Vacuum cleaner
CA 2016516 C · Owner: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Kawakami, Hiroshi; Kajikawa, Saburou; Yamaguchi, Seiji
Overview
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A vacuum cleaner comprises: a blower motor; a dust detector responsive to a dust particle sucked due to rotation of the blower motor for producing a dust detecting signal when detecting each of dust particles passing a portion in a sucking passage of the dust; counter responsive to the dust detection signal for counting the number of the dust particles for a given interval; and input power controller responsive to an output signal of the counter for controlling input power of the blower motor by selecting an input power value from plural preset input power values in accordance with the number. Controlling input power may be performed in accordance with pulse width indicative of dust …
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- Filed May 10, 1990 and granted August 17, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 10, 2012.
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