Vacuum cleaner with all components in floor traveling head
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsM. Anthony Melito, Deborah L. Potvin, Gregg C. Krehel, Anthony Brooks Rorke
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner having a floor traveling head with wheels and an elongate handle pivotably connected to the head. The head has two motors; one connected to an impeller and one connected to a rotatable brush. The head has rechargeable batteries therein for supplying electricity to the motors and a three position electrical switch. All working components of the vacuum cleaner, including an air filter and dust/dirt collection cup, are in the floor traveling head. The handle has no working components thereon.
Claims12
A vacuum cleaner having a floor traveling head and an elongated handle pivotably connected to the head, the head having wheels to travel along a floor, a vacuum and collection system, and a rotatable brush, said vacuum and collection system and said rotatable brush comprising working components of said vacuum cleaner, further comprising:
- said collection system comprising a cup, said head including an upper wall having means forming an opening therein, said cup being mounted within said opening of said head and being removable from said head solely through said opening, a rear wall of said cup being formed by a detachable filter;
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- all of said working components of the vacuum cleaner are located in the floor traveling head and the handle has no working components thereon, wherein the vacuum and collection system includes a switch, an impeller, and an impeller drive motor electrically connected to said impeller through said switch.
A vacuum cleaner having a floor traveling head and an elongated handle pivotably connected to the head, the head having wheels to travel along a floor, a vacuum and collection system, and a rotatable brush, said vacuum and collection system and said rotatable brush comprising working components of said vacuum cleaner, further comprising:
- said collection system comprising a cup removably mounted in a top wall of the head, a rear wall of said cup being formed by a detachable filter;
- said collection cup including a top wall formed from transparent material, said top wall of said cup is angled to substantially match an angle of the top surface of the floor traveling head and forms a portion of the top surface of the floor traveling head when the cup is mounted in the head;
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- all of said working components of the vacuum cleaner are located in the floor traveling head and the handle has no working components thereon, wherein the vacuum and collection system includes a switch, an impeller, and an impeller drive motor electrically connected to said impeller through said switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.