Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsOleksiy Sergyeyenko, Ashok Samuel Baskar, Sean Liu
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis. A motor-fan assembly is mounted in the housing and arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust. A retractable nozzle defines the dirty air inlet and is moveably mounted on the housing. At least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a retracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing. The portion of the retractable nozzle in the retracted configuration is aligned in a direction along the longitudinal axis and the portion of the retractable nozzle in the deployed configuration is aligned in a direction across the longitudinal axis.
Claims14
1-18. (canceled)
A handheld vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis extending from a front portion to a rear portion, the rear portion of the housing comprising a handle extending rearwardly, the handle being capable of being grasped by a user to operate the vacuum cleaner;
- a motor-fan assembly mounted in the housing arranged to generate an airflow;
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- a dirty air inlet at the front portion of the housing, the dirty air inlet comprising a retractable nozzle moveably mounted in the housing, the nozzle moveable between a refracted configuration and a deployed configuration.
A handheld vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis extending from a front portion to a rear portion;
- a dirty air inlet at the front portion of the housing, the dirty air inlet comprising a retractable nozzle moveably mounted in the housing, the nozzle moveable between a refracted configuration and a deployed configuration;
- the rear portion of the housing comprising a handle extending rearwardly, the handle being capable of being grasped by a user to operate the vacuum cleaner;
- a motor-fan assembly mounted in the housing arranged to generate an airflow;
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- the longitudinal axis intersecting the nozzle, motor-fan assembly and the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.