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Hand held appliance

US10441049B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by

3References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Dyson Technology Limited · GB

Inventors

Craig Douglas · Lexington, US
Christopher William Hedges · Guildford, GB
Antoine Francois Atkinson · Swindon, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA45D20/12
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A hand held appliance including a wall, a fluid flow path extending within the wall from a fluid inlet into the appliance to a fluid outlet from the appliance, a fan unit extending longitudinally within the wall for drawing fluid into the fluid inlet wherein the fan unit is non-concentric with respect to the wall. The fan unit may be positioned coaxially within the fluid flow path. The wall has a thickness and the thickness of the wall may varies. The wall may be generally tubular and the thickness of the wall varies around a circumference of the wall. The wall may be generally tubular and has an inner surface and an outer surface. A central axis of the inner surface may be different to a central axis of the outer surface.

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