Vacuum cleaner

• US 3,310,828 A
• Filed: 06/10/1964
• Issued: 03/28/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Don W. Clark, Raymond S. Garvin
• Original Assignee: Don W. Clark, Raymond S. Garvin
• Inventors: Clark, Don W., Garvin, Raymond S.
• Application Number:
  US04/373,963
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• US Class Current: 15/328
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/365 of the vertical type, e.g. tank or bucket type
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/04 with driven brushes or agitators

Claims

2. AN UPRIGHT TYPE VACUUM CLEANER COMPRISING A HEAD ADAPTED TO BE MOVED OVER A FLOOR TO BE CLEANED AND HAVING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVEN FAN THEREIN FOR PICKING UP DIRT FROM SAID FLOOR, A RIGID TUBULAR HANDLE EXTENDING GENERALLY UPWARDLY FROM SAID HEAD AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF, A BAG ATTACHED TO SAID HANDLE AND EXTENDING GENERALLY UPWARDLY FROM SAID HEAD, THE BAG HAVING A QUICK DETACHABLE CONNECTION THEREON TO REMOVABLY ATTACH IT TO SAID HANDLE, AND A FLEXIBLE CONDUIT DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO AND PLACING THE UPPER END OF SAID TUBULAR HANDLE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE UPPER END OF SAID BAG TO DELIVER DIRT BLOWN BY SAID FAN FROM SAID HEAD AND THROUGH SAID HANDLE TO SAID BAG AT THE UPPER END THEREOF.