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(11) EP 0 493 930 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.08.1992 Bulletin 1992/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.07.1992 Bulletin 1992/28

(21) Application number: 91311740.4

(22) Date of filing: 01.01.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A47L 5/26, A47L 9/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT PT

(30) Priority: 04.01.1991 US 637412
04.01.1991 US 637414

(71) Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
Newark Delaware 19711 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Reed, Charles A., Jr.
    Shelton, Connecticut 06484 (US)
  • Krasznai, Charles Z.
    Trumbull, Connecticut 06484 (US)
  • Kosten, Richard B.
    West Haven, Connecticut 06516 (US)
  • Osit, Robert
    Shelton, Connecticut 06484 (US)

(74) Representative: Stagg, Diana Christine et al
Emhart Patents Department Emhart International Ltd. 177 Walsall Road
Birmingham B42 1BP
Birmingham B42 1BP (GB)


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    (54) Hand-held vacuum cleaner


    (57) A hand-held vacuum cleaner (10) includes a housing (11) having first and second half housing elements (12, 14). The housing (11) has a handle (16) and a nozzle (20). A motor (24) is mounted within the housing (11) for driving a shaft (30). A fan (32) is mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith. A selectively separable bag assembly (40) is mounted on the housing (11). A working air channel (36) is formed within the housing (11) for communicating the nozzle (20) with the bag assembly (40). The air channel (36) terminates in a working air outlet chute (38) positioned within the bag assembly (40) at its open upper end. The air channel (36) directs the working air upwardly within the cleaner (10) from the outlet of the fan (36) to the outlet chute (38).






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