Pumps – Motor driven – Electric or magnetic motor
Patent
1983-07-18
1985-09-03
Croyle, Carlton R.
Pumps
Motor driven
Electric or magnetic motor
15327F, 15413, 55DIG3, F04B 1700, F04B 3504
Patent
active
045389713
ABSTRACT:
A by-pass type wet/dry vacuum is provided with a removable lid assembly that includes an electric motor having a lower insulating housing, a cover for the upper end of the motor, a blower housing including vanes for regulating flow of main blower air, a fan having a pancake type impeller, a fan cover and a tank lid having an integrally formed float cage. Assembly of these elements is achieved by making all electrical connections between the motor, a power cord extending to the motor cover, and a manually operated control switch mounted on the motor cover; inverting the motor cover, inserting the upper end of the motor downward into the cover where the former is grasped by snap type retainers formed integrally with the cover, inverting the blower housing and securing same to the motor cover with a plurality of screws, securing the impeller to the lower end of the motor shaft, inverting the fan cover and securing it to the blower housing utilizing screws, placing the float ball in a depression of the fan cover, inverting the tank lid and securing same to the blower housing by means of screws. All of the above elements are assembled to one another without the necessity of lifting any of the elements once they are secured to the other elements.
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Berfield Robert C.
Crevling, Jr. Robert L.
Lawson, Jr. Lonnie B.
Meland Ronald F.
Miller Jonathan
Croyle Carlton R.
Shop-Vac Corporation
Stout Donald E.
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