Emerson Electric Company

Taylor M Fauss

Matthew A Williams

Jeremy Sanders

Christopher Burch

Vikas Mahadev Jadhav

Rahul Shrihari Doke

Karan Ravindra Paul

Mahesh Baburao Patil

Vivek Balasaheb Meher

Pankaj Pandurang Kale

Thomas L McCue

Timothy Richard Quagliata

Wet/dry vacuum cleaner

Actuator button with textured surface

Adapter plate for vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner includes a canister defining a debris chamber, a powerhead connected to a top of the canister, a hose, and a hose retainer removably connected to the canister. The canister includes a base and at least one sidewall extending therefrom. The powerhead includes a suction unit operable to generate airflow through the canister. The hose retainer includes a back plate defining an aperture therethrough, at least one hose retention clip defining a channel shaped and sized to receive the hose therein, and a dustpan defining a debris intake opening and including a hose end mount. When an inlet end of the hose is connected to the hose end mount, the inlet end of the hose is connected in fluid communication with the debris intake opening to generate airflow therethrough.

Vacuum cleaner including hose retainer with dustpan and method of assembling same

Powerhead for battery-powered wet/dry vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner includes a canister defining a debris chamber, a vacuum hose adapted for fluid connection to the debris chamber, a lid mounted to the canister, and a motor cover mounted to the lid and including at least one hose retainer. The hose retainer includes at least two ribs and a retention portion attached to the ribs. The ribs and the retention portion are spaced from a central portion of the motor cover to define an insertion opening. The ribs and the retention portion deflect away from a retention position in a first direction to an open position when the vacuum hose is inserted through the insertion opening. The ribs and the retention portion are biased in a second direction towards the retention position such that the ribs exert a positive retention force on the vacuum hose when the vacuum hose is positioned within the hose retainer.

Motor cover for wet/dry vacuum cleaner with integrated hose retainer

Powerhead for a battery-powered wet/dry vacuum cleaner

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Florissant, MO, United States of America

Taylor M Fauss