Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorKevin SMITH
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprising: a motor coupled to a fan for generating air flow; a dirt separation means located in a path of the air flow generated by the fan; a cleaner head located in the path of the air flow upstream of the dirt separation means; at least one support wheel for supporting the vacuum cleaner upon a floor; and an elongate body with a handle at a longitudinal end, wherein the motor, the fan, the cleaner head, the dirt separation means and the at least one support wheel are arranged about an opposite longitudinal end of the elongate body to the handle, wherein the elongate body is telescopically extendible to alter the length of the vacuum cleaner between a compact position and an extended position and wherein the extended position is at least double the length of the compact position.
Claims15
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a motor coupled to a fan for generating air flow;
- a dirt separation means located in a path of the air flow generated by the fan;
- a cleaner head located in the path of the air flow upstream of the dirt separation means;
- at least one support wheel for supporting the vacuum cleaner upon a floor;
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- an elongate body with a handle at a longitudinal end,
- wherein the motor, the fan, the cleaner head, the dirt separation means and the at least one support wheel are arranged about an opposite longitudinal end of the elongate body to the handle, wherein the elongate body is telescopically extendible to alter the length of the vacuum cleaner between a compact position and an extended position and wherein the extended position is at least double the length of the compact position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.