(19)
(11) EP 2 110 062 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.09.2010 Bulletin 2010/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.10.2009 Bulletin 2009/43

(21) Application number: 09158024.1

(22) Date of filing: 16.04.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A47L 5/24(2006.01)
A47L 9/20(2006.01)
 A47L 9/12(2006.01)
A47L 9/22(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 18.04.2008 GB 0807097

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

(72) Inventor:
  • Walker, Andrew
    Newton Hall Durham DH1 5XF (GB)

(74) Representative: Bell, Ian Stephen et al
Black & Decker Patent Department 210 Bath Road
Slough Berkshire SL1 3YD
Slough Berkshire SL1 3YD (GB)

   


(54) Vacuum cleaner


(57) A portable vacuum cleaner (1) has a fan (7) which draws air inwards through an inlet duct (11) and an inlet (12) to a coarse filter element (13). Larger dirt particles are trapped within the coarse filter element (13), and the filtered air passes through a fine filter element (15) and into the fan (7), where it is expelled through an outlet duct (17) and an outlet aperture (18).
The coarse filter element (13) can be removed and emptied; its removal causing bristles of a brush (20) mounted thereto to displace dirt particles from the fine fitter element (15).







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