Designation:F486−01(Reapproved2011)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardPracticeforPreparationofUseandCareBookletsforVacuumCleaners1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF486;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticeidentifiestheinformationtobeprovidedthroughtheuseandcarebookletaccompanyingaparticularmodelofvacuumcleaner.1.2Includedisinformationthattheuserneedstooperateandmaintainthevacuumcleanerandtheattachmentsprovidedinaproperandsafemanner.1.2.1Similarinformationisincludedforattachmentsthataresoldseparately.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2F395TerminologyRelatingtoVacuumCleaners2.2ANSIStandard:3ANSI/UL1017StandardforSafetyforVacuumCleaners,BlowerCleaners,andHouseholdFloorFinishingMa-chines3.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1RefertoTerminologyF395.4.SignificanceandUse4.1Theusermustunderstandhowtooperateandmaintaintheequipmenttoachievesatisfactorycleaningresults.Sincethemanufacturersaretheprimesourceofthisinformation,itistheirresponsibilitytoprovideinstructionsforspecificmodels.Clear,concise,simple(butcomplete)instructionsforthesafeuseandmaintenancewillencourageuserstoreadtheinforma-tionandfollowproperprocedures.Thiswillincreaseusersatisfaction,minimizesafetyproblems,anddecreasecom-plaints.5.GeneralRequirements5.1Informationpertinenttotheproperandsafemannerofoperatingandmaintainingthevacuumcleaneranditsprovidedattachmentsshouldbeincludedinthebooklet.5.1.1Similarinformationshouldbeincludedforattach-mentsthataresoldseparately.5.2Format:5.2.1Ideally,thereshouldbeonebookletforeachmodel.However,similarmodelsmaybecontainedinonebooklet.Thedifferencesbetweenthemodelsshouldbepreciselyandclearlyshowninthebookletbyillustrationsandwording.5.2.2Allmodelsincludedinthebookletshouldbeidenti-fiedbymodelnameorseriesonthefrontcoveralongwith...
