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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151407 | Surface cleaning apparatus with enlarged dirt collection chamber A surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The surface cleaning apparatus comprises a dirt inlet, a clean air outlet and a fluid flow path extending between the dirt inlet and the clean air outlet. The surface cleaning apparatus further comprises first and second si... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151408 | Upright vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner for cleaning a surface includes an upper body with a dust collection container disposed therein, a base unit and a carriage configured to provide movement of the base unit on the surface. A tilting joint connects the upper body and base uni... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146199 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner set includes a vacuum cleaner and a cleaner mount. The vacuum cleaner includes a main body that is detachably mounted on a mount having a cord reel, a motor and a battery that are provided in the main body, an AC power source that is provided in the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8024837 | Vacuum cleaner with a cover release element A vacuum cleaner comprising a housing, in which a dust collection chamber is arranged, which may be sealed by a dust chamber cover, on which an unlocking element for a clip element is provided, which cooperates with a counter-clip element on the housing, in order to... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7979955 | Surface cleaning apparatus with recovery tank A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a recovery tank. The surface cleaning apparatus can further include a base, and the recovery tank can have side rails to facilitate alignment of the recovery tank with the base. The recovery tank can include a float assembly wi... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7930799 | Surface treating appliance A surface-treating appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner, includes a main body housing a component such as a post-motor filter. A door provides access to the filter. The door is connected to the main body by a hinge arranged to allow the door to pivot about the hinge'... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7900316 | Filter for a vacuum cleaner A filter assembly for a vacuum cleaner comprises a filter carrier and a filter element. The filter carrier has a curved rear surface and a pair of protrusion for mounting the filter carrier to the vacuum cleaner. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7841043 | Latch assembly for wet/dry vacuum cleaner A latch assembly for a wet/dry vacuum cleaner wherein the vacuum has a fan collector cover disposed between the filter cage and water tank of the vacuum cleaner and the drum lid of the vacuum housing the internal vacuum operating components. The filter cage is assem... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7774897 | Vacuum cleaner having apparatus for giving off fragrant odor The vacuum cleaner that includes a fragrant odor generating apparatus is provided. The fragrant odor generating apparatus is mounted to a discharge port of a grill member housed in a main cleaner body, to discharge an air freshener to an air being discharged through... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7617565 | Housing for a cylinder vacuum cleaner An appliance housing for a canister vacuum cleaner having an interior divided into a motor fan chamber and a dust collection chamber includes a flat, upwardly open receiving shell. The receiving shell has a partition dividing the lower housing part into a first bott... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7555808 | Vacuum cleaner having a cyclone dust collecting apparatus A vacuum cleaner is provided that includes a cleaner body; a cyclone body rotatably mounted in the cleaner body; a dust receptacle detachably mounted in the cleaner body and disposed below the cyclone body; and a locking unit locking and releasing the cyclone body a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7526833 | System having a power tool and an AC/DC hand portable wet/dry vacuum that share a battery pack A tool set with a battery pack, a power tool and a utility vacuum. The power tool includes a receptacle assembly for detachably coupling the battery pack to the power tool. The utility vacuum has a canister, a powerhead assembly, which is coupled to the canister and... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7500283 | Vacuum cleaner provided with a cover locking/releasing structure and a cover hinge-coupling structure A vacuum cleaner includes a suction inlet provided at a main body and a cover hinge-coupled to the main body to cover a dust collection chamber included in the main body. A locking unit is disposed around the suction inlet in order to releasably lock the cover. Furt... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7434293 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner includes a motor casing to receive a driving motor with an air outlet through which air from a dust collecting chamber flows. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body with a driving chamber that receives the motor ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7398578 | Cyclone dust collecting device for use in a vacuum cleaner A cyclone dust collecting device, for use in a vacuum cleaner, includes a housing defining therein a cyclonic air flow chamber. A dust collection chamber is disposed under the cyclonic air flow chamber and a partition wall is disposed between the cyclonic air flow c... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389563 | Cleaning device with pivoting tank The disclosed cleaning device has a suction unit that can be used to take in liquid, a tank that can be used to hold the liquid, a mouth that can be used to pour liquid from the tank, and wheels that form a base. It also has a pivot that can be used to rotate the ta... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380308 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner comprises a cleaner body where a dust separator is mounted to extract dust from dust-laden air. A dust receptacle is detachably mounted in the cleaner body. A locking unit locks the dust separator and the dust receptacle together. In an exemplary em... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7363830 | Discrete volume sampling device using a vacuum A discrete volume vacuum sampling device is provided with a vacuum tube, a sample tube, and a sample container. The container defines a discrete volume of product to be sampled from a product bed within a processing machine. The sampler tube extends between the cont... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7343641 | Dirt collection assembly with volcanic airflow A vacuum cleaner is provided including a housing, a nozzle inlet, a suction generator carried on the housing and a dirt cup carried on the housing. The dirt cup includes a bottom wall, a sidewall, a dirt collection chamber, an air inlet to the dirt collection chambe... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337492 | Vacuum cleaner having a noise blocking member facing an intake vent of a motor fan In an electric vacuum cleaner having an intake air opening 18 disposed in a front portion of a main body case 17, a dust collection case 19 which communicates with the intake air opening 18, and a motor fan 20 provided in a back po... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325272 | Vacuum bag guide with telescopic nozzle A vacuum bag mounting assembly for housing a vacuum bag within a vacuum cleaner, where the vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum intake nozzle having an outlet end portion through which sucked in dirt is delivered to the vacuum bag housing assembly, including a vacuum ba... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318249 | Vacuum collector having sweeping device A vacuum collector includes a filter housing, a filter member disposed in the filter housing, and a sweeping device disposed in the filter member for sweeping the filter member, to sweep of dirt from the filter member, and to allow the dirt to be removed from the fi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316124 | Dispenser assembly in refrigerator and refrigerator therewith Dispenser assembly in the refrigerator having a body and a door for opening/closing a front surface of the body, including a dispenser in the front surface of the door for supplying water, a hinge coupled between the door and the body, a water supply pipe passed thr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316049 | Apparatus and method for evacuating a liquid One version of the portable liquid-evacuation device may include: a container having a top wall, a bottom wall, a sidewall, a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, and an air outlet, with the air outlet being connectable to a remote vacuum source; a pump positioned in the ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287301 | Utility vacuum A utility vacuum that may be configured to employ a disposable bag or removable and reusable container for the collection of dirt and debris that are drawn into the utility vacuum. The utility vacuum may employ one or more movable legs that are movable between an ex... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284298 | Exhaust filter arrangement for vacuum cleaner housing An exhaust filter unit is arranged outwardly surrounding at least a major portion of a housing of a vacuum cleaner. The dirt-laden incoming airflow is filtered through a primary filter, then blown by a suction motor unit into an annular exhaust air space between the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281295 | Canister vacuum cleaner with stair hugging swivel wheel assembly A canister vacuum cleaner has a canister assembly and a stair hugging swivel wheel assembly. The stair hugging swivel wheel assembly pivotally connects to the canister assembly and has both a pendulum and a wheel rotatably mounted to a housing thereof. During use, t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278180 | Device for protecting motor in vacuum cleaner A device for protecting a motor in a vacuum cleaner is provided. The device includes a lower casing for forming a lower portion of a main body of the cleaner, a motor housing, which is installed in the lower casing and includes the driving motor therein and an upper... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263742 | Mobile unit with drawers and detachable dust suction system The following invention refers to a mobile unit comprising a hollow container (5) fit for housing in a sliding manner at least one drawer (7), and a case (16), which can be detached in virtue of suitable hooking/unhooking means (15), cont... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254865 | Vacuum bag guide with telescopic nozzle A vacuum bag mounting assembly for housing a vacuum bag within a vacuum cleaner, where the vacuum cleaner comprises a vacuum intake nozzle having an outlet end portion through which sucked in dirt is delivered to the vacuum bag mounting assembly, including a vacuum ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237300 | Multi-stepped appliance accessory holder The present invention provides a multi-stepped accessory holder for an appliance having accessories that have dissimilar inner diameter connections, such as accessories with a male and/or a female ends. The female end of an accessory has a first inner diameter, and ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7216676 | Apparatus and method for shaping hose A shaped hose assembly includes a length of hose having an external surface and a hose form including a non-continuous, generally curved wall that extends around the circumference of the external surface of the hose. The wall includes a first axially extending end a... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210191 | Cable-pull opening A vacuum cleaner with a housing and a housing cover with a cable-pull opening in the housing cover. An electric cable has a plug on one end which can be pulled through a cut-out which is larger than the plug. During assembly the plug is pulled through the cut-out an... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198066 | Device for supporting and stabilising a tubing for fluid transport and such a tubing The present invention relates to an anti-kinking device, in particular for supporting and stabilising an infusion tubing for fluid infusion in a safety loop, comprising means for receiving and fixing the infusion tubing in connection with a catheter inserted into a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185389 | Universal wet/dry vacuum cart A universal cart is provided that receives a wet/dry vacuum and converts the vacuum into an upright walk behind cleaning device. The cart provides a handle attached to a mobile base. A switch is provided on the handle that can receive the electrical plug from the we... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181804 | Removable dirt cup assembly with external filter A dirt cup for a vacuum cleaner includes a housing defining a dirt collection chamber, an inlet and an outlet in the housing in fluid communication with the dirt collection chamber and a filter holder on the housing external to the dirt collection chamber and downst... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168127 | Vacuum cleaner handle assemblies and adapters mating therewith Handle assembly for a vacuum cleaner including a handle portion having a tubular hand-gripping portion, a tubular wand-engaging portion and a metal tube extending from the wand-engaging portion. The handle portion defines a cavity at a rear for receiving an adapter ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168129 | Surface cleaning device A surface cleaning device used with a vacuum cleaner nozzle inlet to clean a selected surface profile, includes a housing with a surrounding sidewall defining a housing interior. A divider is disposed within the housing interior, to separate into a first and second ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166141 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is disclosed which comprises a body, fan means within the body for creating an airflow through the cleaner and a separation unit mounted to the body for separating dirt and dust from the airflow. The separation unit comprises a cyclone separator and... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7146680 | Caster for vacuum cleaner and vacuum cleaner having the same A caster structure for a vacuum cleaner is provided which allows the main body of the vacuum cleaner to be stably positioned at an incline. The caster structure is rotatably supported on a front portion of a bottom surface of the main body of the vacuum cleaner, and... | 12/12/2006 |
