Blower and sprayer attachment
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorFumitoshi Numata
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Abstract
An electric blower is configured to blow air. The blower includes a body configured such that a sprayer attachment is attachable thereto. The body is configured to be carried integrally with the sprayer attachment with the sprayer attachment attached to the body. The sprayer attachment includes a container, a nozzle and a liquid supply passage. The container is configured to store a liquid. The nozzle has a discharge opening. The liquid supply passage is connected to the container and the nozzle to lead the liquid.
Claims15
An electric blower configured to blow air, comprising:
- a body configured such that a sprayer attachment is attachable to the body, the sprayer attachment including a container configured to store a liquid, a nozzle having a discharge opening, and a liquid supply passage connected to the container and the nozzle and configured to transport the liquid from the container to the nozzle;
- a motor;
- and
- a fan configured to be rotated by the motor and to blow air from the discharge opening of the nozzle when the sprayer attachment is attached to the body,
- wherein:
- the body includes:
- a housing part (i) that houses the motor and the fan, (ii) extending along a rotation axis of the motor and the fan that defines a front-rear direction of the blower, and (iii) having a nozzle-mounting part to which the nozzle is attachable at a front end of the housing part in the front-rear direction;
- a grip part (i) configured to be held by a user, (ii) protruding from the housing part generally in an up-down direction of the blower that is perpendicular to the front-rear direction and (iii) having an upper end connected to the housing part and a lower free end spaced from the housing part in the up-down direction;
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- a battery-mounting part (i) connected to the lower free end of the grip part, (ii) spaced from the housing part, (iii) configured to removably receive a battery for supplying power to the motor, and (iv) having at least one container-mounting part to which the container is attachable;
- the container has (i) a container longitudinal axis, (ii) a first closed axial end and (iii) a second open axial end;
- and
- the at least one container-mounting part is configured to removably receive the container such that, when the container is attached to the at least one container-mounting part, the container longitudinal axis is generally in the up-down direction and the second open axial end is directed upward in the up-down direction.
An electric blower and sprayer assembly, comprising:
- an electric blower (i) configured to blow air and (ii) including a body, a motor and a fan configured to be rotated by the motor;
- and
- a sprayer attachment (a) attached to the body and (b) including a container (i) configured to store a liquid and (ii) having a container longitudinal axis, a first closed axial end and a second open axial end, a nozzle configured to discharge the liquid through a discharge opening of the nozzle, and a liquid supply passage connected to the container and the nozzle and configured to transport the liquid from the container to the nozzle, wherein:
- the electric blower is configured such that the fan causes the air to discharge through the discharge opening when the fan is rotated by the motor;
- the body includes:
- a housing part (i) that houses the motor and the fan, (ii) that extends along a rotation axis of the motor and the fan that defines a front-rear direction of the electric blower and (iii) having a nozzle-mounting part at a front end of the housing part in the front-rear direction;
- a grip part (i) configured to be held by a user, (ii) protruding from the housing part (a) in an up-down direction that is perpendicular to the front-rear direction and (b) away from the motor and the fan and (iii) having an upper end connected to the housing part and a lower free end spaced from the housing part;
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- a battery-mounting part (i) connected to the lower free end of the grip part, (ii) spaced from the housing part, (iii) configured to removably receive a battery and (iv) having at least one container-mounting part;
- the nozzle is attached to the nozzle-mounting part;
- the container is attached to the at least one container-mounting part;
- the container longitudinal axis is in the up-down direction;
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- the second open axial end is directed upwardly in the up-down direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.