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[Edited!] Changed due to [sprogga]'s "soliciting" complaint. I think many misunderstood what I am hinbenting here:
We need a powerful yet whisper quiet vacuum cleaner:
Perhaps by getting the powerful pull only near the dust itself, and then the rest of the pipe working at a much lower pressure
(and slower flow) since once the dust has been removed from the rug/floor, its easier to get it moving.
Also perhaps having extremely thin air-jet streams TOWARDS the floor, to raise the dust from its location, then the extra movement of dust into the bin with only a light pull.
Why has nobody invented a silent vacuum cleaner?
http://uk.answers.y...070406072620AAJY0VT
[skinflaps, Mar 28 2008]
Silencio dirt-buster
http://uk.gizmodo.c...cuum_cleaner_1.html
Overides the first link. [skinflaps, Mar 28 2008]
Silent Laptop Fan
http://www.engadget...es-to-cool-laptops/
Solid state fan for laptops, so use a 100 of these... [MisterQED, Mar 28 2008]
Silent Vacuums Revisited
Silent_20Vacuums_20Revisited
where was this when i posted? I searched and looked at the HB and at this section in particular?! :-( [pashute, Mar 30 2008]
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I'm interested in the subject, but (-) this is too little idea. |
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Halfbakery approach: tiny moving hairs on the inside of the sucker tube move the dust instead of sucked air. |
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The pick-up part could be based on glue rather than air suction. Is there anything that changes stickiness under external control (e.g., when voltage is applied)? |
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//There are silent fans// I like my fans
to cheer and clap loudly. |
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They just made silent laptop fans (link) which work on the same premis as those air purifiers, but I think they'd clog too quickly. |
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//Is there anything that changes stickiness under external control (e.g., when voltage is applied)?//
A van de Graaff generator? |
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There's a very strong rumor that vacuum-cleaner makers put in extra noise so that buyers think the cleaner is more powerful. |
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I've quieted a few cleaners by putting a sock into/over the exhaust outlet. That reduces power only a little. |
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Most of the noise is going to come from the exhaust end. The rigid body of the cleaner adds some. Very little noise comes from the intake end. |
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Maybe they could reduce noise level using the same principle used on jet engines, and in active silencing headphones, introducing an equal but opposite sound. |
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In a vacuum, nobody can hear you - well, vacuum. |
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Thanks [skinf] for the links! |
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The Silencio only dabs at the problem. I want a real silent one. And I'm sure there's an engineering solution to be found. Of course it cannot work by having a big motor creating large volumes of vacuum (or rather clearing large volumes of air) from a long pipe. Thats why I proposed a few half baked so lutions. |
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[-] I thought the idea here was to propose ideas, not solicit them. |
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Whole house vacuum systems, while not completely silent, are a whole lot more quiet than your usual push 'n drag machine. The idea presents putting the vacuum motor, and noise source, nearer the dust, but the whole house system reverses that by putting it as far away as possible. |
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sources of noise (post compressor): |
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motor bearings, vibration of motor and entire unit, turbulence in the compressor, ducting and of course turbulence in the exhaust/ambient air interface. |
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so: magnetic bearings and a well balanced motor to minimize induced vibrations, a better compressor blade (maybe larger and slower, or compound), small ducts (imagine a bundle of drinking straws) in the exhaust to introduce laminar air flow with minimal back-pressure, diffuser-style exhaust to minimize air-velocity differences (shearing generates vorticity). |
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i know that however it is done, that it can be. this is because i use a CPAP machine that pumps a large volume of air at a fairly high pressure virtually in total silence. |
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yes, i'm all for a silent vacuum cleaner! |
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A vacuum where the part that does the work consists of a large bell-shaped chamber and a vacuum pump. Cleaning by sudden decompression must kill a lot of dust mites, and is likely to be an effective dust remover in its own right... |
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When I was a single guy, I found that the quietest method, by far, was simply not to care how clean anything was. |
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Actually, the sound of my wife complaining is much worse than the sound of a vacuum cleaner. |
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[TIB] What brand of CPAP do you use?
Maybe I'll contact the company and ask them how this is achieved. |
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