US 12,226,066 B2
Vacuum for use with modular storage system
Fraizier Reiland, Myrtle Beach, SC (US); Jonathan M. Mantes, Franklin, WI (US); Donghai Liu, Dongguan (CN); Baiyuan Huang, Huanggang (CN); and Fang Cheng, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/126,536.
Application 17/126,536 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/051259, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201921987794.X (CN), filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145227 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 5/36 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); B25H 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/0027 (2013.01) [A47L 5/365 (2013.01); A47L 7/0019 (2013.01); B25H 3/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum comprising:
a motor;
a housing that defines an internal compartment, wherein the housing defines an inlet through which debris enters the internal compartment when the motor is operating, and the housing further defines an outlet through which air exits the internal compartment when the motor is operating, wherein the inlet and the outlet are in fluid communication with an exterior of the housing, wherein the housing includes an interface configured to couple the vacuum to a modular tool storage device;
an inlet stopping mechanism configured to interrupt fluid communication between the internal compartment and the exterior of the housing via the inlet when the motor is not operating, wherein the inlet stopping mechanism is biased towards sealing the inlet; and
an outlet stopping mechanism configured to interrupt fluid communication between the internal compartment and the exterior of the housing via the outlet when the motor is not operating, wherein the outlet stopping mechanism is biased towards sealing the outlet.