Vacuum cleaner
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1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a vacuum cleaner body including a casing having therein a dust collecting unit, an electric blower unit and a brush chamber, with a brush rotatably mounted in the brush chamber;
a rodlike handle connected to the vacuum cleaner body and including a hollow member;
a plurality of batteries housed in series in the hollow member; and
a heat contraction tube covering the plurality of batteries, integrating the batteries into a rodlike member.
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum cleaner body in which a rotating brush, a dust collecting unit and an electric blower unit are integrally attached to a suction opening casing in which a brush chamber is formed. A rodlike handle is connected to the vacuum cleaner body. The rodlike handle is formed by a hollow member, and a plurality of batteries are arranged in series in the hollow member and are covered with a heat contraction tube.
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1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
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a vacuum cleaner body including a casing having therein a dust collecting unit, an electric blower unit and a brush chamber, with a brush rotatably mounted in the brush chamber;
a rodlike handle connected to the vacuum cleaner body and including a hollow member;
a plurality of batteries housed in series in the hollow member; and
a heat contraction tube covering the plurality of batteries, integrating the batteries into a rodlike member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
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a vacuum cleaner body including a casing having therein a dust collecting unit, an electric blower unit and a brush chamber, with a brush rotatably mounted in the brush chamber;
a rodlike handle connected to the vacuum cleaner body and including a hollow member;
a plurality of batteries housed in series in the hollow member; and
a protection packing abutting the outer ends of the series plurality of batteries.
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7. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
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a vacuum cleaner body including a casing having therein a dust collecting unit, an electric blower unit and a brush chamber, with a brush rotatably mounted in the brush chamber;
a rodlike handle connected to the vacuum cleaner body and including a hollow member; and
a plurality of batteries housed in series in the hollow member, wherein;
the dust collecting unit and the electric blower unit are arranged in a lateral direction behind the brush chamber in the casing and are connected to each other via a communication passage, said vacuum cleaner further comprises a handle joint surrounding the communication passage, and the rodlike handle is connected to the handle joint.
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8. A vacuum cleaner comprising a casing having an opening adapted to face a surface to be cleaned, the casing having therein a dust collecting chamber, a blower, a rotary cleaning member, and an electric motor for driving the blower and the rotary cleaning member,
wherein the blower has a mixed flow impeller.
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9. A vacuum cleaner comprising a casing having an opening adapted to face a surface to be cleaned, the casing having therein a dust collecting chamber, an electric motor, a rotary cleaning member, a blower with an impeller, and a diffuser downstream of the impeller,
wherein the blower and the rotary cleaning member are driven by the electric motor, and wherein the impeller of the blower is a mixed flow impeller and the diffuser is an axial diffuser.
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10. A vacuum cleaner comprising a casing having an opening adapted to face a surface to be cleaned, the casing having therein a dust collecting chamber, an electric motor, an impeller coupled to the electric motor, a blower, and a diffuser disposed downstream of the impeller,
wherein the impeller is a mixed flow impeller having a blade, a hub, and a hub side plate smaller than the diameter of the blade on the hub side of the impeller, and the diffuser is an axial diffuser.
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11. A vacuum cleaner comprising a casing having an opening adapted to face a surface to be cleaned, the casing having therein a dust collecting chamber, an electric motor, an impeller coupled to the electric motor, a blower, a diffuser disposed downstream of the impeller, and a guide plate disposed upstream of the diffuser and around the impeller,
wherein the impeller is a mixed flow impeller, and the diffuser is an axial diffuser.
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15. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a casing having an interior and a pivotable handle joint;
a partition wall in the casing interior, the partition wall dividing the casing interior into a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion having therein a brush chamber with a casing suction opening, the rear portion having therein a dust collecting unit and a blower unit, with a communication passage defined through the handle joint in a direction substantially parallel with the partition wall, the communication passage coupling the dust collecting unit and the blower unit, the dust collecting unit having a dust collecting unit receiver provided at a rear end of the casing, the partition wall having a suction duct therethrough, and the casing including a cover covering the brush chamber and the casing suction opening;
a brush rotatably mounted in the brush chamber;
a blower in the blower unit;
a drive motor in the blower unit to drive the blower, the drive motor being coupled to the brush to rotate the brush;
a dust collecting box having a collecting box suction opening in a face thereof and having an opening end, the dust collecting box being detachably attached to the casing and supported within the dust collecting unit by the dust collecting unit receiver with the collecting box suction opening communicating through the suction duct with the brush chamber, the opening end communicating through the communication passage with the electric blower unit; and
a dust collecting filter in the dust collecting box. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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