The Hoover Comapny

Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited

David W Moine

Ronald J Stephens

Richard A Wareham

Douglas C Barker

William G Alford

Matthew J Archer

Richard S Parr

John D Essex

Darwin T McKnight

Kurt D Harsh

Lynn A Frederick

Nick M Bosyi

Jackson William Wegelin

Jack W Gee, Ii

Edgar A Maurer

Matthew Joseph Doerfler

Nick M Bosyj

Kenneth L Symensma

Mark Butts

Richard R Tucker

David Chaney

Erik D Lesco

David J Boles

Robert W Hecht

Wong Sing Yau

Kwok Wai Kuen

Christopher J Fawcett

Greg A Bilek

Ryan S Steiner

Leron R Thomas

Gary M Johns

Portable hand held cleaning device

Portable cleaning device with handle

Suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner

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 hose having a first end detachably connected to the outlet of the suction nozzle and a second end in fluid communication with the recovery container floor-scrubbing machine is provided. A vacuum source is in fluid communication with the suction nozzle, hose, and recovery container for drawing dirt from the cleaning surface into the inlet of the suction nozzle and into. The cleaning apparatus further includes a handle movably connected to the housing and movable between a first position that locks the first end of the hose to the housing to a second position that unlocks the first end of the hose to the housing.

Portable cleaning machine

The invention is a floor care appliance such as vacuum cleaner having several embodiments of a dirt particle separating and collecting system removably inserted and sidewardly disposed into a recess in the floor care appliance's housing. One embodiment of the dirt particle separating and collecting system includes a translucent dirt cup having an apertured wall between a dirt particle collecting chamber and a second chamber housing a primary filter. One other embodiment is a translucent bag container for housing a filtration bag. The filtration bag may or may not be disposable and may or may not have a HEPA rating. Other embodiments include utilizing a single dirt container for housing the apertured wall and primary filter combination, a filtration bag only, or a combination of a filtration bag and the apertured wall and primary filter combination. Portions of the various embodiments of the dirt collecting systems may be seen through cutaway portions of the cleaner housing.

Dirt collecting system for a floor care appliance

Portion of a portable cleaning machine

The invention is floor care appliance such as vacuum cleaner having two embodiments of a dirt particle separating and collecting system removably inserted into a recess in the floor care appliance's housing. One embodiment of the dirt particle separating and collecting system includes a translucent dirt cup having an apertured between two adjacent dirt particle collecting chambers and a primary filter located in one of the chambers. The other embodiment is a translucent bag container and a filtration bag. The filtration bag may or may not be disposable and may or may not have a HEPA rating. When either embodiment of the dirt particle separating and collecting system is installed in the housing, a portion of the dirt particle separating and collecting system is not visible in the area in the front of the floor care appliance. Another portion of the dirt particle separating and collecting system is visible in the area in the front of the floor care appliance. The dirt cup and bag container are translucent so that their interior volumes are visible from the exterior. This allows a portion of the particle separating occurring in the dirt cup to be visible, or in the case of the bag container, a portion of the filtration bag to be visible.

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North Canton, OH, United States of America

David W Moine