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Vacuum cleaner with filter cleaning means

US8424154B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 2007
Grant dateApr 23, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L5/24
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner having a housing with a dust container having an inlet for dust laden air, a filter unit comprising a flexible filter body, a motor fan unit for generating a flow of air through the inlet and through the filter unit, and a dust removing means configured to agitate the flexible filter body in response to a force applied to the dust removing means.

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