ASTM F395-02
(Terminology)Standard Terminology Relating to Vacuum Cleaners
Standard Terminology Relating to Vacuum Cleaners
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An American National Standard
Designation: F 395 – 02
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 cleaner that is applied to the surface to be cleaned and is
cleaned and assists in dirt removal by mechanical action, attached to the hose or the nozzle, for specialty cleaning
rotary and otherwise. functions.
air power (suction power), n—in a vacuum cleaner, the net combination vacuum cleaner, n—a canister vacuum cleaner
time rate of work performed by an air stream while expend- having a motorized nozzle separated from the cleaner
ing energy to produce an airflow by a vacuum cleaner under housing but connected to it by means of a hose or hose and
specified air resistance conditions. wand.
canister vacuum cleaner, n—a portable floor-supported commercial vacuum cleaner, n—a vacuum cleaner suitable
vacuum cleaner, having a nozzle separated from the cleaner for the heavy-duty and sometimes continuous cleaning tasks
housing by a hose and designed for normal-duty cleaning of encountered in establishments such as hotels, motels, office
household dirt. In use, only the nozzle is guided over the buildings, churches, clubs, etc.
surface area to be cleaned. The cleaner may have detachable corrected air flow, n—the volume of air movement per unit of
nozzles, attachments, and wands for both floor and above- time under standard atmospheric conditions. The flow is
the-floor cleaning. The nozzle may employ a driven agitator expressed in cubic feet per minute or litres per second.
to assist in cleaning. 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). through the fan (by-pass) or fan and motor (flow through)
central vacuum cleaning system, n—a cleaning system con- and 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—the diameter of the sharp-edged circular
building structure and a flexible hose, or both, for conveying opening in the plate mounted in an ASTM 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
remove dirt from a surface (sometimes referred to in the its subsequent removal. The solution dispensing system may
industry as cleanability, dry). be totally self-contained or require hook up to a water supply
cleaning effectiveness, dry, n—the ratio of the quantity of dirt when in use. The extractor may have some form of agitation
removed to the quantity of dirt distributed on a test area. to assist in the soil removal. The extractor may have
cleaning tool, n—a customer-installed device for a vacuum attachments and provisions for cleaning other surfaces.
fan first vacuum cleaner system, n—a vacuum cleaner
construction in which the dirt laden air is passed through the
fan system and then into the dirt receptacle (
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