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Vacuum cleaner

US6974488B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 2002
Grant dateDec 13, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/03
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner with an external surface incorporates a cyclonic separating apparatus that includes a plurality of cyclones arranged in parallel with one another. The cyclones each have a tapered body with an outside wall and are arranged so that at least a part of each outside wall forms part of the external surface of the vacuum cleaner.

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