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Convertible blower port for vacuum cleaner

  • US 6,499,182 B2
  • Filed: 05/29/2001
  • Issued: 12/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A convertible blower port for a vacuum cleaner, the blower port comprising:

  • a cylindrical port wall carried by a portion of the vacuum cleaner, the port wall having a first end facing inwardly toward the vacuum cleaner and a second end opposite the first end, the port wall defining a blower passage in communication with a plenum of the vacuum cleaner;

    a blower port outlet on the second end of the port wall; and

    a removable cap closing off the blower port outlet and having an exterior surface for gripping the cap and having a hub configured to fill the blower passage, the hub having a substantially smooth inner end face positioned generally across the first end of the port wall and facing the plenum of the vacuum cleaner.

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