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Two motor upright vacuum cleaner

  • US 5,331,715 A
  • Filed: 06/04/1992
  • Issued: 07/26/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • a canister assembly having an inlet opening;

    a nozzle assembly mounted to the canister assembly including a nozzle with an agitator brush driven by an agitator motor, and an air suction passageway terminating at the nozzle, said air suction passageway having an open end opposite the nozzle;

    a hose operatively connecting the inlet opening of the canister assembly to the open end of the air suction passageway during a first mode of operation, said hose having a collar releasably connectable to the open end of the air suction passageway such that said hose can be removed from said open end during a second mode of operation; and

    a switch means electrically responsive to the connection of the collar of the hose to the open end of the air suction passageway without regard to the angular orientation of the collar relative to the air suction passageway which deenergizes the agitator motor when the collar is disconnected from the air suction passageway.

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