ASTM F395-00
(Terminology)Standard Terminology Relating to Vacuum Cleaners
Standard Terminology Relating to Vacuum Cleaners
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Designation: F 395 – 00
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 housing but connected to it by means of a hose or hose and
cleaned and assists in dirt removal by mechanical action, wand.
rotary and otherwise. commercial vacuum cleaner, n—a vacuum cleaner suitable
canister vacuum cleaner, n—a portable floor-supported for the heavy-duty and sometimes continuous cleaning tasks
vacuum cleaner, having a nozzle separated from the cleaner encountered in establishments such as hotels, motels, office
housing by a hose and designed for normal-duty cleaning of buildings, churches, clubs, etc.
household dirt. In use, only the nozzle is guided over the corrected air flow, n—the volume of air movement per unit of
surface area to be cleaned. The cleaner may have detachable time under standard atmospheric conditions. The flow is
nozzles, attachments, and wands for both floor and above- expressed in cubic feet per minute or litres per second.
dirt receptacle first vacuum cleaner system, n—a vacuum
the-floor cleaning. The nozzle may employ a driven agitator
to assist in cleaning. cleaner construction in which the dirt laden air is passed
car vacuum cleaner, n—a relatively small, lightweight, por- through a dirt receptacle (bag type filter, bagless filter, or
table cleaner that is designed for operation from a d-c power other type of dirt separator). The separated air is then pulled
source, generally a 12-V automotive battery (see also hand- through the fan (by-pass) or fan and motor (flow through)
held vacuum cleaner). and expelled from the cleaner. This type of construction is
central vacuum cleaning system, n—a cleaning system con- sometimes referred to as clean air or indirect system.
sisting of a stationary vacuum producer and dust collector equivalent orifice, n—the diameter of the sharp-edged circular
that incorporates the use of a tubing system internal to a opening in the plate mounted in an ASTM Plenum Chamber
building structure and a flexible hose, or both, for conveying (see Specification F 431, for Air Performance Measurement
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dust from the area being cleaned to the dust collector. The Plenum Chamber for Vacuum Cleaners ), the opening hav-
system is designed for all-purpose cleaning including vari- ing a resistance to air flow equivalent to the resistance
ous types of larger debris and may be designed for liquid caused by a specific usage of the vacuum cleaner. The
pickup. The system is used by inserting one end of a hose equivalent orifice diameter is expressed in inches or milli-
into a wall vacuum inlet valve and attaching a cleaning metres.
nozzle to the other end. In use, the nozzle is guided over the extraction cleaner, n—a portable, floor-supported cleaning
surface area to be cleaned. The system may contain a driven system that can have the floor nozzle directly connected to
agitator to assist in dirt removal and it normally has the extractor or separated from the extractor housing by a
detachable nozzles, attachments, and wands for both floor hose, and is designed primarily for wet cleaning of carpet.
and above-the-floor cleaning. The cleaning involves applying a solution on the carpet and
cleaning ability, dry, n—the potential of a vacuum cleaner to its subsequent removal. The solution dispensing system may
remove dirt from a surface (sometimes referred to in the be totally self-contained or require hook up to a water supply
industry as cleanability, dry). when in use. The extractor may have some form of agitation
cleaning effectiveness, dry, n—the ratio of the quantity of dirt to assist in the soil removal. The extractor may have
removed to the quantity of dirt distributed on a test area. attachments and provisions for cleaning other surfaces.
cleaning tool, n—a customer-installed device for a vacuum fan first vacuum cleaner system, n—a vacuum cleaner
cleaner that is applied to the surface to be cleaned and is construction in which the dirt laden air is passed through the
attached to the hose or the nozzle, for specialty cleaning fan system and then into the dirt receptacle (bag type filter,
functions. bagless filter or other type of dirt separator). The separated
combination vacuum cleaner, n—a canister vacuum cleaner air is then expelled from the cleaner. This type of construc-
having a motorized nozzle separated from the cleaner tion is sometimes referred to as dirty air or direct system.
hand-held vacuum cleaner, n—a small, port
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