Vacuum grill block

Claim 1

A vacuum cleaning device comprising a. a housing having top, side and end walls and an open bottom, b. a compartment defined interiorly of the housing communicating with the open bottom, c. a drawer opening in the housing providing access to the interior compartment, d. a collection funnel having a flanged inlet end engaging the bottom edges of the housing side and end walls, and walls converging upwardly to a discharge end, e. a motor-driven vacuum impeller connected to the discharge end of the collection funnel and having a discharge nozzle extending into the housing interior compartment, f. an open top residue collecting drawer having a screened vented front wall, g. cooperating track means on the drawer and housing permitting sliding movement of the drawer in the drawer opening, the impeller nozzle extending over the open top of the drawer when the drawer is in a closed position in the housing, h. an apertured base mounting plate underlying and attached to the flanged inlet end of the collection funnel, i. an apertured oscillating plate underlying the base mounting plate and connected thereto by means which permit oscillatory reciprocal movement of the oscillating plate relatively to the base plate, j. an oscillating motor mounted on the base plate inwardly of the collection funnel, with the motor shaft projecting downwardly through the apertured base plate into an aperture of the oscillating plate, k. a mesh pad affixed to the oscillating plate, and l. rechargeable batteries operatively wired to the oscillating motor and to the impeller motor to actuate the oscillating plate and pad to loosen residue on a surface and to suctionally collect the loosened residue and deposit it in said drawer.