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Vacuum cleaner with improved assembly

  • US 5,383,252 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1994
  • Issued: 01/24/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising a floor engaging unit, said floor engaging unit being supported above the floor by a plurality of floor engaging wheels and having a rotary brush mounted thereto, said floor engaging unit comprising a base having an open mouth adapted to face a surface to be cleaned, a hood, and a combined bumper and sealing gasket means, said combined bumper and sealing gasket means including a sealing rib which sealingly extends between said base and hood, and a bumper portion which covers at least a portion of an exterior surface of said hood and at least a portion of an exterior surface of said base, said combined bumper and sealing gasket means at least partially sealingly isolating said rotary brush from an exterior of said floor engaging unit, said hood further comprising a raised sealing rib, said raised sealing rib engaging a gasket provided by the base to at least partially isolate the rotatable brush from an interior of the floor engaging unit.

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