Class 15/335 - Tubular handle, e.g., "Air-Way" type

Subclass of Class 15 - Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Definition: Apparatus having a tubular handle through which air may
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 10/11/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8032982	Upright vacuum cleaner having suction path switching valve An upright vacuum cleaner having a suction path switching unit is provided that includes a cleaner body having and a body frame; a suction inlet body hinged to the body frame; a hose in fluid communication with the body frame and an extension pipe; and a suction pat...	10/11/2011
7624475	Upright type vacuum cleaner capable of being converted to canister type Disclosed herein is an upright type vacuum cleaner capable of being converted to a canister type. The vacuum cleaner comprises a main body having a suction port and a discharge port, a suction unit having a dust collecting port and a discharge opening, and on which ...	12/01/2009
7386915	Dual motor upright vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner having dual cleaning motor and fan units is provided having a cleaning head engagable with a floor and a suction nozzle and a brush roller rotatably mounted therein. A first motor and fan unit is mounted in the vacuum cleaner for producing ...	06/17/2008
7367081	Valve assembly with blocking member A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a floor suction nozzle operatively attached to the housing, and a suction source operatively attached to the housing and placed in fluid communication with the floor suction ...	05/06/2008
7356874	Vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner comprises a body including a dust separator, a floor engaging head having a first dirty air inlet on its underside, a handle detachably mounted in a socket on the body and having a second dirty air inlet at its lower end, a flexible hose ex...	04/15/2008
7350263	Electric vacuum cleaner An electric vacuum cleaner including a vacuum cleaner main body, a suction tool main body connected to the vacuum cleaner main body and having an suction inlet which is open at a lower surface thereof, a dust box connected to the vacuum cleaner main body, and a grip...	04/01/2008
7329295	Light weight bagless vacuum cleaner A light weight upright vacuum container including a cylindrical cyclonic air separation and dirt collect container with a combination shroud and pleated filter cartridge holder. The container has a tangential air inlet at the upper portion, a closed bottom and an op...	02/12/2008
7231687	Vacuum cleaner with flow channel switch for blowing and sucking air In a vacuum cleaner, by including a casing having a certain internal space; a suction force generating unit installed in the casing to generate a suction force and discharge sucked air; a head unit combined with the casing to suck impurities on the bottom with air b...	06/19/2007
7203991	Portable cleaning machine A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface is provided. The cleaning apparatus has a housing for movement along a surface with a suction nozzle assembly having an inlet and outlet provided on the housing. A recovery container is removably mounted to the housing. A ...	04/17/2007
7185969	Droplet dispensation from a reservoir with reduction in uncontrolled electrostatic charge Devices and methods are provided for reducing the uncontrolled electrostatic charges that can alter the volume and/or trajectory of a droplet, which is typically ejected through the application of focused acoustic radiation. Also provided are reservoirs and substrat...	03/06/2007
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
7134166	Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic airflow A vacuum cleaner includes a first housing defining a cyclonic airflow chamber and a second housing defining a main suction opening that is in communication with an inlet of the cyclonic chamber. A suction source has a suction airstream inlet in communication with an...	11/14/2006
7131165	Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic airflow A vacuum cleaner includes a first housing defining a cyclonic airflow chamber and a second housing defining a main suction opening that is in communication with an inlet of the cyclonic chamber. A suction source has a suction airstream inlet in communication with an...	11/07/2006
7124467	Edge cleaning system for vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is provided with a canister assembly and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly includes both a main inlet and an edge cleaning inlet. A dirt container and a fan and motor assembly/suction generator are carried on either the nozzle assembly or the c...	10/24/2006
7069619	Upright vacuum cleaner equipped with conversion valve and dead headed wand A floor care apparatus includes a housing having a nozzle assembly with a suction inlet and a canister assembly. A dirt collector and suction generator are carried on the housing. The apparatus further includes a wand having an inlet opening and a sealing element fo...	07/04/2006
7036183	Hose and wand assembly A vacuum cleaner (100) comprises a main body (3), separating apparatus, a flexible hose (20) having one end for coupling to an input of the separating apparatus and the other end terminating in a connecting part (40), a rigid pipe (9, ...	05/02/2006
6974488	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner with an external surface incorporates a cyclonic separating apparatus that includes a plurality of cyclones arranged in parallel with one another. The cyclones each have a tapered body with an outside wall and are arranged so that at least a part of...	12/13/2005
6526623	Handle for a vacuum cleaner A handle for a vacuum cleaner includes a generally rigid pipe portion connected to a generally flexible hose portion. The hose portion is fixedly connected to the main body of the vacuum cleaner. The pipe portion is selectively connectable to the main bod...	03/04/2003
6363571	Convertible upright vacuum The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner operable in an on-floor mode and an above-floor mode. The filtration system of the vacuum cleaner is selectively fluidly connected to a brush housing directed toward the floor for the on-floor mode and, in an alte...	04/02/2002
6317920	Vacuum cleaner with above-floor cleaning tool A vacuum cleaning including a nozzle base comprising a primary and secondary suction opening, a suction source positioned within a first cavity in the nozzle base, and a dust cup releasably positioned within a second cavity in the base. The dust cup compr...	11/20/2001
6295694	Apparatus for carrying a fluid flow The invention provides an apparatus for carrying a fluid flow having at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, a plurality of alternative fluid flow paths therebetween and valve for selecting one of the said fluid flow paths to carry a fluid fl...	10/02/2001
6079077	Upright type vacuum cleaner capable of switching between suction path corresponding to place to be cleaned A dust collecting direction switching portion is provided at a wall at the back of the main body of an upright type vacuum cleaner. The dust collecting switching portion having a switch valve is branched into three directions. The branch in the first dire...	06/27/2000
6058559	Electric vacuum cleaner An electric vacuum cleaner comprising a vacuum cleaner body, a hose to be connected to the vacuum cleaner body, a support pipe to be connected to the hose, and a suction device to be connected to the support pipe. The suction device is provided with runni...	05/09/2000
5940930	Remote controlled vacuum cleaner This invention relates to a remote controlled vacuum cleaner comprising a motor installed in a chamber inside a main body, for creating a suction, a dust collecting bag installed at a dust collecting compartment, for collecting the dirt and dust sucked by...	08/24/1999
5836047	Vacuum cleaner for both upright and canister modes A vacuum cleaner has a cleaner body section having a first recess, and a second recess. The vacuum cleaner further has a first connector section, a second connector section, a suction pipe section and a brush section. First and second arc-shaped slots are...	11/17/1998
5617611	Suction line assembly A suction line has a stiff suction tube and a flexible suction hose having a connecting end. A connector for connecting the connecting end of the flexible suction hose to the stiff suction tube to form the suction line having free ends is provided. One of...	04/08/1997
5500979	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner has a housing having a bottom portion with wheels. A handle rod with a handle for guiding and pushing the vacuum cleaner across a floor is connected to the housing. A suction blower with a drive motor is positioned in the housing. The hou...	03/26/1996
5477586	Vacuum cleaner with accessory shutoff A socket is provided on the upright portion of a vacuum cleaner for the insertion of the wand on the distal end of the accessory hose. The wand, which is normally inserted into the socket when the accessories are not being used, engages a linkage mechanis...	12/26/1995
4959885	Vacuum cleaner A convertible vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle base and a motor and filter housing rotatably mounted on the nozzle base. The nozzle base is movable along a floor surface and includes a brush cleaner for mounting a rotatable brush and a first suction passa...	10/02/1990
4955106	Upright vacuum cleaner This invention relates to upright vacuum cleaners which have a detachable hand-held vacuum hose as an ascending line. The hand-held vacuum hose is coupled to a hand-held vacuum tube which serves as an extension. The hand-held vacuum tube is thereby design...	09/11/1990
4761850	Vacuum cleaner having an integral tool holder An upright vacuum cleaner which is convertible for floor cleaning and above the floor cleaning, has a housing mounted on a floor nozzle in which a vacuum is drawn. A hose extending from the housing is insertable into a conduit which leads into the floor n...	08/09/1988
4593429	Vacuum cleaning appliance A vacuum cleaning appliance comprises a lower efficiency cyclone unit and a high efficiency cyclone unit connected in series. This enables both large and fine dirt particles to be dealt with....	06/10/1986
4571772	Upright vacuum cleaning appliance A vacuum cleaning appliance having dual spaced apart air conveying pipes (13, 14) supporting a cap (15) for a dirt container is described. The pipes are supported on a casing (11) mounting a movable cleaning head (10). The appliance is also convertible to...	02/25/1986
4519113	Transforming the upright vacuum cleaner's own push-pull handle into a suction cleaning wand An upright vacuum cleaner having a tubular push-pull handle of one or more separable sections, this push-pull handle is detachable at its base end from the upright vacuum cleaner and the opposite end of the push-pull handle is connected to the vacuum clea...	05/28/1985
4393536	Dual mode vacuum cleaner A canister-type vacuum cleaner is provided wherein the vacuum cleaner may be operated with the canister in either a horizontal or substantially upright position. When in the upright position, both vacuum and pressure effects are transmitted to a floor-cle...	07/19/1983
4377882	Vacuum cleaning appliances This invention relates to a vacuum cleaning appliance which is convertible to act both as an upright type cleaner or a cylinder type cleaner. The main air passageway through the appliance includes a motor driven suction fan unit and a valve device which is ope...	03/29/1983
4171553	Stalk vacuum cleaner A stalk vacuum cleaner having a casing and an air-suction socket at the lower end portion of the casing, wherein the dirt is fed from the top to a dust bag arranged in the upper end portion of the casing of the stalk vacuum cleaner under the action of a s...	10/23/1979

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Class 15/335 - Tubular handle, e.g., "Air-Way" type