Patent ID: 9097624
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A47L,G01N

Abstract:
1. A collection and sampling, device for sampling particles from air and/or surfaces, comprising: a portable hand-holdable suction cleaning device having an exhaust port and in intake nozzle adapted for collecting samples from surfaces, said suction cleaning device including a filter adapted for capturing particles with sizes of greater than 10 micrometers; and an external filter assembly securely affixed to the exhaust port of said portable, hand-holdable suction cleaning device, said external filter assembly comprising: a housing having a proximal open end, a distal open end and a throughbore between said proximal and distal open ends; a filter element adapted for capturing particles with particle sizes of greater than 0.01 micrometer, said filter element being mounted on and enclosing the distal open end of said housing; and means for securely retaining the proximal open end of said housing on said exhaust port of said suction cleaning device so that the proximal end of the external filter assembly housing is fluidly coupled to the exhaust port whereby the exhaust port and throughbore of the filter assembly housing are in fluid communication.