Above-the-floor adaptor for upright vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. A convertible upright vacuum cleaner which comprises a floor nozzle structure, a handle section with a suction motor and a filter bag, a swivel joint section coupling said handle section and nozzle structure, said swivel joint section being attached to and extending longitudinally from the lower end of said handle section, said swivel joint section having a first passageway for passing air and entrained dirt picked up from said nozzle, said first passageway extending in the longitudinal direction through said swivel joint section, a second passageway in said swivel joint section extending transversely to said first passageway, into said first passageway and intersecting said first passageway, said second passgeway and said first passageway where intersected by said second passageway being rectilinear in cross-section, an adaptor providing a connection to a cleaning wand at one end and having a section of rectilinear cross-section at the opposite end, the forward portion of said adaptor proximate to the opposite end thereof having a "U" shape closed at its base and sides and open at its top to close said first passageway at its base and provide a path for air and dirt from said wand through said adaptor into said handle section.
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner for selective conversion between on-the-floor and above-the-floor cleaning. The basic upright vacuum cleaner includes a joint with a through passageway connecting the handle to the floor nozzle and through which the suction air passes. The joint includes a wall with a selectively openable passageway into which an adaptor, coupled to a hose, may be selectively inserted. Insertion of the adaptor cuts off the suction path to the floor nozzle and creates a suction path through the adaptor and associated hose to a wand and cleaning tool.
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13 Claims
- 1. A convertible upright vacuum cleaner which comprises a floor nozzle structure, a handle section with a suction motor and a filter bag, a swivel joint section coupling said handle section and nozzle structure, said swivel joint section being attached to and extending longitudinally from the lower end of said handle section, said swivel joint section having a first passageway for passing air and entrained dirt picked up from said nozzle, said first passageway extending in the longitudinal direction through said swivel joint section, a second passageway in said swivel joint section extending transversely to said first passageway, into said first passageway and intersecting said first passageway, said second passgeway and said first passageway where intersected by said second passageway being rectilinear in cross-section, an adaptor providing a connection to a cleaning wand at one end and having a section of rectilinear cross-section at the opposite end, the forward portion of said adaptor proximate to the opposite end thereof having a "U" shape closed at its base and sides and open at its top to close said first passageway at its base and provide a path for air and dirt from said wand through said adaptor into said handle section.
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