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US 2002/0162188 A1Published application
Vacuum cleaner
OwnerJohn T. Harmeninventor
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Abstract
An upright vacuum cleaner having a clam shell construction is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner has a main casing to which a canister body containing the dust separation apparatus and dust collection apparatus is removably mounted. The canister is separable from the main casing to facilitate emptying of the contents of the dust collection apparatus. A latching mechanism is provided to facilitate easy removal and re-attachment of the canister.
Claims13
An upright vacuum cleaning device comprising:
- (a) a canister body having a dust separation apparatus and a dust collection apparatus;
- (b) a main casing having a handle extending from an upper end thereof and a cleaning head pivotally mounted to a lower end thereof;
- the cleaning head having a dirty air inlet in flow communication with a source of suction via a dirty air passage, the main casing having a recess for receiving the canister body;
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- (c) a latching mechanism adapted to realisably retain the canister body on the main casing.
2 more elements
The vacuum cleaning apparatus of claim 13 wherein the recess is concavely cylindrical.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.