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Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic separation

US6868578B1 · kind B1 · utility

131Cited by
8References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 3, 2002
Grant dateMar 22, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

An upright vacuum cleaner with a small cyclone separator is mounted on and in fluid communication with an elongated rigid tube that forms part of a working air conduit and also forms part of an upright handle that is pivotally mounted to a base module with a suction nozzle upstream from a conventional bag filter in a dirty air or clean air dust collection vacuum cleaner.

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