ASTM F395-03
(Terminology)Standard Terminology Relating to Vacuum Cleaners
Standard Terminology Relating to Vacuum Cleaners
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An American National Standard
Designation:F395–03
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Vacuum Cleaners
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 395; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
agitator, n—a device that is in contact with the surface to be remove dirt from a surface (sometimes referred to in the
cleaned and assists in dirt removal by mechanical action, industry as cleanability, dry).
rotary and otherwise. cleaning effectiveness, dry, n—the ratio of the quantity of dirt
air power (AP, W), n—(1) in a vacuum cleaner, the net time removed to the quantity of dirt distributed on a test area.
rate of work performed by an air stream while expending cleaning tool, n—a customer-installed device for a vacuum
energy to produce an airflow by a vacuum cleaner under cleaner that is applied to the surface to be cleaned and is
specified air resistance conditions. (2) a measure of the attached to the hose or the nozzle, for specialty cleaning
ability of the air stream to do work. Air power is expressed functions.
in terms of air watts. combination vacuum cleaner, n—a canister vacuum cleaner
canister vacuum cleaner, n—a portable floor-supported having a motorized nozzle separated from the cleaner
vacuum cleaner, having a nozzle separated from the cleaner housing but connected to it by means of a hose or hose and
housing by a hose and designed for normal-duty cleaning of wand.
household dirt. In use, only the nozzle is guided over the commercial vacuum cleaner, n—a vacuum cleaner suitable
surface area to be cleaned. The cleaner may have detachable for the heavy-duty and sometimes continuous cleaning tasks
nozzles, attachments, and wands for both floor and above- encountered in establishments such as hotels, motels, office
the-floor cleaning. The nozzle may employ a driven agitator buildings, churches, clubs, etc.
to assist in cleaning. corrected air flow, n—the volume of air movement per unit of
carpet lay, n—orientation of the pile of a carpet (or fabric) time under standard atmospheric conditions. The flow is
relative to the backing; the tendency of a carpet’s pile to lean expressed in cubic feet per minute or litres per second.
uniformly in a specific direction relative to the backing. dirt receptacle first vacuum cleaner system, n—a vacuum
car vacuum cleaner, n—a relatively small, lightweight, por- cleaner construction in which the dirt laden air is passed
table cleaner that is designed for operation from a d-c power through a dirt receptacle (bag type filter, bagless filter, or
source, generally a 12-V automotive battery (see also hand- other type of dirt separator). The separated air is then pulled
held vacuum cleaner). throughthefan(bypass)orfanandmotor(flowthrough)and
central vacuum cleaning system, n—a cleaning system con- expelled from the cleaner. This type of construction is
sisting of a stationary vacuum producer and dust collector sometimes referred to as clean air or indirect system.
that incorporates the use of a tubing system internal to a equivalent orifice,n—thediameterofthesharp-edgedcircular
building structure and a flexible hose, or both, for conveying opening in the plate mounted in anASTM Plenum Chamber
dust from the area being cleaned to the dust collector. The (see Specification F 431, for Air Performance Measurement
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system is designed for all-purpose cleaning including vari- Plenum Chamber for Vacuum Cleaners ), the opening hav-
ous types of larger debris and may be designed for liquid ing a resistance to air flow equivalent to the resistance
pickup. The system is used by inserting one end of a hose caused by a specific usage of the vacuum cleaner. The
into a wall vacuum inlet valve and attaching a cleaning equivalent orifice diameter is expressed in inches or milli-
nozzle to the other end. In use, the nozzle is guided over the metres.
surface area to be cleaned. The system may contain a driven extraction cleaner, n—a portable, floor-supported cleaning
agitator to assist in dirt removal and it normally has system that can have the floor nozzle directly connected to
detachable nozzles, attachments, and wands for both floor the extractor or separated from the extractor housing by a
and above-the-floor cleaning. hose, and is designed primarily for wet cleaning of carpet.
cleaning ability, dry, n—the potential of a vacuum cleaner to The cleaning involves applying a solution on the carpet and
its subsequent removal. The solution dispensing system may
betotallyself-containedorrequirehookuptoawatersupply
when in use. The extractor may have some form of agitation
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