Upright vacuum cleaning appliance
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1. In an upright vacuum cleaning appliance for cleaning floors having a casing with a floor engaging cleaner head and an upright dirt collection container which retains dirt picked up by the cleaning head inside the collection container and a handle for moving the appliance along the floor, the improvement which comprises:
- (a) said container having an open top and a closed bottom supported on the bottom by said casing and having a longitudinal axis between the top and the bottom;
(b) a pair of spaced apart pipes mounted on the casing and spaced from the longitudinal axis of and adjacent to the container and in air flow connection with the casing;
(c) an air flow control cap mounted on the open top of the container for directing the flow of dirt laden air into said container, said cap being pivotably supported by and in a flow connection with said pipes, said container being held in place between said cap and said casing and being removable when said cap is pivoted, for removal of dirt.
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaning appliance having dual spaced apart air conveying pipes (13, 14) supporting a cap (15) for a dirt container is described. The pipes are supported on a casing (11) mounting a movable cleaning head (10). The appliance is also convertible to a tank type cleaner using a handle (30) for the appliance.
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20 Claims
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1. In an upright vacuum cleaning appliance for cleaning floors having a casing with a floor engaging cleaner head and an upright dirt collection container which retains dirt picked up by the cleaning head inside the collection container and a handle for moving the appliance along the floor, the improvement which comprises:
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(a) said container having an open top and a closed bottom supported on the bottom by said casing and having a longitudinal axis between the top and the bottom; (b) a pair of spaced apart pipes mounted on the casing and spaced from the longitudinal axis of and adjacent to the container and in air flow connection with the casing; (c) an air flow control cap mounted on the open top of the container for directing the flow of dirt laden air into said container, said cap being pivotably supported by and in a flow connection with said pipes, said container being held in place between said cap and said casing and being removable when said cap is pivoted, for removal of dirt. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. In an upright vacuum cleaning appliance for cleaning floors having a cleaner head pivotably attached to a casing and an upright dirt collection means mounted on the casing which retains dirt picked up by the cleaning head inside the collection means and a handle connected to the casing or cleaning head for moving the appliance along the floor, the improvement which comprises:
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(a) a collection means having an open top and a closed bottom supported on the bottom by the casing and having a longitudinal axis between the top and the bottom; (b) a pair of spaced apart pipes mounted on the casing and spaced from the longitudinal axis of and adjacent to the collection means and in air flow connection with the casing; and (c) a cap (15) mounted over the open top of the collection means supported by and in a flow connection with the pipes wherein the collection means can be removed from the appliance for removal of dirt. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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