Patent ID: 6018843
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A vacuum and bag system comprising:a tank of predetermined configuration having a closed end and an open end;an impervious, flexible bag disposed in said tank having an edge of an open extremity thereof draped over an edge of said open end of said tank;a removable cover having a powerhead therein, said removable cover being disposed to seal said open end of said tank and to entrap said edge of said open extremity of said impervious, flexible bag on said edge of said open end of said tank, said powerhead generating a negative pressure within said tank and said impervious, flexible bag when said powerhead is activated;a pickup hose disposed to extend through a selected one of said removable cover and a side wall of said tank adjacent said powerhead to pick up material and to deposit said material in said impervious, flexible bag when said powerhead is activated; andconduit means connected between an inner surface of said removable cover adjacent said powerhead and an inner surface of a selected wall of said tank externally of said tank, said conduit means providing the same negative pressure on the outside of said impervious, flexible bag as said powerhead provides inside said impervious, flexible bag to maintain said impervious, flexible bag against the inner surface of said tank to enable depositing said material therein when said powerhead is activated.