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US 2004/0168281 A1Published application
Cleaner
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukinobu Sako, Masuo Ota, Akihiko Kotani
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Abstract
A cleaner is provided which includes an electric dirt collection mechanism with an electrically powered dirt collection action and a wiping cleaning mechanism with a wiping cleaning action utilizing a cleaning sheet provided on the bottom surface of the main body of the cleaner which moves across the floor, wherein the electric dirt collection mechanism is switched on and off using a switch, and the wiping cleaning mechanism can be attached to, or detached from, the main body.
Claims8
A cleaner comprising:
- a main body having a handle used for operating said cleaner;
- a brush cleaning mechanism provided in the main body, the brush cleaning mechanism including a rotating brush housed inside said main body and facing out from a bottom surface of the main body, a detachable dust collection case for collecting dirt swept up by said rotating brush, a motor for driving said rotating brush, a power supply for supplying power to said motor, and a switch for turning said motor on and off;
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- a sheet cleaning mechanism including a cleaning sheet mounting member for securing a cleaning sheet to the bottom surface of the main body, the cleaning sheet mounting member being able to be attached to, and detached from, said main body.
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A cleaner comprising:
- a main body having a handle used for operating said cleaner;
- a suction cleaning mechanism provided in the main body, the suction cleaning mechanism including a suction fan housed inside said main body for drawing air into said main body from a suction opening provided in a bottom surface of the main body, a detachable dust collection case for collecting dirt carried on a suction air stream at a point partway along a suction path generated by said suction fan, a motor for driving said suction fan, a power supply for supplying power to said motor, and a switch for turning said motor on and off;
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- a sheet cleaning mechanism including a cleaning sheet mounting member for securing a cleaning sheet to the bottom surface of the main body, the cleaning sheet mounting member being able to be attached to, and detached from, said main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.