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Vacuum cleaner

US5218736A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 21, 1992
Grant dateJun 15, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L5/26
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A hand-held corded vacuum cleaner having a housing with a motor compartment containing a motor mounted on partitions defining inlet, cooling and outlet chambers for efficient motor cooling by air which enters inlet and exits outlet vents in the inlet and outlet chambers, respectively. A dirt channel extends from a fan chamber having a fan mounted by being swaged on a motor shaft. A nozzle chamber is disposed at one end of the housing and a bag assembly is removably detached from the rear of the housing by means of a collar having a side hole through which a detent extends and which may be depressed to remove the bag assembly. The nozzle is in communication with the fan chamber and the fan pushes dirt through a dirt channel over the motor compartment into the bag of the bag assembly. The motor shaft has a pulley at the end thereof which is connected to a brush which is releasably retained in the nozzle compartment. A belt extends around the brush and the pulley. A door provides access to the belt and has a post which is coaxial with the motor shaft and extends into the immediate proximity of the end thereof to prevent the belt from meandering off the shaft. A well in the belly of th…

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