Designation:F395−10AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTerminologyRelatingtoVacuumCleaners1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF395;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.agitator,n—adevicethatisincontactwiththesurfacetobecleanedandassistsindirtremovalbymechanicalaction,rotaryandotherwise.airpower(AP,W),n—(1)inavacuumcleaner,thenettimerateofworkperformedbyanairstreamwhileexpendingenergytoproduceanairflowbyavacuumcleanerunderspecifiedairresistanceconditions.(2)ameasureoftheabilityoftheairstreamtodowork.Airpowerisexpressedintermsofairwatts.canistervacuumcleaner,n—aportablefloor-supportedvacuumcleaner,havinganozzleseparatedfromthecleanerhousingbyahoseanddesignedfornormal-dutycleaningofhouseholddirt.Inuse,onlythenozzleisguidedoverthesurfaceareatobecleaned.Thecleanermayhavedetachablenozzles,attachments,andwandsforbothfloorandabove-the-floorcleaning.Thenozzlemayemployadrivenagitatortoassistincleaning.carpetlay,n—orientationofthepileofacarpet(orfabric)relativetothebacking;thetendencyofacarpet’spiletoleanuniformlyinaspecificdirectionrelativetothebacking.carvacuumcleaner,n—arelativelysmall,lightweight,por-tablecleanerthatisdesignedforoperationfromad-cpowersource,generallya12-Vautomotivebattery(seealsohand-heldvacuumcleaner).centralvacuumcleaningsystem,n—acleaningsystemcon-sistingofastationaryvacuumproduceranddustcollectorthatincorporatestheuseofatubingsysteminternaltoabuildingstructureandaflexiblehose,orboth,forconveyingdustfromtheareabeingcleanedtothedustcollector.Thesystemisdesignedforall-purposecleaningincludingvari-oustypesoflargerdebrisandmaybedesignedforliquidpickup.Thesystemisusedbyinsertingoneendofahoseintoawallvacuuminletvalveandattachingacleaningnozzletotheotherend.Inuse,thenozzleisguidedoverthesurfaceareatobecleaned.Thesystemmayconta...
