Patent · US Expired

Upright vacuum cleaner

US4446595A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
4References
2Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 2, 1981
Grant dateMay 8, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 2, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L9/0477
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An upright vacuum cleaner includes a rotary brush 12 disposed at a suction port in a floor nozzle 4 and capable of being rotated or stopped by shifting a motor-driven belt toward a drive pulley 17 or an idle pulley 18. The upright vacuum cleaner can conveniently be used for cleaning flat noncarpeted floors as well as carpeted floors.

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