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

Claim 9:
10. A pump accessory for a wet-dry vacuum device, the pump accessory being removably mountable to a housing of the wet-dry vacuum device, the pump accessory comprising:
a frame mountable to the housing of the wet-dry vacuum device;
a pump;
a fluid inlet in fluid communication with a tank of the wet-dry vacuum device arranged to capture liquid entrained in a dirty air flow 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 from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet; and
wherein the frame includes a third latch member that is configured to be latched by at least one of a first latch member on the tank and a second latch member on the lid that otherwise directly engage each other to couple the tank and the lid when the frame is removed from the wet-dry vacuum device.