Patent ID: 6430772
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A47L,B08B,Y10S

Abstract:
Duct cleaning apparatus comprising:a housing configured to mount on a vehicle and having plural compartments; a blower mounted in the housing and operative to produce suction at an air inlet at one end of the housing and deliver air to an air outlet; a plurality of racks within a compartment of the housing and configured to receive substantially straight lengths of suction hose having predetermined length and diameter; the racks being substantially aligned with an access opening at the one end of the housing, so as to permit removing the hoses from the rack through the access opening in proximity for coupling the hoses to the air inlet at the one end; and air filter means contained within the housing and operative to remove particulate matter from the air exiting the air outlet of the blower, the air filter means being located adjacent the one end of the housing and at one side of the rack so as to optimize space utilization within the housing.