Patent ID: 7937914

Claim:
An evacuation device comprising: a housing having an exterior and an interior and adapted to be gripped by a user, the housing including a main body and nozzle providing a rim having an inlet opening, the nozzle having a rim gasket attached about the rim and the nozzle connected to the main body by an intermediate gasket made of elastomeric material and having a pair of interior notched ends on the housing interior and a pair of exterior notched ends on the housing exterior, wherein the intermediate gasket is secured to the main body and the nozzle by adhesive; the main body having a valve plate, an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, and an air flow generating unit; the air flow generating unit communicating with the inlet aperture via an inlet valve in the valve plate and communicating with the outlet aperture via an outlet valve in the valve plate; wherein the airflow generating unit includes a motor with a rotating shaft extending along an axis line; a cam having a cylindrical sidewall and a channel disposed into the sidewall, the cam mounted to the motor shaft; a yoke having a follower element received in the channel; and a reciprocal element connected to the yoke, the reciprocal element movable along the axis line within a chamber.