tank and the pump;
a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the pump and connectable to an exterior hose;
wherein the pump is arranged to move captured liquid in the tank along a liquid flow path from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet; and
wherein when the removable pump accessory is not mounted to the housing, the first latch member engages the second latch member to couple the lid to the tank, and when the removable pump accessory is mounted to the housing, at least one of the first latch member or the second latch member engages the third latch member such that at least a portion of the frame is mounted between the tank and the lid.