Patent · US Expired

Vacuum cleaner dirt box

US4514199A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
8References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 25, 1984
Grant dateApr 30, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 25, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/03
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A dirt box for an upright vacuum cleaner comprises an elliptical upper side wall portion below a top wall, a bowl-shaped bottom wall, an inlet neck opening into the chamber in the lengthwise direction and below one end of the upper side wall portion, and aimed to establish a swirling action. An outlet port for the dirt box is off-center toward the end from which the inlet extends. The bowl-bottomed dirt box is tilted and emptied through the inlet neck.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.