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Hand-holdable vacuum cleaners

  • US 7,370,387 B2
  • Filed: 07/28/2006
  • Issued: 05/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2005
  • Status: Expired
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1. A hand-holdable vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • an electric motor (12);

    an electrical on-off switch (42) for operating said motor;

    a fan (14) connected to an output shaft (16) of said motor;

    an airflow pathway comprising an inlet for dirty air (32), an outlet for clean air, and a collection chamber (20) located in fluid communication between said inlet and said outlet;

    means for separating out debris entrained with dirty air entering via said inlet and depositing the debris in said collection chamber; and

    means for adjusting an angle of said inlet relative to a main axis (X-X′

    ) of said vacuum cleaner;

    characterized by;

    a rigid, elongate nose (30) having said inlet at one end thereof, said nose being pivotable relative to said main axis (X-X′

    ) through an angle of at least 135 degrees.

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