Portable hand held vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. A portable hand held vacuum cleaner comprising a housing having a handle permitting a user to lift and operate said vacuum cleaner and a nozzle/debris container releasably secured to said housing, said housing having a motor, a blower driven by said motor and being in communication with said nozzle/debris container for forcibly drawing air and debris entrained in the air into the nozzle/debris container to deposit debris within said container while also exhausting air from the nozzle/debris container and then through exhaust openings in said housing to the atmosphere, said housing and said nozzle/debris container being releasably secured and also sealed to one another in the vicinity of complementary interfitting circumferential portions of the housing and nozzle/debris container, a combined outer circumferential compressible seal and inner filter for joint insertion or removal relative to the housing and nozzle/debris container, and said outer circumferential compressible seal being in compressible sealing engagement between said complementary interfitting circumferential portions while said inner filter extends substantially across the nozzle/debris container when said housing and nozzle/debris container are releasably secured to one another, in order to seal off from the atmosphere the air communication between the blower in the housing and nozzle/debris container while requiring air exhausted from the nozzle/debris container to pass through the inner filter.
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Abstract
A portable hand held vacuum cleaner is disclosed as having a housing with a handle to lift and operate the vacuum cleaner, and a nozzle/debris container releasably locked to the housing. The housing contains a motor driven blower that draws air and debris (wet or dry) into the nozzle/debris container for depositing the debris therein, while allowing air to be exhausted through the blower and then through the housing to atmosphere. The blower is constructed with first and second jointly rotatable elements having a series of circumferentially spaced blower exhaust passageways and a transversely extending blower passageway adjacent the nozzle/debris container, for increased efficiency. A combined filter and seal is positioned in sealing engagement between the housing and the nozzle/debris container while affording filtering of debris from air between the nozzle/debris container and the blower in the housing. The housing is also capable of accommodating different multiple combinations of batteries with the motor and the size of the blower being increased to accommodate the increase in the number of batteries in the housing. For wet vacuuming, a squeegee with a wiper blade is available. Also, a one-piece push button facilitates operation and releasable locking/unlocking engagement of the housing relative to the nozzle/debris container.
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24 Claims
- 1. A portable hand held vacuum cleaner comprising a housing having a handle permitting a user to lift and operate said vacuum cleaner and a nozzle/debris container releasably secured to said housing, said housing having a motor, a blower driven by said motor and being in communication with said nozzle/debris container for forcibly drawing air and debris entrained in the air into the nozzle/debris container to deposit debris within said container while also exhausting air from the nozzle/debris container and then through exhaust openings in said housing to the atmosphere, said housing and said nozzle/debris container being releasably secured and also sealed to one another in the vicinity of complementary interfitting circumferential portions of the housing and nozzle/debris container, a combined outer circumferential compressible seal and inner filter for joint insertion or removal relative to the housing and nozzle/debris container, and said outer circumferential compressible seal being in compressible sealing engagement between said complementary interfitting circumferential portions while said inner filter extends substantially across the nozzle/debris container when said housing and nozzle/debris container are releasably secured to one another, in order to seal off from the atmosphere the air communication between the blower in the housing and nozzle/debris container while requiring air exhausted from the nozzle/debris container to pass through the inner filter.
- 10. A portable hand held vacuum cleaner comprising a housing having a handle permitting a user to lift and operate said vacuum cleaner and a nozzle/debris container releasably secured to said housing, said housing having a motor, a blower driven by said motor and being in communication with said nozzle/debris container, said blower having a series of circumferentially spaced blower exhaust passageways which also communicate through interior passageways with a transversely extending blower passageway positioned adjacent said nozzle/debris container for forcibly drawing air and debris entrained in the air into the nozzle/debris container for depositing debris within said container and for exhausting air therefrom, said housing having exhaust openings which communicate with said blower exhaust passageways for exhausting the air from the blower to atmosphere, said housing and said nozzle/debris container being releasably secured and also sealed to one another in the vicinity of complementary interfitting circumferential portions of said housing and nozzle/debris container, a combined outer circumferential compressible seal and inner filter for joint insertion or removal relative to the housing and nozzle/debris container, said complementary interfitting circumferential portions of said housing and nozzle/debris container having confronting surfaces for engaging the outer circumferential compressible seal in compressible sealing engagement between the housing and nozzle/debris container when releasably secured together in order to seal off from the atmosphere the air communication between the blower in said housing and said nozzle/debris container, and said inner filter extending partially within and substantially across said nozzle/debris container so as to be positioned between the blower in said housing and said nozzle/debris container to require air exhausted from the nozzle/debris container to pass through said inner filter, said nozzle/debris container being transparent along a substantial portion thereof in order that a user may readily observe the amount of debris within the container and also piled up against the inner filter for determining the efficiency of operation of said vacuum cleaner.
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15. A portable hand held vacuum cleaner comprising a housing having a handle permitting a user to lift and operate said vacuum cleaner and a nozzle/debris container releasably secured to said housing, said housing having a motor, a blower driven by said motor and being in communication with said nozzle/debris container, said blower having a series of circumferentially spaced blower exhaust passageways which also communicate through interior passageways with a transversely extending blower passageway positioned adjacent said nozzle/debris container for forcibly drawing air and debris entrained in the air into the nozzle/debris container to deposit debris within said container and exhaust air therefrom and then through exhaust openings in said housing to the atmosphere, a circumferential seal and filter operably associated relative to one another and being positioned for sealing engagement between said housing and nozzle/debris container to seal off from the atmosphere the air communication between said blower and said nozzle/debris container, said filter being positioned between said blower and said nozzle/debris container to require air exhausted from said nozzle/debris container to pass through said filter, said housing being constructed to include a plurality of batteries capable of being mounted both longitudinally and transversely of said housing so as to accommodate different multiple combinations of batteries therein depending on motor and blower requirements.
- 16. In a portable hand held vacuum cleaner having a housing with a handle permitting a user to lift and operate said vacuum cleaner, a nozzle/debris container releasably secured to said housing and a motor driven blower in said housing and being in communication with said nozzle/debris container for forcibly drawing air and debris entrained in the air into the nozzle/debris container to deposit debris within said container and exhaust air therefrom and through exhaust openings in said housing to the atmosphere, the improvement comprising a housing construction to accommodate different multiple combinations of batteries mounted in said housing for different motor and blower requirements, said batteries capable of being mounted both longitudinally and transversely of said housing so as to provide the different multiple combinations desired.
- 20. In a portable hand held vacuum cleaner having a housing within a handle permitting a user to lift and operate said vacuum cleaner, a nozzle/debris container releasably secured to said housing, and a motor driven blower in said housing and being in communication with said nozzle/debris container for forcibly drawing air and debris entrained in the air into the nozzle/debris container to deposit debris within said container and exhaust air therefrom including through exhaust openings in said housing, the improvement comprising a combined compressible seal and debris restricting filter in which the compressible seal is positioned between circumferential complementary seal supporting and engaging surfaces provided in said housing and nozzle/debris container for compressible sealing engagement between said housing and nozzle/debris container when releasably secured together to seal off from the atmosphere the air communication between said blower and said nozzle/debris container, said filter projecting a limited distance within said nozzle/debris container while extending substantially across the nozzle/debris container so as to require air exhausted from said nozzle/debris container to pass through said filter, said combined seal and filter permitting joint insertion and removal relative to said housing and nozzle/debris container.
- 23. A portable hand held vacuum cleaner comprising a housing having a handle permitting a user to lift and operate said vacuum cleaner and a nozzle/debris container releasably secured to said housing, said nozzle/debris container defining a channel including an air/debris inlet and an air/debris outlet, said housing having a motor and a blower driven by said motor which is in communication with said nozzle/debris container for forcibly drawing air and debris entrained in the air into the nozzle/debris container, a debris filter extending partially within and substantially across the nozzle/debris container to retain debris in the nozzle/debris container while also allowing air to be exhausted from the nozzle/debris container through exhaust openings in said housing to atmosphere, said nozzle/debris container including deflector means for controlling airflow, said deflector means including a deflector attached to a bottom wall within said nozzle/debris container and extending upwardly from said bottom wall and positioned below the air/debris outlet of said channel, and said nozzle/debris container being transparent along a substantial portion thereof in order that a user may readily visually observe the debris filter including the amount of debris in the nozzle/debris container piled up against the debris filter for determining the efficiency of operation of said vacuum cleaner.
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