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Adaptor and bag insert

  • US 4,800,614 A
  • Filed: 04/30/1987
  • Issued: 01/31/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hand-held vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • a housing having suction means defined therein;

    an adaptor having a passage defined therethrough an operatively connected to said housing, said adaptor having an inner end including a rim portion having a minimized axial dimension relative to a total axial dimension of the adaptor, a steeply sloping portion extending radially inward from the rim portion toward a generally tubular portion defined at an outer terminal end of the adaptor axially spaced from said inner end, said sloping portion extending only partially around the periphery of the adaptor, a connecting flange completing the periphery of the adaptor between the rim portion and generally tubular portion and an exterior surface of said generally tubular portion radially increasing from a narrow dimension adjacent the outer terminal end to a wide dimension adjacent the sloping portion;

    a first, resuable bag selectively engaging said housing and adapted for covering relation with said adaptor;

    a second, disposable bag selectively engaging said adaptor for filtering dirt particles and the like from exhaust air exiting from said suction means; and

    ,a double-sided adhesive tape disposed on an interior portion of said rim portion facilitating connection between said adaptor and housing.

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