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Dual vacuum cleaner

  • US 4,845,793 A
  • Filed: 12/22/1987
  • Issued: 07/11/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dual vacuum cleaner comprising, in combination:

  • a power unit, a small tank, and a large tank;

    said power unit including a housing with an attached cover;

    an electric motor within said housing and an impeller driven by said motor to establish a suction;

    said small tank having an access opening;

    said access opening of said small tank being complementary to said cover of said power unit to receive said power unit;

    said large tank having an access opening identical in size and shape to said access opening of said small tank;

    said access opening of said large tank being complementary to said power unit cover to receive said power unit;

    means fastening said cover selectively to either said small or large tank access openings for permitting operation of the power unit and selected tank as a vacuum cleaner; and

    a major portion of said small tank having dimensions sufficiently small to fit inside said large tank at said access opening thereof.

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