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US 8,349,428 B2Granted
Resistively welded part for an appliance including a surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeG. B. D. Corp.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A part for an appliance, such as a surface cleaning apparatus, a method of making the part, and a method of disassembling the part are disclosed. The part comprises at least first and second plastic members resistively welded together. In some embodiments, the plastic members define a fluid flow cavity, such as a portion of the air flow path through the surface cleaning apparatus.
Claims14
A resistively welded part for an appliance prepared using:
- (a) a first weldable member having a weldable portion and a male engagement member extending outwardly from a first abutment surface;
- and,
- (b) a second weldable member having a weldable portion, a second abutment surface and a female engagement member defining an opening extending inwardly from the second abutment surface and configured to interengage with the male engagement member, wherein in the resistively welded part, at least one conductive member is disposed in the female engagement member and is recessed inwardly from the second abutment surface, the at least one conductive member extends along the weldable portions from a first position to a second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.