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POWER PROPELLED SUCTION CLEANER

  • US 3,618,687 A
  • Filed: 07/01/1969
  • Issued: 11/09/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a power propelled device including a main body having surface engaging drive means thereon, the improvement comprising torque transmitting means carried by said body and including a pair of clutches selectively engageable to cause rotation of said drive means in opposite directions to thereby propel said device in opposite directions, a manipulating handle adapted to be grasped by an operator of the device and said handle being secured to said body for movement between a normal use position and a storage position, and an actuator associated with said handle and effective to engage said clutches, said actuator being movable in opposite directions from an intermediate position in which neither of said clutches are engaged, in the normal use position of said handle, movement of said actuator in one direction from its intermediate position being effective to engage one of said clutches to cause rotation of said drive means in one direction and movement of said actuator in the opposite direction from its intermediate position being effective to engage the other of said clutches to cause rotation of said drive means in the opposite direction, in the storage position of said handle, said actuator being ineffective to engage either of said clutches.

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