Power cord protection system for a floor cleaner
OwnerJonathan L. Miner, Daniel R. Jaglowskiinventors
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing adapted to move along a surface to be cleaned and having a suction nozzle at a forward portion thereof, at least one agitator mounted for rotational movement within the suction nozzle and at least one ground-engaging wheel mounted rearwardly of the suction nozzle and a cord guard mounted to the housing in a position rearward of the suction nozzle and adapted to block the ingestion into the suction nozzle of a cord on the surface to be cleaned during rearward movement of the base along the surface.
Claims19
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing adapted to move along a surface to be cleaned and having a suction nozzle at a forward portion thereof, at least one agitator mounted for rotational movement within the suction nozzle and at least one ground-engaging wheel mounted rearwardly of the suction nozzle;
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- a cord guard mounted to the housing in a position rearward of the suction nozzle and adapted to block the ingestion into the suction nozzle of a cord on the surface to be cleaned during rearward movement of the housing along the surface;
- wherein the cord guard has a cord-receiving face comprising an arcuate portion terminating in an upwardly-extending leading edge portion that is adapted to block the cord when the cord-receiving face is adjacent to the surface to be cleaned.
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing adapted to move along a surface to be cleaned and having a suction nozzle at a forward portion thereof, at least one agitator mounted for rotational movement within the suction nozzle and at least one ground-engaging wheel mounted rearwardly of the suction nozzle;
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- a cord guard mounted to the housing in a position rearward of the suction nozzle and adapted to block the ingestion into the suction nozzle of a cord on the surface to be cleaned during rearward movement of the housing along the surface;
- wherein the cord guard is mounted to the housing for selective movement between an extended position in which the cord guard is positioned adjacent to the surface to be cleaned and a retracted position in which the cord guard is spaced from the surface being cleaned.
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing adapted to move along a surface to be cleaned and having a suction nozzle at a forward portion thereof, at least one agitator mounted for rotational movement within the suction nozzle and at least one ground-engaging wheel mounted rearwardly of the suction nozzle;
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- a cord guard mounted to the housing in a position rearward of the suction nozzle and adapted to block the ingestion into the suction nozzle of a cord on the surface to be cleaned during rearward movement of the housing along the surface;
- wherein the cord guard is positioned behind the at least one ground-engaging wheel.
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing adapted to move along a surface to be cleaned and having a suction nozzle at a forward portion thereof, at least one agitator mounted for rotational movement within the suction nozzle and at least one ground-engaging wheel mounted rearwardly of the suction nozzle;
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- a cord guard mounted to the housing configured to block the ingestion into the suction nozzle of a cord on the surface to be cleaned during movement of the housing along the surface;
- wherein the cord guard has a leading edge portion thereon and is configured to contact a lower portion of a cord on the surface as the leading edge portion glides adjacent the surface during movement of the vacuum cleaner and guide the cord up the leading edge portion off the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.