Power wheel for self propelled appliance

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EP 1 500 365 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.05.2007 Bulletin 2007/19

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	26.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/04

(21)	Application number: 04017351.0

(22)	Date of filing: 22.07.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A47L 9/00^(2006.01)
A47L 9/28^(2006.01)

A47L 5/28^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

22.07.2003 US 624364

(71)	Applicant: Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.
	Glenwillow, OH 44139 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Rukavina, Stephen P. Bedford Heights, OH 44146 (US) Syverson, Charles D. North Mankato, MN 56003 (US) Cunningham, James Vernon Aurora, Ontario N1S 3K1 (CA) Gomes, I. Michael Cambridge, Ontario L4G 5T6 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte
	Grafinger Strasse 2 81671 München 81671 München (DE)

(54)	Power wheel for self propelled appliance

(57) An upright cleaning device (10) comprising, an actuator (24) for receiving a user input, an upper assembly (14), a base assembly (12), a rear wheel (23) mounted to the base assembly (12), configured to support the rear portion of the base assembly (12), and a drive mechanism (16) located in the base assembly (12). The actuator (24) is mounted to upper assembly (14), and the upper assembly (14) is pivotally mounted to the base assembly (12). The drive mechanism (16) has its major diameter in contact with a surface to be cleaned, and the drive mechanism (16) is configured to operate at one of: full speed in one direction, no speed and full speed in the opposite direction, according to the relative position of the actuator (24).

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