Patent ID: 6574826
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner for stationary mounting near a car wash comprisingan upper housing having an upper end and a lower end and having a sidewall interconnecting the upper end and the lower end, the upper housing being vertically elongate and substantially hollow, a blower support plate mounted within the upper housing spaced apart from the upper end of the upper housing, the blower support plate having one or more openings therethrough, a bottom cover enclosing the lower end of the upper housing, the bottom cover having one or more openings therethrough, a lower housing having a sidewall interconnecting an upper end and a bottom end thereof, the lower housing being vertically elongate and substantially hollow, a debris collection pan disposed within the lower housing near the bottom end thereof, an inlet port through the sidewall of the lower housing, the lower housing having a top cover closing the upper end thereof, the top cover having one or more apertures therethrough, each of the one or more apertures of the top cover of the lower housing generally in registry with a one of the one or more openings of the bottom cover of the upper housing, a gasket disposed between the top cover of the lower housing and the bottom cover of the top housing, a lid overlying the upper end of the upper housing, the lid selectively mounted to the upper housing and sized to permit constricted flow of air from the upper end of the upper housing.