Handheld vacuum cleaner
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1. A handheld vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a hand-carriable body having an air inlet, an air outlet, and a handle extending away from the body and defining a handle opening between the body and the handle and where the handle is adapted to be gripped by a user;
a motor/fan assembly carried by the body upstream of the air outlet and in fluid communication with the air inlet for generating a working airstream;
a debris removal assembly carried by the body; and
a working air path through the body from the air inlet to the air outlet and including the motor/fan assembly and the debris removal assembly;
wherein the handle is at least partially hollow to form an air conduit downstream of the debris removal assembly and upstream of the motor/fan assembly, and wherein a portion of the working air path extends through the air conduit formed by the handle toward an inlet of the motor/fan assembly.
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Abstract
A handheld vacuum cleaner is provided with a hand-carriable body housing the components of a vacuum collection system. The vacuum collection system can include a working air path through the body, and includes a portion which passes through a handle of the hand-carriable body that is adapted to be gripped by a user during operation of the vacuum cleaner.
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18 Claims
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1. A handheld vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a hand-carriable body having an air inlet, an air outlet, and a handle extending away from the body and defining a handle opening between the body and the handle and where the handle is adapted to be gripped by a user; a motor/fan assembly carried by the body upstream of the air outlet and in fluid communication with the air inlet for generating a working airstream; a debris removal assembly carried by the body; and
a working air path through the body from the air inlet to the air outlet and including the motor/fan assembly and the debris removal assembly;wherein the handle is at least partially hollow to form an air conduit downstream of the debris removal assembly and upstream of the motor/fan assembly, and wherein a portion of the working air path extends through the air conduit formed by the handle toward an inlet of the motor/fan assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A handheld vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a hand-carriable body having an air inlet, an air outlet, and a handle extending away from the body and defining a handle opening between the body and the handle and where the handle is adapted to be gripped by a user, and wherein the handle is at least partially hollow to form an air conduit; a motor/fan assembly carried by the body upstream of the air outlet and in fluid communication with the air inlet for generating a working airstream;
a debris removal assembly carried by the body;a working air path through the body from the air inlet to the air outlet and including the motor/fan assembly and the debris removal assembly, wherein a portion of the working air path extends through the air conduit formed by the handle; and a pre-motor filter assembly mounted to the body and defining a portion of the working air path, the pre-motor filter assembly comprising at least one pre-motor filter received within a filter chamber; wherein the air conduit formed by the handle extends downstream from the premotor filter assembly to an inlet of the motor/fan assembly.
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