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Slide-out drum with filter for a wet/dry vacuum appliance

  • US 8,973,196 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2009
  • Issued: 03/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wet and dry vacuum cleaner system, comprising:

  • a container for receiving debris, the container having an air inlet and an air outlet;

    a filter support assembly removably coupled at least partially within the container;

    a vacuum unit assembly adapted to be sealingly coupled to the container;

    a housing having two side panels, wherein the container and filter support assembly are adapted to be removable from, and removably coupled within, the housing while the vacuum unit assembly remains coupled between the two side panels of the housing, immediately above the container;

    each side panel including a slot with a ramp adjacent to a terminal region thereof;

    the container having two supports, one on either side thereof, the supports configured to slide within the slots, and up the ramps to the terminal regions, thereby lifting a rear portion of the container;

    the system further including one or more latches on a front portion thereof configured to lift a front portion of the container, thereby holding the container in an upward sealed position wherein the container is sealingly coupled to the vacuum unit.

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