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Central vacuum cleaner fan motor mount

US9986882B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 16, 2017
Grant dateJun 5, 2018
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06B7/28
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A central vacuum cleaner having a main housing, a suction chamber located inside the main housing, a shelf extending from the main housing into the suction chamber, a suction chamber inlet providing a fluid passage through the main housing into the suction chamber, a suction motor having a suction motor inlet in fluid communication with the suction chamber and configured to generate a flow of air from the suction chamber inlet to the suction chamber and into the suction motor inlet, a mounting flange extending from the suction motor towards the main housing, and a number of clamps. Each clamp is movably mounted to the mounting flange and has a first end movable between a locked position in which the shelf is held between the first end and the mounting flange, and an unlocked position in which the shelf is not held between the first end and the mounting flange.

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