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Vacuum cleaner having edge cleaning features

US3942219A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1974
Grant dateMar 9, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 3, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L9/04
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner having edge cleaning features comprising a cleaner body with a floor contacting suction chamber and a suction duct leading from the chamber, an edge auxiliary cleaning chamber at one end of the suction chamber and communicating through a port with the suction duct, a valve within the cleaner body movable between open and duct restricting positions for selective full nozzle cleaning and edge cleaning with suction through the auxiliary cleaning chamber when the valve is open and operating means accessible from the exterior of the cleaner for the moving of the valve between said positions.

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