Patent ID: 6474443
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: F01M,Y10T

Abstract:
A portable suction device comprising:a plastic tank including a pump aperture for enabling removal of gas from said tank and a receiving aperture for receiving a liquid or gas from an engine; a pump apparatus for creating a negative pressure in the plastic tank; first and second support means securing said pump apparatus to said tank so that said pump apparatus functions as a portable suction device handle for carrying the plastic tank; wherein said pump apparatus comprises: an elongate cylindrical tube secured to said support means; a piston surrounded by said cylindrical tube; a piston rod having a first end extending outwardly beyond a first end of said cylindrical tube, said piston rod secured at a second end to said piston; a piston valve member extending about at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the piston; and a pump handle at the first end of said piston rod for enabling movement of said piston rod along a length of said cylindrical tube; wherein a longitudinal axis of said cylindrical tube of said pump apparatus is at a substantially horizontal orientation when said portable suction device is placed on a level surface.