Designation:F2797−10AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTestMethodforEvaluatingEdgeCleaningEffectivenessofVacuumCleaners1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2797;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestprocedureprovidesaquantitativelaboratorymethodfordeterminingtheedgecleaningeffectivenessofavacuumcleaneralongwallsandbaseboards.1.2Thistestmethodisapplicabletohouseholdandcom-mercialtypesofupright,canister,combination,stickandhandheldvacuumcleaners.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D75PracticeforSamplingAggregatesE177PracticeforUseoftheTermsPrecisionandBiasinASTMTestMethodsE691PracticeforConductinganInterlaboratoryStudytoDeterminethePrecisionofaTestMethodF608TestMethodforEvaluationofCarpetEmbeddedDirtRemovalEffectivenessofHousehold/CommercialVacuumCleaners2.2OtherStandards:IEC60312Vacuumcleanersforhouseholduse–Methodsofmeasuringtheperformance,4thEdition33.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1cleaningability,dry,n—thepotentialofavacuumcleanertoremovedirtfromasurface(sometimesreferredtointheindustryascleanability,dry).3.1.2model,n—thedesignationofagroupofvacuumcleanershavingidenticalmechanicalandelectricalconstruc-tionwithonlycosmeticornonfunctionaldifferences.3.1.3population,n—thetotalofallunitsofaparticularmodelvacuumcleanerbeingtested.3.1.4sample,n—agroupofvacuumcleanerstakenfromalargecollectionofvacuumcleanersofoneparticularmodelwhichservestoprovideinformationthatmaybeusedasabasisfor...
