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Upright vacuum cleaner

US7757344B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2005
Grant dateJul 20, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L9/325
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner is provided that includes a cleaner body, a multi cyclonic (including a primary cyclone and at least one secondary cyclone), a suction source having a suction source inlet and a suction source outlet, a main filter assembly including a main filter element, a discharge member having an opened upper end coupled to a peripheral edge of a primary airflow outlet and a closed lower end, and a guide rib provided at the primary cyclone for guiding the airflow in a direction tangential to an inner peripheral wall surface of the primary cyclone.

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