Household appliance having an improved fan and motor assembly and fan and motor assembly for same

A household appliance having an air flow path extending from an air inlet to an air outlet with a fan and motor assembly in the air flow path, the fan and motor assembly comprising:

• (a) a motor drivingly connected to a first rotating fan blade subassembly and a second rotating fan blade subassembly;
• and
• (b) a conduit,
• wherein the first rotating fan blade subassembly provides a first level of air flow and a first level of suction and the second rotating fan blade subassembly provides a second level of air flow and a second level of suction,
• wherein the first level of air flow is higher than the second level of air flow and the second level of suction is higher than the first level of suction,
• wherein the fan and motor assembly is adjustable to vary an amount of air entering the fan and motor assembly that is directed to each of the first and second rotating fan blade subassemblies, and
• wherein a diameter of the conduit is adjustable.

A household appliance having an air flow path extending from an air inlet to an air outlet with a fan and motor assembly in the air flow path, the fan and motor assembly comprising:

• (a) a motor drivingly connected to a first rotating fan blade subassembly and a second rotating fan blade subassembly;
• and
• (b) a conduit having an outlet that communicates with an inlet of the first rotating fan blade subassembly,
• wherein a position of the conduit relative to the inlet is adjustable between a first configuration in which the first rotating fan blade subassembly provides a first level of air flow and a first level of suction and a second configuration in which the first rotating fan blade subassembly provides a second level of air flow and a second level of suction wherein the first level of air flow is higher than the second level of air flow and the second level of suction is higher than the first level of suction.