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Handheld vacuum cleaner

  • US 10,064,530 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2016
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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