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Vacuum cleaner having a noise blocking member facing an intake vent of a motor fan

US7337492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 2003
Grant dateMar 4, 2008
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L9/22
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In an electric vacuum cleaner having an intake air opening 18 disposed in a front portion of a main body case 17, a dust collection case 19 which communicates with the intake air opening 18, and a motor fan 20 provided in a back portion of the main body case, and an intake air passage 23, 24, 25 from the dust collection case 19 to the motor fan 20 being formed, a noise blocking member 14d having a specific gravity larger than a material composing the main body case 17 and an area wider than a project area of an intake vent 20a is disposed in the intake air passage 25 facing to the intake vent 20a of the motor fan 20.

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