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US 11,607,096 B2Granted
Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsOleksiy Sergyeyenko, Ashok Samuel Baskar, Sean Liu
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis. A motor-fan assembly is mounted in the housing and arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust. A retractable nozzle defines the dirty air inlet and is moveably mounted on the housing. At least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a retracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing. The portion of the retractable nozzle in the retracted configuration is aligned in a direction along the longitudinal axis and the portion of the retractable nozzle in the deployed configuration is aligned in a direction across the longitudinal axis.
Claims16
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis;
- a motor-fan assembly mounted in the housing arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust;
- and
- a retractable nozzle defining the dirty air inlet and moveably mounted on the housing and at least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a retracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing;
- wherein the retractable nozzle includes at least two nozzle arms, each nozzle arm having a longitudinal axis so that in the retracted configuration the at least two nozzle arm longitudinal axes are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing and the at least two nozzle arm longitudinal axes in the deployed configuration are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing;
- and
- wherein the retractable nozzle is arranged to slide with respect to the housing when moving in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the housing.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis;
- a motor-fan assembly mounted in the housing arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust;
- and
- a retractable nozzle defining the dirty air inlet and moveably mounted on the housing and at least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a refracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing;
- wherein the retractable nozzle includes at least two nozzle arms, each nozzle arm having a longitudinal axis so that in the refracted configuration the at least two nozzle arm longitudinal axes are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing and the at least two nozzle arm longitudinal axes in the deployed configuration are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing;
- wherein the at least two nozzle arms are arranged to pivot in a direction across the longitudinal axis of the housing;
- wherein the retractable nozzle comprises a slidable nozzle carriage and at least one nozzle arm is pivotally mounted on the slidable nozzle carriage;
- and
- wherein the at least two nozzle arms comprises a first nozzle arm and a second nozzle arm pivotally mounted on the slidable nozzle carriage.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis;
- a motor-fan assembly mounted in the housing arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust;
- and
- a retractable nozzle defining the dirty air inlet and moveably mounted on the housing and at least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a retracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing;
- wherein the portion of the retractable nozzle in the retracted configuration is aligned in a direction along the longitudinal axis and the portion of the retractable nozzle in the deployed configuration is aligned in a direction across the longitudinal axis
- wherein the housing comprises at least one guide track arranged to receive the portion of the retractable nozzle such that the at least one guide track limits the movement of the retractable nozzle with respect to the housing;
- and
- wherein the retractable nozzle comprises a pivot and the pivot is arranged to slide within the at least one guide track.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis;
- a motor-fan assembly mounted in the housing arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust;
- and
- a retractable nozzle defining the dirty air inlet and moveably mounted on the housing and at least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a refracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing;
- wherein the retractable nozzle includes at least two nozzle arms, each nozzle arm having a longitudinal axis so that in the refracted configuration the at least two nozzle arm longitudinal axes are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing and the at least two nozzle arm longitudinal axes in the deployed configuration are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing;
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- wherein the retractable nozzle is configured to move along the airflow path when the retractable nozzle moves within the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.