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Handheld vacuum unit retention features

US8302251B2 · kind B2 · utility

31Cited by

16References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AB Electrolux · SE

Inventors

Jonas Beskow · Stockholm, SE
H{dot over (a)}kan Miefalk · Söderhamn, SE
Ulrik Danestad · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2010
Grant date	Nov 6, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47L9/2889
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner having a base with an inlet facing a surface, a handle connected to the base, an air passage connecting the base inlet to the handle, and a removable handheld unit. The handheld has an inlet nozzle, a dirt separator, a vacuum fan to generate a working airflow into the inlet nozzle and through the dirt separator, and a housing joining the handheld, the dirt separator and the vacuum fan. The vacuum has a docking latch with a first latch position in which the latch holds the handheld in an operating position on the handle, and a second position in which the latch permits removal of the handheld from the operating position. The vacuum also has a safety catch with a catch member on the handle and a second member on the handheld. The catch members resiliently hold the handheld unit on the handle in a partially-removed position.

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